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Born 1841
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
DILLON AMOS, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; born in this county, in 1841; son of Israel and Elizabeth (Fitch) Dillon, grandson of William and Deborah M. (Meredith) Dillon, also of William and Mary Meredith. Mr. Dillon's great-grandfather was a revolutionary soldier. Mr. Dillon, in 1865, married Susannah Casteel, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bottomfield) Casteel. They have eight children, viz: Sarah E., Israel T., William J., Howard T., Ettie J., Rachael A., Bertha L. and John C. Mr. Dillon was engaged in the merchandise business some three years; followed farming since.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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