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DILLE
Ninety years ago, there was no family name in this locality more
familiar than that of Dille, and no other family so
numerically numerous. There were three separate branches of
the Dille in the county, headed by two brothers and their nephew.
David Dille, Jr., came in 1797 from Washington County, Pa., to
spy out the land. He was a farmer and was looking for fertile
soil upon which to locate. He did not find what he wanted in
or near the hamlet at the mouth of the Cuyahoga, and finally decided
upon a 100-acre lot in Euclid. This decision would seem to
have barred him and his family from this local history, were it not
that they sojourned six weeks in town while their log-cabin in
Euclid was being
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built, and that the children and grandchildren intermarried into
Cleveland families, so that David’s descendants today—many of
them of much local importance—are distributed over the length and
breadth of the city. His brother, Asa Dille,
settled in East Cleveland, on Mayfield Road, and the nephew,
Samuel Dille, Sr., on Broadway.
The Dille were of Huguenot descent. One of
them emigrated 250 years ago from Scotland to Jamaica, and from
thence to South Carolina. One of his sons—who went north into
New Jersey—spelled his name Dille. Those remaining
spelled it Dilley, and it is claimed that people who write
their names either way will be found, usually, to have descended
from the same ancestor.
David Dille, Jr., was the son of David and
Mary Wade Dille, of Morris, N. J. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, having served a year as Sergeant, another year as
Lieutenant in the infantry, and two months with the cavalry. Under
his last enlistment he was with Col. William Crawford in the
ill-fated expedition to North-western Ohio, terminating in the
burning of Col. Crawford at the stake by Indians in
the presence of the renegade Simon Girty. At the
age of 78, David Dille, Jr., received a pension
for his Revolutionary services.
It was not until in the early spring of 1803 that he
came West to remain permanently. He was then 50 years old, had
been twice married, and was the father of eight children, the oldest
of whom was 22 years old, the youngest a babe. The family of
Asa Dille, his brother, accompanied him on the
journey. The wives of the two men were sisters. They
rode all the way from the Ohio River, near Wheeling, on horseback,
each carrying an infant in her arms, with another child seated
behind her, and holding on to its mother for dear life when the road
was rough. It took 25 days for the wagons that contained their
household effects to traverse the last 25 miles of the journey,
because there was no road— nothing but a bridle-path—and trees had
to be chopped down occasionally to make this wide enough for the
teams to get through.
The first wife of David Dille was
Nancy Viers. They had five sons and a daughter.
The second wife was Mary Saylor, whom David
married in 1797. The log-cabin of the Dille family
is said to have been one of generous hospitality and good cheer.
In it 14 more children were added to the family, making in all 22,
of whom 18 reached maturity. Mean while, the older members of
it had been married, and some of their children were born before all
of David’s second brood had reached its limit. The army
record of the David Dille family was most
unusual. Besides that of the father in the War of the
Revolution, was that of his three sons, Lewis, Luther,
and Asa Dille, who belonged to Capt. Murray’s
company, recruited in Cleveland in the War of 1812. In the
Civil War, David had six grandsons and thirteen
great-grandsons.
The five sons of David Dille remained in
this locality the remainder of their lives, but many of the
grandchildren removed to Western states, as did also several of
David’s children by his second marriage.
The records of this branch of the Dille
family have been collected and preserved by W. W. Dille,
of Garfield Ave., city.
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The children of David and
Nancy Viers Dille:
Nehemiah
Dille, b. 1781;
m. Elizabeth McIlrath in 1809. He died 79
years of age.
Lewis B. Dille, b. 1783;
m. Seba Leverage. He was killed by a
locomotive when about 50 years of age.
Calvin Dille. b. 1785;
m. Naomi Hendershot, 1811;
2nd, Sally Avery. He died, aged 90. |
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Luther Dille,
b. 1785, twin of Calvin;
m. Esther Hickox, of
Lorain Co., a niece of Uncle Abram Hickox, of
Cleveland. D. 78 yeas.
Asa Dille, b. 1788;
m. Mary Johnson, 1819. He died, aged 74
years.
Cassina E. Dille,
m. Thomas Gray in
1809. |
Children of David and Mary Sailor Dille:
Samuel
Dille,
m. Mary D. Barr, dau. of
Rev. Thomas Barr. Removed to Kankakee, Ind.
Israel Dille (Judge Dille, of Newark, Ohio), a
lawyer, student, genologist, and poet, died 1874.
David Buell Dille,
m. Miss Welch. He died in Montana.
Hiram Dille, went West.
Selilna Dille, m. Mr.
Wells. |
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Junius Dille,
a noted divine of San Francisco,
is his son.
Susan Dille,
m. Samuel Copper. They are grandparents of
Atty. S. C. Blake.
Sarah Dille,
m. Rastin Welch, removed to Oregon.
Cynthia Dille,
m. Havilah Farnsworth.
Marinda Dille,
m. Sardius Welch -
grandmother of Judge Alexander
Hadden. |
Children of
Calvin and Amy Dille (they were married Sept., 1811):
Lovisa Dille,
m. George Arnold, of Mayvield, O.; moved to Indiana.
David Dille, died unmarried.
Elisabeth Dille,
m. Washington O'Conner;
removed to Indiana.
Dr. Nehemiah Dille,
m. Frances Varnon; located in Kentucky. (Mrs.
Dille d. 1810, aged 84.)
Lewis B. Dille, Jr.,
m.
Ruhama |
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White.
Both died in Iowa City, Ia.
Luther Dille,
m. Dencie Holiday.
Both died in Michigan.
Calvin Dille, m. _______Holiday, sister
of Dencie Holiday Dille. (Removed to Michigan.)
Cassy Dille,
m. George Farr, of
Euclid, O. Removed to Bronson, Mich. |
Children of
Calvin, Sr., and Sally Avery Dille, his second wife:
Avery
Dille,
m.
Mary WIlcox; resides in Mississippi. |
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Anna B. Dille,
m. Henry Bilss, of Euclid, O. |
Children of
Nehemiah and Betsey Dille:
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Harriet Dille,
b. 1810;
m. William Chapman in 1827.
Sidney H. Dille, b. 1812;
m. Candace Tolburt in 1834.
Minerva Dille, b. 1814;
m. William H. Otis in 1831.
Leander Clark Dille, b. 1816;
m. Margaret H. Anderson in 1840. |
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Levantia Dille,
b. 1819;
m. Moses Bartlett in 1837.
Martha Pennington Dille, b. 1824;
m. Lewis Sawtell in 1841.
William Sandford Dille, b. 1826;
m. Ann Olivia Camp in 1850. |
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Children of Lewis B. and
Seba Dille:
Milton
Dille,
m. Lucy Wright,
2nd, Loretta Tilley.
Dr. Madison Dille, located in Vanango Co., Pa.
Jefferson Dille,
m. Olive Kniffin.
Dr. Abijah Dille,
m. Jane Booth, of
Mentor. He practised his profession in Mayfield, O.
Ann Eliza Dille,
m. _______ Shaw. Removed to Califnoria. |
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Aurora Dille.
Lived and died in Mentor, O.
Monroe Dille,
m. Miss Smart, of
Willoughby. Removed to California, and later to
Colorado.
Mary Dille, m. James Prouty.
Eveline Dille,
m. Col. Albert Barnitz,
of Cleveland. |
Lewis and
Seba Dille sold their farm in Euclid, and spent the last year of
their lives in Mentor, O.
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1803
ASA DILLE
Asa Dille, Sr.,
brother of David Dille, married Frances
Saylor. His log-cabin was on Euclid Avenue, just south of
Mayfield Road. When Cuyahoga County was organized in 1810, he
was elected its first treasurer. His name appears in
connection with societies organized in Cleveland for philanthropic
efforts, but nothing else is found concerning him. He had ten
children, of whom nine attained majority. The records of this
family are not attainable through any of his descendants, especially
the marriage records.
Children of Asa and Frances Dille:
Leonard,
Asa,
Libbous,
Ebins, and
Jacob Dille, the latter a cooper by trade, who
lived and died at Doan's Corners, East End.
He m. Elinor Collier
David Dille, removed to Pawpaw, Mich. When
last heard from, three years since, he was living at the age
of 82. |
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Emily Dille,
m. Ambrose Morrison.
He was uncle of the late Ambrose M. McGregor.
Clarissa Dille,
m. Richard Curtis, lived on the Chagrin River.
She was grandmother of the late Dr. Richard Bell, and
his brother, Frank W. Bell, the Cleveland lumber
dealer.
Elizabeth Dille,
m. Daniel S. Tyler, and
located near her father on a farm. |
Mrs. Francis Dille
died in 1842 at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Tyler.
Dille Road, which crosses Euclid Ave. in East
Cleveland, is named for this family.
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1803
McILRATH
There are many family reunions held every year in Cleveland, but
none of them were organized so early or have so large a membership
as that of McIlrath. Furthermore, this big clan has
another point of superiority over others which is justly a matter of
great local pride. Adult McIlraths in some of its
branches, that of Alexander, for instance, can visit the
McIlrath cemetery in East Cleveland and stand by the
graves of their great-great-grandmother, their great-grandparents,
and their grandparents, all of whom lived and died in that locality.
Can any Cleveland family beat that record?
Samuel McIlrath, chief of the clan, was
born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in December, 1718, came to America when
he was 24 years old, and set tled in Mendham, Morris County, New
Jersey.
In 1755, when nearing middle age, he married Isabel
Aikman. Nine children were born to them, and after
these children had reached maturity, and most, if not all of them,
married, they all came West and settled in East Cleveland.
One of the sons, Alexander, and his brother-in-law,
John Shaw, came on in 1803, and each purchased 640 acres of land,
much of it fronting Euclid Ave. and extending north to the lake.
Samuel and Isabella McIlrath, the parents,
started for East Cleveland in 1808. With other members of the
family, they came in ox-teams, drawing household furniture, farming
utensils, and the younger and frailer members of the party.
They were six months making the journey, therefore must have
traveled at their leisure. They settled in a log house about
opposite Lake View Cemetery.
Samuel McIlrath, the elder, returned to
New Jersey on a business errand, and died and was buried there.
His widow, who was 77 years old when she made the trip to Ohio,
remained here, and at her death, in 1814, was buried in the
McIlrath cemetery, where she lies surrounded by children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Children of Samuel and
Isabel McIlrath:
(1) Mary McIlrath,
b. 1756; died unmarried, aged 69 years.
(2) Andrew McIlrath, b. 1758;
m. Abby Cozad.
(3) Agnes McIlrath, b. 1761;
m. 1st, James Jones;
2nd, Caleb Eddy;
3rd, Hosea Blinn.
(4) Thomas McIlrath, b. 1764;
m. 1st, Eliza Cozad;
2nd, Eunice Slawson.
(5) Jane McIlrath, b. 1766;
m. |
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Samuel Cozad. (See
Cozad sketch)
(6) Alexander McILrath, b. 1769;
m. Rhoda Condit;
2nd, Caroline Meeker.
(7) Elizabeth McIlrath, b. 1771;
m. M. J. Burton.
(8) Isabel McIlrath, b. 1774;
m. Nathaniel Woodruff.
(9) Sarah McIlrath, b. 1777;
m. John Shaw. |
The children of Andrew
and Abigail Cozad McIlrath:
Anne McIlrath,
m. David Bonnell
Lydia McIlrath,
m. Abraham Mattox
Abigail McIlrath,
m. Abraham L. Norris
Polly McIlrath,
m. Jesse Adams. |
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Samuel McIlrath,
md. Betsey Carlton
Elizabeth McIlrath,
m. Nehemiah Dille
Phebe McIlrath,
m. Paul P. Condit.
Andrew McIlrath,
m. Angeline O'Connor. |
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Children of Thomas and
Elisabeth Cozad McIlrath:
Thomas McIlrath,
m. Jerusha Brainard.
Samuel McIlrath,
m. Lucy Brainard |
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Phebe McIlrath,
m. Mr. Frost.
Mary McIlrath,
m. 1st, Mr. Thomas;
2nd, Mr. Baldwin. |
Children of
Alexander and Rhoda Condit McIlrath:
Finnetta McIlrath,
b. 1802;
m. Damon O'Connor.
Sarah McIlrath, b. 1803;
m. Andrew Stewart |
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Michael McIlrath,
m. 1st, Sophia Watkins;
2nd, Sarah Hollister.
Isabel McIlrath,
m. Benjamin Sawtell.
Abner C. McIlrath,
m. Eliza Pier. |
Abner C.
and Eliza McIlrath kept a tavern on Euclid Avenue, in East
Cleveland, where they lived all their married lives, and raised 13
children. Their four sons served in the Civil War, and their
names can be read on the list in the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
on the Public Square. They are: James P., Philip C.,
Oliver P., and Abner McIlrath, Jr. Oliver P. McIlrath,
No. 10728 Churchill Ave.*, is the only survivor of these patriotic
brothers.
Abner C. McIlrath, their father, was a
striking-looking man. He was over six feet in height,
and broad in proportion.
When Abraham Lincoln passed through Cleveland,
in 1861, on the way to his inauguration in Washington, he made a
speech from the balcony of the Weddell House. He
observed Abner McIlrath standing near, and, laughing, invited
him to measure up and see which was the taller. They stood
back to back. McIlrath won. "There," said
Abner, "you see I am a bigger Republican than you are.
It will be noted that the elder McIlraths,
children of Samuel and Isabel, were middle-aged when they
came to Cleveland. Andrew, the oldest son, was 50 years old;
Samuel, his son, and fifth child, married in 1810, Betsey
Carlton. Her maiden name was Davis, and she had
Carlton children, Davis and Sherman
Carlton—both fine men who removed to Elkhart, Ind.
Samuel McIlrath was addressed as “Squire”
by the neighbors, and probably was a justice of the peace.
Both Samuel and Betsey were warm-hearted and
open-handed. There never was a time when their own household
of children was not supplemented by two or three children bearing
other surnames, waifs who had lost one or both parents in one of the
fatal epidemics that occasionally prevailed.
Children of Samuel and
Betsey McIlrath:
Hiram McIlrath,
m. Katherine Day, dau. of Hiram Day.
Mary McIlrath,
m. Philo Moses.
Andrew McIlrath,
m. Miss McIlrath.
Richard McIlrath,
m.. Louise Ruple. |
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Samuel McIlrath,
m. _____ Moser, an
adopted daughter.
Rufus Clark McIlrath,
m. Rinda Lyon of
Strongville. She
m. 2nd Leonard Burgess, of Cleveland. |
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* House is no longer there. ~ SWick
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John and Sarah McIlrath Shaw had no children. They left
all their property to what is now known as the Shaw High School of
East Cleveland. ---------------
1804 WHITE
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1804 BURK
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BURKE
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1804 DILLE
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DILLE
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1805 BURROUGHS
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1806 ADAMS
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ADAMS
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AGUE, OR CHILLS AND FEVER
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AGUE, OR CHILLS AND FEVER
[Page 84] her knees, with a third shaking and wailing on the floor beside
her. The pioneer physicians seemed unable to cope with the
disease. Quinine was then unknown. Meanwhile,
mosquitoes swarmed, and there was no netting to windows, nor
screen=doors to bar them out of the home. The only
recourse was smudges - out-door fires, dampened, to make much
smoke. ---------------
1806
PERRY
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