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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Guernsey County, Ohio
by Col. Cyrus P. B. Sarchet
- Illustrated -
Vols. I & 2.
B. F. Bowden & Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana -
1911
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William H. Davis |
WILLIAM H. DAVIS
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - Publ: B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 688 |
Wilbur D. Deselm |
WILBUR D. DESELM
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - Publ: B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 736 |
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EPHRAIM M. DILLEY. A well
known and successful contractor of Cambridge and one of Guernsey
county's public spirited and enterprising citizens of Ephraim
M. Dilley, whose past record has been such as to commend him
to the masses and render him popular with all classes.
Mr. Dilley was born Aug. 16, 1859, in Senecaville, this
county, of an excellent old family, being the son of Burkley
and Jemima (Shaw) Dilley. The father was born in
Sussex county, New Jersey and the mother in Frederickstown,
Maryland. Both came to Guernsey county, Ohio, in their
youth and here they were married. The father was a brick
contractor and a practical brick layer, and his services were in
great demand. He was a man of excellent character and
intelligence and was well liked by all who knew him. His
death occurred in Senecaville in February, 1894, and his widow
died in March, 1908; they are buried in the cemetery in
Senecaville.
Ephraim M. Dilley was educated in the public
schools of Senecaville, and he learned the bricklayer's trade
under his father when a young man. He became proficient in
this line and worked in Canton, Ohio, and other cities for
several years, and in 1898 he came to Cambridge and engaged in
the brick and stone contracting business and has prospered.
He has maintained a reputation for honest, high class work,
promptly done and has been kept very busy all the hwile.
He is a splendid workman and a successful business man.
On Jan. 17, 1899, Mr. Dilley was married to
Mrs. Clara Dugan, daughter of William and Isabelle
Kanouff, of Guernsey county, Ohio. To this union one
son has been born, William Eldridge Dilley.
Mr. Dilley has always been a Republican in politics
and has been active in party affairs. He has frequently
served as a member of the county committee and as a delegate to
the county, district and state conventions. During the
years 1907-8-9, he served very faithfully and acceptable as a
state district inspector of buildings and factories in Ohio,
under Chief Inspector Morgan.
Mr. Dilley is a member of Senecaville Lodge of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of
America, and the Bricklayers' Union. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church, while Mrs. Dilley is a Methodist
Protestant.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - Publ.: B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 877 |
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JAMES L. DILLEY. Among the
native born residents of the vicinity of Senecaville, Richland
township, Guernsey county, who have reached a well merited
success there must be included the name of James L. Dilley,
for, having applied himself in a most assiduous manner to
whatever he undertook, he has been largely rewarded. No
man is better known in this section of the county than he, and
his career has a double interest when it is learned that he is
one of the honored veterans of the great civil conflict of
nearly a half century ago, having gone forth, like the patriotic
Spartan of old, to do or die for his country on many a
sanguinary field of combat.
James L. Dilley was born Mar. 24, 1841, in
Cambridge, Ohio, the son of Valentine J. and Amanda W.
(Hutchinson) Dilley. The father was born in Richland
township, and the grandfather, Joseph Dilley, came to
Guernsey county from New Jersey with the early pioneers.
Both grandfather and father were farmers. The father was
also a shoemaker and conducted a shop at Cambridge for a number
of years and in 1845 moved to Senecaville, where he conducted a
shop for some years, but later engaged in farming in different
parts of the county and eventually returned to Senecaville,
where he died in June, 1886, and his widow on Apr. 8, 1906.
He was a Republican in politics and active in pubic affairs, but
not an office seeker, though he served as a member of the first
town council of Senecaville and also as assessor of Richland
township. He was a man of sterling character and
integrity. The parents had a family of twelve children:
James L., the subject of this sketch; Richard H., of
Cambridge; Susan, deceased; Caroline E., now
Mrs. John W. James, of Maxburg, Washington county, Ohio;
Minerva U., now Mrs. Richard Lowry, of Senecaville;
Harriet, deceased; Amanda, now Mrs. James Nelson,
of Senecaville; William, deceased; Ephraim,
deceased; Sarah Frances, deceased.
James L. Dilley, who was the third in order of
birth, grew up in Senecaville and obtained his education in the
public schools. In 1858 the family moved to Cumberland,
Guernsey county, and from there to Maxburg, Washington county.
There, on Oct. 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Sixty-second
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years' service in
the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil war. He served
three years and on Jan. 1, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same
company and regiment for another three years, or during the war.
He served until the close of the war, and was mustered out on
July 15, 1865, serving almost continuously for four years.
His regiment was mostly with the Army of the Potomac and he
participated in twenty-six battles, the Sixty-second Regiment
being always on duty and on the firing line. On Apr. 6,
1865, just three days before General Lee's surrender.
Mr. Dilley was wounded in the right thigh in the battle
of High Bridge, Virginia, having passed through without any
serious injury up to that time. His limb was amputated and
was so injured that an artificial limb was impossible. He
had a splendid record.
After the close of the war Mr. Dilley returned
home. His parents were living in Maxburg, Washington
county, Ohio, where he engaged in the mercantile business with
his brother, Richard H. Dilley. He was in business
there for about fur years. He was married Sept. 4, 1858,
to Clara A. Miller, daughter of Samuel and Charlotte
N. (Goodwell) Miller, of Maxburg, Ohio. To this union
were born the following children: Sarah Francis,
deceased; Joseph, deceased; William, of Caldwell,
Ohio, and Lillie, deceased; Samuel, of Senecaville;
Inez, deceased; James A., of Senecaville; Helen,
deceased; Mildred, at home.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dilley lived
in Maxburg for about one year, when they removed to Duncan's
Falls, Muskingum county, where he was engaged in the jewelry
business for nine years. In 1880 he moved to Senecaville
and engaged in the jewelry business until 1908, when he retired
from active business.
Mr. Dilley is a Republican in politics and
always has been an active party man. He has served as
assessor of Aurelias township, in Washington county, for two
years. He has served as a member of the town council of
Senecaville for twenty years, and is now president of the same.
He has served as a member of the Republican county central
committee for years and has been a delegate to county, district
and state conventions. He is now a member of the Guernsey
county soldiers' relief board. He is a member of the
Buchanan Post No. 541, Grand Army of the Republic, and has been
commander of the post and is now adjutant. He has been a
delegate to the state encampment and is active in all work of
the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife is a member of
the Presbyterian church and Mr. Dilley is an adherent of
that church and a liberal supporter of the church. He is
also a member of the Senecaville board of education, is a man of
high standing and a splendid citizen in every respect.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - Publ.: B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 834 |
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JOSEPH BENSON DOLLISON.
One of Cambridge's successful business men and public spirited
citizens is Joseph Benson Dollison, who, by his life of
consecutive and consistent endeavor, has won and retained the
utmost confidence and the undivided esteem of all classes and
both as a business and public official his reputation has been
that of a fair-minded, energetic and conscientious man of
affairs.
Mr. Dollison was born on March 9, 1860, in
Richland township, Guernsey county, Ohio, on a farm near
Senecaville. He is the son of Harvey C. and Johanna C.
(Lindsay) Dollison. The father was a native of this
county, while the mother was born in Virginia. The
Dollison family originally came from Maryland in the early
pioneer days; the Lindsay family also came from Virginia,
when Mrs. Dollison was but a child. Mr. Dollison
was a farmer and for many years a justice of the peace in
both Richland and Spencer townships, where he lived. He
was the legal advisor for the entire neighborhood, drawing up
deeds and legal papers of all kinds, being an oracle among the
people. He was always active in the affairs of the
Republican party and a valued advisor in political matters.
He and his wife and family were members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and he was a devout churchman. The death
of the elder Dollison occurred in February, 1887, his
widow surviving him nearly a quarter of a century, having passed
to her rest in March, 1910. She was a most estimable
woman, and they are both buried in the cemetery at Senecaville.
Nine children were born to them, six of whom are living, namely:
Lucinda married James F. Culver, of Cumberland,
Guernsey county; Minerva J. married William Jeffrey,
of Claysville; the last two named are widows; Benjamin F.,
of Zanesville, Ohio; Dorothy A., now Mrs. Harvey
Dennis, of Cambridge; John T., deceased; Joseph B.,
of this review; Mary F. became Mrs. Marion Nelson,
deceased; Justin L., of Cambridge; William A. and
Robert Madison twins, the latter being deceased
and the former lives in Denver, Colorado.
Joseph B. Dollison grew to maturity on his
father's farm, which he worked when but a small boy, and he
attended the public schools during the winter time. He
later took the teacher's course at the Valparaiso (Indiana)
Normal School, after which he taught in the district schools of
Spencer township for five years. He then went in to the
general merchandise business in Claysville, in which he
continued successfully for five years. As a teacher he was
progressive and popular and had he continued in that line of
endeavor he would have no doubt become one of the leading
educators in this part of the state. In 1895 he left
Claysville and moved to a farm in Adams township and engaged in
the implement and vehicle business in Cambridge and had a good
trade from the first. He always took a great deal of
interest in the affairs of the Republican party, and,
recognizing his worth and appreciating his efforts in this
connection, his party, i the fall of 1898, elected him sheriff
of Guernsey county, and he took office on January 1, 1899, when
he moved to Cambridge. He made such a creditable record
the first term that he was re-elected for a second, thus serving
four year in a manner that won the hearty approval of all
concerned, being an efficient and popular officer. He has
never lost an opportunity to foster the principles of the
Republican party. While living in Westland township he
served as a member of the township board and the board of
education and was township clerk for several terms. After
coming to Cambridge he served as chairman of the Republican
county executive committee for two years and was regarded as a
very successful manager and one of the principal local leaders.
He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
Lodge No. 448, of Cambridge.
Mr. Dollison was married in 1882 to
Mary Steele, an orphan girl whose father was killed in
battle during the Civil war. To this union nine children
have been born, all of whom are living, namely: Cretie;
Chloe, now Mrs. Paul Ralstone, of Cambridge;
Gertrude, now Mrs. Charles C. McCracken, of Akron;
Ralph H., who is in the office of the American Sheet and
Steel Company at Cambridge; Emma, Virginia, Mildred, Helen
and Bernadine.
After leaving the sheriff's office in 1903, Mr.
Dollison again engaged in the implement and vehicle
business, which he has continued with his usual success to the
present time. He carries a very carefully selected stock
and enjoys a large and rapidly growing trade. He is an
agreeable companion and a good mixer and is popular with all
classes. HE and his family are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church and are active in church and Sunday school
work. The family home, which is a pleasant one, is located
at No. 1149 East Gomber street. It is a fine, modern
residence, elegant in all its appointments and neatly kept, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dollison are devoted to their home and
family and find great enjoyment and diversion in the family
circle, maintaining a model home.
Source: History of Guernsey County, Ohio by Col. Cyrus P. B.
Sarchet - Illustrated - Vols. I & 2. - Publ.: B. F. Bowden &
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1911 - Page 629 |
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