DANIEL DILLE, an esteemed resident of Morris township, is a son of Lewis Dille, who was born upon the old home place in 1799. In 1822 he married Lucy McCollum, who bore him the following children: Ira (deceased), Jesse M., Cephas, Daniel, Ephraim, John, David and Keziah. Lewis Dille died in 1885, and was followed by his wife the same year. Daniel Dille, whose name opens this memoir, was born January 14, 1829, on his father's farm in Morris township, Washington Co., Penn. He received a somewhat limited common-school education, and remained at home till twenty-two years of age, when he began to learn the trade of a cooper, which business he followed twenty-five years. On February 27, 1850, he was united in marriage with Mary Jane Andrews, who was born July 9, 1833, a daughter of Ira Andrews, a resident of Morris township. In 1851 he purchased of his father the well-improved farm lying about three miles northeast o Prosperity, in Morris township, this county, which is still in his possession. The following children were born to this union: Caleb M., born February 11, 1852, a resident of Washington, Penn., and married to Sarah Dille, daughter of Ephraim Dille, of Morris township, and Elizabeth Ann, born August 11, 1854, wife of Henry Sanders, and a resident of Morris township. On December 21, 1854, Mrs. Dille died, and October 4, 1855, Mr. Dille married Catherine McVay, daughter of Samuel McVay, of Morris township, this county, and their children are: Benjamin F., born August 31, 1856, residing on his father's farm in Morris township; Charles Osborne, born July 20, 1858, a resident of Sycamore, Greene Co., Penn., and married to Amanda Sanders; Hugh Hanna, born August 27, 1860, living with his parents; Sarah Hanna, born May 3, 1863, wife of Clark Wilson, and residing in the northern part of the county. In 1890 Mr. Dille retired from the farm, removing to Prosperity. In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church at Prosperity.

Text taken from page 1437 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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