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Jesse Dillman, Co. G, 13th Indiana Infantry, served from Nov. 30, 1864 to Sept. 5, 1865. He was born about 1844, the son of Jacob Dillman and Ellen Houston, who were married in 1833 in Ross County, OH, and moved to Fulton County, IN about 1837. According to Jesse's obituary, he " was in many of the big battles of the war and marched with Sherman to the sea." He was a life-long resident of Fulton County, dying there at the age of 91 in 1935. After the war, he married Lucinda Jane Carr, Sept. 12, 1869. He was a farmer his whole life. He and his wife had the following children: Clara A., b. 1873, m. 1895 George Worley; Ella, b. 1877, m. 1900 John W. Funk; Joseph Jesse, b. June 30, 1890, m. 1914 Martha M. Beck; Jacob; Emma; and Della, b. 1880, d. 1896. Grandchildren, by his son, Joseph Jesse, include: Doris, Jesse J., John J., Helen and Omer Lee.
Re: 27 Indiana Dillmans in the Civil War
Posted by: Robert Dillman / Date: September 24, 1999 at 14:30:02In Reply to: 27 Indiana Dillmans in the Civil War by Madeline / of 342
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Nice piece of research.
I believe #19 is Jacob Andrew Dillman, son of Frederick W. Dillman and Mary Bowman. Jacob was b. Jan 8, 1825 and d. Dec 12, 1907 in Waynesburg, Bartholomew Co., IN. m. Mary Elizabeth Moore Sep 16, 1852. She d. Jul 12, 1911 in Bartholomew Co, IN.
#20 Lafayette J. Dillman is the son of Solomon Dillman and Rebecca Jane Webb. Lafayette was b. 1843 and d. 1887 in Decatur Co, IN. He m. Mary E. Dreitzer Oct 12, 1876 in Decatur Co, IN. Solomon was a brother to #19 Jacob Andrew.
#10 - Henry F. Dillman left a diary written while he was in service, which was later printed by the Monroe Co., IN Historical Society. He was born 14 Nov 1838, d 30 Mar 1917. His wife was Martha J. Strain, b 21 Mar 1842, d 24 May 1927.
#24 - Melvin Dillman was son of John and Martha [Perry] Dillman. He was born 25 Jan 1849, d 12 Dec 1927. His wife was Mary E. Carothers, b 30 June 1850. They had nine children.
#25 - Isaac M. Dillman was born 16 Feb 1832, d 26 April 1892. His wife was Johanna C. Mathers, and they had ten children.
Posted by: Michele Wagner / Date: March 16, 2000 at 13:58:14
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You are correct. #19 is Jacob Andrew Dillman. However, Waynesburg is in Decatur Co, Indiana. Jacob Dillman's farm is located in both Decatur and Bartholomew Counties. I believe that there were 5 homes on this property altogether. JA Dillman purchased some land with a log home. This land was in both counties. Then, he purchased more land in Bartholomew County with a log home. He built a small home on the Bartholomew County side. Then, he moved across the road once a larger home was completed. Finally, he built a very large home when he was 65 years old on the Bartholomew County side of the road. Mary Elizabeth Moor was his wife. I don't believe that her last name had an "e" at the end. She was born 3 Dec 1829 in Brookville, Indiana. Jacob Andrew Dillman was my great great grandfather. I have his family history in his own pen along with that left by my great grandfather.
Posted by: Ann Dillman Scott / Date: September 23, 1999 at 21:46:19
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Numbers 1 & 8 are sons of George and Matilda (Dillman) Dillman. James A. m first Isabella Brown then Fannie G. McCarty. William A. never married, After the war he located at Blue Earth, Minnesota. Settled in Worthington and built a sod and log shanty on the east shore of East Lake Okabena.
Numbers 10 & 25 are sons of Andrew Dillman, III and wife Elizabeth Bruner
Posted by: Madeline / Date: September 23, 1999 at 13:15:36
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I am quite certain that soldier #6, Jesse Dillman, is a cousin to the 3 brothers from Tippecanoe County. His father, Jacob Dillman, was a younger brother to Joseph Dillman. Jacob was married to Ellen Houston in 1833 in Ross County, OH. The family settled in Fulton County, IN about 1837. Jesse was born there around 1844. He had an older brother and sister, Peter and Mary, and three younger sisters, Elizabeth, Susannah and Margaret.
Jesse's father, Jacob died around 1852, and his mother married Jonathan Washington in 1854. She had another child, Sylvanus L. Washington, born about 1854. When she died in 1861, her oldest son, Peter was named guardian for the younger children.
Jesse was about twenty years old when he enlisted for a year of service at the end of the war. After the war, Jesse stayed in Fulton County, where he married Lucinda Carr in 1869. They had at least three children, including Clara A. Dillman b. ~1873, Ella Dillman b. ~1877 and Joseph Jesse Dillman b. about 1889.
Posted by: Madeline / Date: September 23, 1999 at 12:38:29
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Soldiers numbered 4,5 and 13 are three brothers from Tippecanoe County, IN. Their father is Joseph Dillman who married Harriet Shryock in Ross County, OH in 1825. John was born from this union, as was another brother, Cline (my great grandfather). Their mother must have died shortly after Cline's birth in 1834, because Joseph married again in Highland County, OH to Catherine Beard in 1835. She is the mother of both Thomas and James. Joseph and his family moved to Tippecanoe County sometime in the late 1830s.
John W. Dillman was born in 1829 near Chillicothe, OH. He was a boy of less than ten when the family came to Indiana. In 1847, John's older brother, William, and his step-mother both died. His father soon married again, to Elizabeth Coffenberry, the widow of John T. Critser. A year later, on Oct. 6, 1848, John married Elizabeth's daughter, Katharine Critser. They had nine children, including one unknown child and Jacob S., Eliza A., Harriet E.,
3 brothers continuedPosted by: Madeline / Date: September 23, 1999 at 12:58:44
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Sorry, I clicked the wrong button:
Anyway, John and Kates children included:
Jacob S. b. ~1850, Eliza A. b. ~1852, Harriet E. b. ~1856, Sarah Viola b. ~1858, Ida Belle b. ~1856, Cline L. b. 1869, Susan May b. ~1871 and Laura Olive b. ~1874.
John's youngest half-brother, James T. Dillman, joined the same regiment as John, although a different company. He was only about 16 years old, and served for just a few months. He was overtaken by illness, and died in a military hospital in Lebanon, KY without ever seeing combat. As the youngest son in the family, James had been supporting his aging parents. His father was permanently disabled after breaking his thigh and hip in a fall from a horse, and was not able to farm any longer. Joseph was later able to claim a small pension because of James' death in the service.
The third brother was Thomas Dillman born about 1837 in Ohio, just before the family moved to Indiana. He was also a farmer, and married Olive E. Husk in 1861. He enlisted in a cavalry regiment and served for a year, mostly in Kentucky and Tennessee, before being killed in a skirmish near Rheatown, TN in late 1863. He and his wife had no surviving children, and Olive remarried in 1865 to Allen G. Kelley, also from Tippecanoe County.