Thomas Dillon(c1818- c1885), son of John Dillon and Rachel Hamilton, was born c1818 in Greene Co., PA. (The Civil War records for Thomas indicate he was born in Greene Co., PA and was 44 years of age in 1862.) He married Sarah Ann Morris c1836, presumably in Monroe Co., OH. According to the Monroe Co. Census, Sarah Ann was about the same age as Thomas Dillon. Thomas had come to Monroe Co. with his family a year or so earlier, when his family had settled down in Summit and Seneca Twps to the west of Lewisville. It is believed the first child of Thomas and Sarah died in infancy. Their next child, Morris, was probably so named because of the close relationship with the nearby Morris family. These Dillons and Morrises had probably been neighbors in PA. The third child of Thomas and Sarah, Anna Dillon, married William "Billy" Denbow, who also served in Co. K, 78th Ohio Inf. with Thomas. Thomas and Sarah eventually purchased and exchange several properties in western and southwestern Monroe Co. This photo of the Thomas Dillon gravesite was taken in the Sutherland Methodist Cemetery, near Stafford. Thomas is buried next to William Morris, presumably the same individual from whom Thomas purchased local property and his father-in-law and the father-in-law of his sisters, Mary Dillon Morris and Eleanor Dillon Morris. According to his Civil War record, Thomas was discharged by "Surgeon's Certificate" after completing less than one year of his three year enlistment. He was "5 feet 8 1/2 inches high, 'had' fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair." His date of death has not been established but is believed to be cFeb 17, 1885, the date of the closure of his Civil War pension file. Thomas was also a brother of Vincent Sr., Peter, Hamilton, and John Jr.
Thomas Dillon(c1818- c1885), son of John Dillon and Rachel Hamilton, was born c1818 in Greene Co., PA. (The Civil War records for Thomas indicate he was born in Greene Co., PA and was 44 years of age in 1862.) He married Sarah Ann Morris c1836, presumably in Monroe Co., OH. According to the Monroe Co. Census, Sarah Ann was about the same age as Thomas Dillon. Thomas had come to Monroe Co. with his family a year or so earlier, when his family had settled down in Summit and Seneca Twps to the west of Lewisville. It is believed the first child of Thomas and Sarah died in infancy. Their next child, Morris, was probably so named because of the close relationship with the nearby Morris family. These Dillons and Morrises had probably been neighbors in PA. The third child of Thomas and Sarah, Anna Dillon, married William "Billy" Denbow, who also served in Co. K, 78th Ohio Inf. with Thomas. Thomas and Sarah eventually purchased and exchange several properties in western and southwestern Monroe Co. This photo of the Thomas Dillon gravesite was taken in the Sutherland Methodist Cemetery, near Stafford. Thomas is buried next to William Morris, presumably the same individual from whom Thomas purchased local property and his father-in-law and the father-in-law of his sisters, Mary Dillon Morris and Eleanor Dillon Morris. According to his Civil War record, Thomas was discharged by "Surgeon's Certificate" after completing less than one year of his three year enlistment. He was "5 feet 8 1/2 inches high, 'had' fair complexion, blue eyes, grey hair." His date of death has not been established but is believed to be cFeb 17, 1885, the date of the closure of his Civil War pension file. Thomas was also a brother of Vincent Sr., Peter, Hamilton, and John Jr.
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THOS. DILLON
CO. K
78 OHIO INF.
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