Darius Ganyard Dirlam was born in 1826 in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, to Sylvanus Dirlam and Mercy Clarke. In 1831 he moved to Clyde, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from State and Union law school at Poland, Ohio, in 1856. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Mansfield in 1857.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumpter in April, and Dirlam enlisted in June of 1861, at the age of 32. He served a year in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company H, as a Lieutenant. He was lightly wounded on December 12, 1861 at the Battle of Camp Alleghany in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). When he had recovered, he transferred into the 12th Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, and served there until July 1862.
He was elected Mayor of Mansfield in 1864, and Common Pleas Judge in 1872. He practiced law in Mansfield until 1897, when he retired from active practice.
He was married, first to Rachael York (who died in 1856), and they had a son, Howard Buck Dirlam. He married second Elizabeth Niles (who died in 1900), and they had a daughter, Alice G Dirlam.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumpter in April, and Dirlam enlisted in June of 1861, at the age of 32. He served a year in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company H, as a Lieutenant. He was lightly wounded on December 12, 1861 at the Battle of Camp Alleghany in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). When he had recovered, he transferred into the 12th Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, and served there until July 1862.
He was elected Mayor of Mansfield in 1864, and Common Pleas Judge in 1872. He practiced law in Mansfield until 1897, when he retired from active practice.
He was married, first to Rachael York (who died in 1856), and they had a son, Howard Buck Dirlam. He married second Elizabeth Niles (who died in 1900), and they had a daughter, Alice G Dirlam.
Darius Ganyard Dirlam was born in 1826 in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, to Sylvanus Dirlam and Mercy Clarke. In 1831 he moved to Clyde, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from State and Union law school at Poland, Ohio, in 1856. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Mansfield in 1857.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumpter in April, and Dirlam enlisted in June of 1861, at the age of 32. He served a year in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company H, as a Lieutenant. He was lightly wounded on December 12, 1861 at the Battle of Camp Alleghany in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). When he had recovered, he transferred into the 12th Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, and served there until July 1862.
He was elected Mayor of Mansfield in 1864, and Common Pleas Judge in 1872. He practiced law in Mansfield until 1897, when he retired from active practice.
He was married, first to Rachael York (who died in 1856), and they had a son, Howard Buck Dirlam. He married second Elizabeth Niles (who died in 1900), and they had a daughter, Alice G Dirlam.
The Confederates fired on Fort Sumpter in April, and Dirlam enlisted in June of 1861, at the age of 32. He served a year in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company H, as a Lieutenant. He was lightly wounded on December 12, 1861 at the Battle of Camp Alleghany in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). When he had recovered, he transferred into the 12th Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, and served there until July 1862.
He was elected Mayor of Mansfield in 1864, and Common Pleas Judge in 1872. He practiced law in Mansfield until 1897, when he retired from active practice.
He was married, first to Rachael York (who died in 1856), and they had a son, Howard Buck Dirlam. He married second Elizabeth Niles (who died in 1900), and they had a daughter, Alice G Dirlam.
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