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Vashti <I>Borton</I> Dillon

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Vashti Borton Dillon

Birth
Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Death
3 Apr 1884 (aged 89–90)
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0759053, Longitude: -80.7138047
Plot
Lot 111
Memorial ID
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She married Samuel Dillon, April 12, 1812, Guernsey County, Ohio.

Samuel was widowed in 1811 from first wife Nancy FLETCHER.
Samuel served in War of 1812, enlisting August 22, 1812, discharged February 22, 1813. Private, Capt. Joseph Kirkwood's Company, Ohio Militia. This information comes from his pension application naming Vashti as his widow. It also states his death was June 23, 1859, Sangamon County, Illinois where they had record of his residence in 1850 and 1855.

Vashti appears on the 1860 census, Wheeling, Ohio County, VA/WV with married son George Dillon and family. They live adjacent to other Dillon family members James M, Benjamin B, Rachel Hornbrook and Josiah.

Mortuary notice, The Wheeling Intelligencer, 4 Apr 1884:
"DILLON - At 11 o'clock p.m., on April 3, 1884, at her residence on Fourteenth street, Mrs. Vasti m Dillon, in the 90th year of her age.
Funeral will take place at 2 o'clock p.m., from the residence of Rachel Hornbrook, No. 187 Fourteenth street. Interment private at Peninsula."
She married Samuel Dillon, April 12, 1812, Guernsey County, Ohio.

Samuel was widowed in 1811 from first wife Nancy FLETCHER.
Samuel served in War of 1812, enlisting August 22, 1812, discharged February 22, 1813. Private, Capt. Joseph Kirkwood's Company, Ohio Militia. This information comes from his pension application naming Vashti as his widow. It also states his death was June 23, 1859, Sangamon County, Illinois where they had record of his residence in 1850 and 1855.

Vashti appears on the 1860 census, Wheeling, Ohio County, VA/WV with married son George Dillon and family. They live adjacent to other Dillon family members James M, Benjamin B, Rachel Hornbrook and Josiah.

Mortuary notice, The Wheeling Intelligencer, 4 Apr 1884:
"DILLON - At 11 o'clock p.m., on April 3, 1884, at her residence on Fourteenth street, Mrs. Vasti m Dillon, in the 90th year of her age.
Funeral will take place at 2 o'clock p.m., from the residence of Rachel Hornbrook, No. 187 Fourteenth street. Interment private at Peninsula."

Gravesite Details

Photo contributor indicates there was no stone or marker found for Vashti in this lot, however there are 2 small stones on either side of Hornbrook tall stone. One mother & the other father, could be daughter Rachel & husband Francis Hornbrook.



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