At the age of two, Adam was a survivor of the James Beachum Shipwreck, also known as the "Famous Dove" which shipwrecked off the coast of Virginia on September 16, 1831.
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History of Van Buren Co., Michigan, pg. 978-980
Adam Dillman.- It would be impossible to enumerate all the benefits our cosmopolitan civilization has received from the German element of our population. In our cities they make up one of the most law abiding and industrious classes, and ever since the days when they colonized Pennsylvania they have sent their sons to fight for the country which they made their own. In our farming communities their superior methods have taught us to realize a little of the possibilities of intelligent farming and if we will but take lessons from the older land in the matter of making two blades of grass- say rather wheat or potatoes-grow where but one grew before, as we are beginning to do, we shall find our farm an undreamed of source of wealth. One of Van Buren county's best managed farms is that of Adam Dillman, who was born in Germany in 1829, but has lived in America since the age of two.
Peter and Elizabeth (Bame) Dillman were both born in Germany and lived there until some years after their marriage. They came to America in 1831 and located in Jefferson county, Ohio, making their home there for eight years and then moving to Hancock county in the same state. Here they remained and here the father died in 1852. The mother lived to the age of eighty-eight and a half years and died in 1895. Adam is the eldest of the nine children who constituted the Dillman family. Anne, the next oldest, is the widow of Augustus Miller, of Hancock county, Ohio, where Philip also resides. Henry lives in Bluffton, Ohio, and Barbara, the other sister is the widow of Samuel Huff, of Hancock county. The four other children are all deceased, two having died in infancy.
Adam Dillman followed the old-time custom of giving his time until he was twenty-one to his family. At that age he took up farming for himself and in 1854 was married and bought eighty acres of land in Hancock county, which he worked for eight years and then sold. After disposing of his own place he worked his father-in-law's farm for five years and then came to Bangor, Michigan. Mr. Dillman lived in Bangor for two years and then bought a quarter-section in Bangor township, where he does general farming and stock-raising on one of the finest farms in the entire county.
Mrs. Dillman was formerly Miss Catherine Smith, the daughter of John and Wilhelmina Smith, both natives of Germany. Her marriage to Adam Dillman took place on January 17, 1854. Two children were born of this union: Peter J., for over twenty years the supervisor of the township, died in 1907, and Henry, the other son, now lives with his father and manages the farm. Adam Dillman is a Democrat and has held minor offices in the township. He and his son Henry both attend the Congregational church of Bangor. They are in every way valuable citizens and highly regarded in the county, as was also Peter Dillman, who spent his life on a farm in the county.
Sarah Funk Dillman, the widow of Peter Dillman, lives in this township with her six younger children, Mary, Bertha, Sadie, Frances, Ruby and Juna. Her oldest daughter, Viola, is the wife of Henry Clinard, of Van Buren county, and Blanche is Mrs. Clifford Davis, of South Haven. Mrs. Dillman was one of a family of ten children, four of whom were girls. The parents came to Van Buren county in 1856 and are now both dead. The father, Daniel Funk, was a native of Germany and the mother, Hester Yeider Funk, of Ohio. Of the children, the three sisters of Mrs. Dillman, Maria, Elmira and Susan, are deceased. Henry lives in Van Buren county; Simon, in Bangor; Joseph, in Greene township, and George and Daniel both live in Van Buren county. Isaac, the other son, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dillman had been married twenty-nine years when he was taken from this life, as their union occurred in 1878, on November 24. Like other members of the family, Mr. Peter Dillman was a Democrat and attended the Congregational church. Fraternally he was connected with the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Maccabees. He was a man in whom the community reposed the highest confidence and his long term as supervisor is but one expression of the esteem with which he was regarded.
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History of Van Buren Co., Michigan, pg. 978-980
Adam Dillman.- It would be impossible to enumerate all the benefits our cosmopolitan civilization has received from the German element of our population. In our cities they make up one of the most law abiding and industrious classes, and ever since the days when they colonized Pennsylvania they have sent their sons to fight for the country which they made their own. In our farming communities their superior methods have taught us to realize a little of the possibilities of intelligent farming and if we will but take lessons from the older land in the matter of making two blades of grass- say rather wheat or potatoes-grow where but one grew before, as we are beginning to do, we shall find our farm an undreamed of source of wealth. One of Van Buren county's best managed farms is that of Adam Dillman, who was born in Germany in 1829, but has lived in America since the age of two.
Peter and Elizabeth (Bame) Dillman were both born in Germany and lived there until some years after their marriage. They came to America in 1831 and located in Jefferson county, Ohio, making their home there for eight years and then moving to Hancock county in the same state. Here they remained and here the father died in 1852. The mother lived to the age of eighty-eight and a half years and died in 1895. Adam is the eldest of the nine children who constituted the Dillman family. Anne, the next oldest, is the widow of Augustus Miller, of Hancock county, Ohio, where Philip also resides. Henry lives in Bluffton, Ohio, and Barbara, the other sister is the widow of Samuel Huff, of Hancock county. The four other children are all deceased, two having died in infancy.
Adam Dillman followed the old-time custom of giving his time until he was twenty-one to his family. At that age he took up farming for himself and in 1854 was married and bought eighty acres of land in Hancock county, which he worked for eight years and then sold. After disposing of his own place he worked his father-in-law's farm for five years and then came to Bangor, Michigan. Mr. Dillman lived in Bangor for two years and then bought a quarter-section in Bangor township, where he does general farming and stock-raising on one of the finest farms in the entire county.
Mrs. Dillman was formerly Miss Catherine Smith, the daughter of John and Wilhelmina Smith, both natives of Germany. Her marriage to Adam Dillman took place on January 17, 1854. Two children were born of this union: Peter J., for over twenty years the supervisor of the township, died in 1907, and Henry, the other son, now lives with his father and manages the farm. Adam Dillman is a Democrat and has held minor offices in the township. He and his son Henry both attend the Congregational church of Bangor. They are in every way valuable citizens and highly regarded in the county, as was also Peter Dillman, who spent his life on a farm in the county.
Sarah Funk Dillman, the widow of Peter Dillman, lives in this township with her six younger children, Mary, Bertha, Sadie, Frances, Ruby and Juna. Her oldest daughter, Viola, is the wife of Henry Clinard, of Van Buren county, and Blanche is Mrs. Clifford Davis, of South Haven. Mrs. Dillman was one of a family of ten children, four of whom were girls. The parents came to Van Buren county in 1856 and are now both dead. The father, Daniel Funk, was a native of Germany and the mother, Hester Yeider Funk, of Ohio. Of the children, the three sisters of Mrs. Dillman, Maria, Elmira and Susan, are deceased. Henry lives in Van Buren county; Simon, in Bangor; Joseph, in Greene township, and George and Daniel both live in Van Buren county. Isaac, the other son, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dillman had been married twenty-nine years when he was taken from this life, as their union occurred in 1878, on November 24. Like other members of the family, Mr. Peter Dillman was a Democrat and attended the Congregational church. Fraternally he was connected with the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Maccabees. He was a man in whom the community reposed the highest confidence and his long term as supervisor is but one expression of the esteem with which he was regarded.
At the age of two, Adam was a survivor of the James Beachum Shipwreck, also known as the "Famous Dove" which shipwrecked off the coast of Virginia on September 16, 1831.
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History of Van Buren Co., Michigan, pg. 978-980
Adam Dillman.- It would be impossible to enumerate all the benefits our cosmopolitan civilization has received from the German element of our population. In our cities they make up one of the most law abiding and industrious classes, and ever since the days when they colonized Pennsylvania they have sent their sons to fight for the country which they made their own. In our farming communities their superior methods have taught us to realize a little of the possibilities of intelligent farming and if we will but take lessons from the older land in the matter of making two blades of grass- say rather wheat or potatoes-grow where but one grew before, as we are beginning to do, we shall find our farm an undreamed of source of wealth. One of Van Buren county's best managed farms is that of Adam Dillman, who was born in Germany in 1829, but has lived in America since the age of two.
Peter and Elizabeth (Bame) Dillman were both born in Germany and lived there until some years after their marriage. They came to America in 1831 and located in Jefferson county, Ohio, making their home there for eight years and then moving to Hancock county in the same state. Here they remained and here the father died in 1852. The mother lived to the age of eighty-eight and a half years and died in 1895. Adam is the eldest of the nine children who constituted the Dillman family. Anne, the next oldest, is the widow of Augustus Miller, of Hancock county, Ohio, where Philip also resides. Henry lives in Bluffton, Ohio, and Barbara, the other sister is the widow of Samuel Huff, of Hancock county. The four other children are all deceased, two having died in infancy.
Adam Dillman followed the old-time custom of giving his time until he was twenty-one to his family. At that age he took up farming for himself and in 1854 was married and bought eighty acres of land in Hancock county, which he worked for eight years and then sold. After disposing of his own place he worked his father-in-law's farm for five years and then came to Bangor, Michigan. Mr. Dillman lived in Bangor for two years and then bought a quarter-section in Bangor township, where he does general farming and stock-raising on one of the finest farms in the entire county.
Mrs. Dillman was formerly Miss Catherine Smith, the daughter of John and Wilhelmina Smith, both natives of Germany. Her marriage to Adam Dillman took place on January 17, 1854. Two children were born of this union: Peter J., for over twenty years the supervisor of the township, died in 1907, and Henry, the other son, now lives with his father and manages the farm. Adam Dillman is a Democrat and has held minor offices in the township. He and his son Henry both attend the Congregational church of Bangor. They are in every way valuable citizens and highly regarded in the county, as was also Peter Dillman, who spent his life on a farm in the county.
Sarah Funk Dillman, the widow of Peter Dillman, lives in this township with her six younger children, Mary, Bertha, Sadie, Frances, Ruby and Juna. Her oldest daughter, Viola, is the wife of Henry Clinard, of Van Buren county, and Blanche is Mrs. Clifford Davis, of South Haven. Mrs. Dillman was one of a family of ten children, four of whom were girls. The parents came to Van Buren county in 1856 and are now both dead. The father, Daniel Funk, was a native of Germany and the mother, Hester Yeider Funk, of Ohio. Of the children, the three sisters of Mrs. Dillman, Maria, Elmira and Susan, are deceased. Henry lives in Van Buren county; Simon, in Bangor; Joseph, in Greene township, and George and Daniel both live in Van Buren county. Isaac, the other son, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dillman had been married twenty-nine years when he was taken from this life, as their union occurred in 1878, on November 24. Like other members of the family, Mr. Peter Dillman was a Democrat and attended the Congregational church. Fraternally he was connected with the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Maccabees. He was a man in whom the community reposed the highest confidence and his long term as supervisor is but one expression of the esteem with which he was regarded.
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History of Van Buren Co., Michigan, pg. 978-980
Adam Dillman.- It would be impossible to enumerate all the benefits our cosmopolitan civilization has received from the German element of our population. In our cities they make up one of the most law abiding and industrious classes, and ever since the days when they colonized Pennsylvania they have sent their sons to fight for the country which they made their own. In our farming communities their superior methods have taught us to realize a little of the possibilities of intelligent farming and if we will but take lessons from the older land in the matter of making two blades of grass- say rather wheat or potatoes-grow where but one grew before, as we are beginning to do, we shall find our farm an undreamed of source of wealth. One of Van Buren county's best managed farms is that of Adam Dillman, who was born in Germany in 1829, but has lived in America since the age of two.
Peter and Elizabeth (Bame) Dillman were both born in Germany and lived there until some years after their marriage. They came to America in 1831 and located in Jefferson county, Ohio, making their home there for eight years and then moving to Hancock county in the same state. Here they remained and here the father died in 1852. The mother lived to the age of eighty-eight and a half years and died in 1895. Adam is the eldest of the nine children who constituted the Dillman family. Anne, the next oldest, is the widow of Augustus Miller, of Hancock county, Ohio, where Philip also resides. Henry lives in Bluffton, Ohio, and Barbara, the other sister is the widow of Samuel Huff, of Hancock county. The four other children are all deceased, two having died in infancy.
Adam Dillman followed the old-time custom of giving his time until he was twenty-one to his family. At that age he took up farming for himself and in 1854 was married and bought eighty acres of land in Hancock county, which he worked for eight years and then sold. After disposing of his own place he worked his father-in-law's farm for five years and then came to Bangor, Michigan. Mr. Dillman lived in Bangor for two years and then bought a quarter-section in Bangor township, where he does general farming and stock-raising on one of the finest farms in the entire county.
Mrs. Dillman was formerly Miss Catherine Smith, the daughter of John and Wilhelmina Smith, both natives of Germany. Her marriage to Adam Dillman took place on January 17, 1854. Two children were born of this union: Peter J., for over twenty years the supervisor of the township, died in 1907, and Henry, the other son, now lives with his father and manages the farm. Adam Dillman is a Democrat and has held minor offices in the township. He and his son Henry both attend the Congregational church of Bangor. They are in every way valuable citizens and highly regarded in the county, as was also Peter Dillman, who spent his life on a farm in the county.
Sarah Funk Dillman, the widow of Peter Dillman, lives in this township with her six younger children, Mary, Bertha, Sadie, Frances, Ruby and Juna. Her oldest daughter, Viola, is the wife of Henry Clinard, of Van Buren county, and Blanche is Mrs. Clifford Davis, of South Haven. Mrs. Dillman was one of a family of ten children, four of whom were girls. The parents came to Van Buren county in 1856 and are now both dead. The father, Daniel Funk, was a native of Germany and the mother, Hester Yeider Funk, of Ohio. Of the children, the three sisters of Mrs. Dillman, Maria, Elmira and Susan, are deceased. Henry lives in Van Buren county; Simon, in Bangor; Joseph, in Greene township, and George and Daniel both live in Van Buren county. Isaac, the other son, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dillman had been married twenty-nine years when he was taken from this life, as their union occurred in 1878, on November 24. Like other members of the family, Mr. Peter Dillman was a Democrat and attended the Congregational church. Fraternally he was connected with the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Maccabees. He was a man in whom the community reposed the highest confidence and his long term as supervisor is but one expression of the esteem with which he was regarded.
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