This is the first photo that I have seen of them as a married couple. It is very much treasured!
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| Lois L. (Dawson) and Albert Leroy Dillon Chicago, 1901-1903 |
Showing posts with label Dillon Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dillon Family. Show all posts
Monday, June 5, 2017
My great-grandparents
I came across this photo while clearing my parents' home. The subjects of the photo are my great-grandparents. Lois L Dawson married Albert Leroy Dillon in June 1901. They lived in Chicago while he attended medical school. In November 1903, ALD purchased land in Hume, Edgar Co., Illinois where there son was born in September 1904. Lois and Albert divorced in March 1908.
This is the first photo that I have seen of them as a married couple. It is very much treasured!
This is the first photo that I have seen of them as a married couple. It is very much treasured!
Friday, October 17, 2014
Knut Rockne autograph
Going through what is probably the last of my grandparents' mementos, I found a few gems. One is very likely to be Knut Rockne's autograph. The top portion was written by my grandmother.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Dawson or Dillon Unidentified Photos, Part 3
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| On sand. Beach? Dixie Morrow Dillon? |
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| "This was my washing uniform at Houston that they snapped me in." ?Julia (Thompson) Strange? |
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| ?Buddy Dillon? |
Dawson or Dillon Unidentified Photos
I've scanned in more photos. I think they are from either my Dillon or Dawson lines. One photo previously identified as Dudley Dawson was included in the envelope. There was also a post card of The Robinson Art Shop, Clovis, New Mexico where the Dillons lived.
I lean towards Dillon in this photo. My brother Kenneth in written on the reverse. In the 1930 Federal Census, the two sons of Jennie D. (Dillon) Scott were living in Wyoming (Clarence) and Illinois (Kenneth). Car aficionados: are those vehicles close to 1930 cars?
I lean towards Dillon in this photo. My brother Kenneth in written on the reverse. In the 1930 Federal Census, the two sons of Jennie D. (Dillon) Scott were living in Wyoming (Clarence) and Illinois (Kenneth). Car aficionados: are those vehicles close to 1930 cars?
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| Reverse side "My brother Kenneth"
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| ?World War 1? |
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| Alba Ernest Craft Edited based on identification. Thank you. |
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Happy Mother's Day, 2014
Happy Mother's Day! These are some of my female ancestors in photos.
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| My mother. |
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| 4xGreat-Grandmother Susannah (Dice) Rodenberger |
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Unidentifed Family in a 1916 or 1917 Maxwell
Trying to identify this family. Possibly taken in the Scottland, Edgar Co, Illinois area. Notation on the reverse side of the photo says 1916 or 1917 Maxwell.
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| This is a 1970s photocopy. Probably of the couple in the car above. |
Monday, September 9, 2013
Amanuensis Monday - Childhood Memories of Washington, D.C., 1941-1945
When the American Girl series of books and dolls issued a "Molly" doll who lived during World War II, my mother wrote these memories for my daughters.
1941- Washington, D.C.
It was a beautiful warm Sunday afternoon and we went to visit friends.
When we arrived their family was huddled around the radio and "ssh" they wanted to hear every word -
"THE JAPANESE HAVE BOMBED PEARL HARBOUR . . . THIS IS A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" (F.D.R. - 12/3/1941)
So from age 6 to 9 I grew up in the war years.
Gasoline was rationed - so my father sold our car. Public transportation was a block away, and we walked a lot.
We saved tin cans and newspapers "for the war effort". Today we once again "recycle" them - this time to conserve our natural resources.
Certain grocery items were also rationed: sugar, coffee, butter . . . you had to tear coupons from your ration books to be able to buy these items. About the same time "oleo margarine" came on the market, but not like today. It was in a cellophane wrapper and there was a little yellow "button" inside. You squeezed the "button" and released the yellow dye and then kneaded the package until the white "oleo-margarine" was the color of real butter.
We put up "black out curtains" on our windows and had to draw them tight when the sirens announced an air raid drill. The civil defense wardens would walk the streets to make sure no light escaped that could show where the houses and the city were in case of an enemy air attack.
At school we took our small change and bought savings stamps which we glued into a book. When the book was full we could get a War Bond. Today they are called Savings Bonds (EE) or I Bonds. I had a piggy bank, yellow with a mustache to look like Hitler - the German leader - that I saved my pennies in. Each time I got a bond my father scratched the bonds number into the soft plaster.
An old school on the next corner was turned into a U.S.O. and traveling service men could sleep there over night.
Women joined the Red Cross and rolled bandages for the war effort or knit socks from O.D. (olive drab) yarn.
Men had to register for the draft. Your Great Grandfather - Albert L. Dillon - registered, but because he was in his 30's, married and with a child, was never called. (He would have loved to have been in the Army Air Corp - he had been an Air Cadet in his 20s).
Plans were made that I was to be sent to my grandmother's in Indiana if the war came to our country. We watched newsreels of children by the thousands being loaded on trains - each wearing tags with their identification, like shipping tags - being shipped to the country from large European cities which were being bombed almost nightly by the enemy.
And then one day while I was swimming my mother called me out of the hotel pool. Once dressed and outside the streets were crowded with happy people - laughing, blowing horns, dancing in the street. We walked down to Lafayette Park across from the White House and joined a snake dance and then down Constitution Avenue. Stores had set up tables outside their doors and were selling horns and noise-makers. I bought a horn and blew it all the way home. My mother said I could stay up until midnight! I sat outside our apartment building blowing my horn until I woke up a baby and his mother complained.
THE WAR WAS OVER IN EUROPE!! (V-E Day)
5-10-00 aj
1941- Washington, D.C.
It was a beautiful warm Sunday afternoon and we went to visit friends.
When we arrived their family was huddled around the radio and "ssh" they wanted to hear every word -
"THE JAPANESE HAVE BOMBED PEARL HARBOUR . . . THIS IS A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" (F.D.R. - 12/3/1941)
So from age 6 to 9 I grew up in the war years.
Gasoline was rationed - so my father sold our car. Public transportation was a block away, and we walked a lot.
We saved tin cans and newspapers "for the war effort". Today we once again "recycle" them - this time to conserve our natural resources.
Certain grocery items were also rationed: sugar, coffee, butter . . . you had to tear coupons from your ration books to be able to buy these items. About the same time "oleo margarine" came on the market, but not like today. It was in a cellophane wrapper and there was a little yellow "button" inside. You squeezed the "button" and released the yellow dye and then kneaded the package until the white "oleo-margarine" was the color of real butter.
We put up "black out curtains" on our windows and had to draw them tight when the sirens announced an air raid drill. The civil defense wardens would walk the streets to make sure no light escaped that could show where the houses and the city were in case of an enemy air attack.
At school we took our small change and bought savings stamps which we glued into a book. When the book was full we could get a War Bond. Today they are called Savings Bonds (EE) or I Bonds. I had a piggy bank, yellow with a mustache to look like Hitler - the German leader - that I saved my pennies in. Each time I got a bond my father scratched the bonds number into the soft plaster.
An old school on the next corner was turned into a U.S.O. and traveling service men could sleep there over night.
Women joined the Red Cross and rolled bandages for the war effort or knit socks from O.D. (olive drab) yarn.
Men had to register for the draft. Your Great Grandfather - Albert L. Dillon - registered, but because he was in his 30's, married and with a child, was never called. (He would have loved to have been in the Army Air Corp - he had been an Air Cadet in his 20s).
Plans were made that I was to be sent to my grandmother's in Indiana if the war came to our country. We watched newsreels of children by the thousands being loaded on trains - each wearing tags with their identification, like shipping tags - being shipped to the country from large European cities which were being bombed almost nightly by the enemy.
And then one day while I was swimming my mother called me out of the hotel pool. Once dressed and outside the streets were crowded with happy people - laughing, blowing horns, dancing in the street. We walked down to Lafayette Park across from the White House and joined a snake dance and then down Constitution Avenue. Stores had set up tables outside their doors and were selling horns and noise-makers. I bought a horn and blew it all the way home. My mother said I could stay up until midnight! I sat outside our apartment building blowing my horn until I woke up a baby and his mother complained.
THE WAR WAS OVER IN EUROPE!! (V-E Day)
5-10-00 aj
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| Anna Lois tending her "War Garden" Washington, D.C., 1944 |
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tombstone Tuesday - Israel Dennis Scott
The following is in response to Christian Scott's reply on my August 5, 2011 post of Funeral Card Friday - Jennie Dillon Scott.
In th History of Edgar Co, Illinois, 1879, there are several biographical sketches on the Scott families. On page 688, the sketches include Israel D. Scott and his brother R. L. Scott. On page 689-690, William Scott, their father, is included. The book can be found at Heritage Quest, which many public libraries offer. Another location for locating some of the biographical sketches:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/edgar/bios/prairiet557nbs.txt/.
ISRAEL D. SCOTT, of the firm of Scott Bros., merchants, Scotland; he was born May 30, 1844, in this township, less than a mile north of his present place of business; during the years of his minority, he was engaged on the farm at home; some time later, he began farming on his own responsibility; at the same time, he was actively engaged in stock dealing and stock raising, and carried on the above-named pursuits until April, 1874, at which date he joined his brother (Robert L.) in the mercantile business; since that time they have enlarged their facilities, and are doing a flourishing and successful business, besides dealing to some extent in livestock. He married Louisba McClure April 25, 1868; she was born in Vermilion Co., this State, April 9, 1850; they have five children, viz., William, Albert, Owen, Irwin and Samuel.
Certificate and Record of Death
Full Name: Israel D Scott
Sex: Male Color: W Married
Birthplace: Edgar Co Date of birth: 6-10-1844
age 66 years 11 months 10 days
Died on the 20 day of May 1911 at about 9 pm
Last Occupation: Merchant
Place of birth: Chrisman, county of Edgar
Place of burial: Scottland, Ill Date of burial: May 22, Hour 12
Undertaker: John Wasson of Chrisman
How long in state: All life
Name of father: Wm Scott Birthplace of father: Ind
Maiden name of mother: Legate (added is Elizabeth)
Birthplace of mother: Ill
Informant: CR Scott
Address: Chrisman
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
I hereby certify that I attended Deceased from Jan 23, 1911 ot May 20, 1911. That I last saw him alive on the 20th day of May 1911. That death occurred on date above, at about 9 o'clock pm and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the cause of his death was as hereunder written.
a. Cause of death: Bright's Disease - Duration 2 years
b. Contributory (Secondary): Exhaustion
I have a copy of a letter from M.W. Riley, caretaker of the cemetery, to Paul Ingram. Mr. Ingram sent the copy to my mother in 1991.
"Mr. Ingram: There is no Chrisman Cemetery. The Cemetery there is, The Cemetery you want has had several names. Ingram - Scottland and now officially Prairie Township Chapel Cemetery. Our records show
William Scott 13 July 1819 - 16 Nov 1897
Elizabeth " , wife of Wim. 48 yrs 2 m 13 d
Franklin Scott, son of Wm & EC 8 Jan 1885 21y 5m 28d
Albert Scott, son of Wm & E, 12 Oct 1868 16y 8m 14d
Owen Scott, Son of ID & ML, 27 Dec 1890, 17y 7m 15d
Florence Scott, Dau of ID & L, 16 Jan 1888, 2y 2m 27d
Scott, Infant Son of ID & ML, 6 Dec 1878 & Infant Son of ID & ML, 14 Apr 1880 (on same stone)
Scott Samie, Son of ID & ML, 3 May 1880, 3y 8m 2d
Scott, Melissa, Wife of ID, 31 May 1881, 31y 1m 22d
Scott, Lucinda, Wife of ID, 1 Sep 1892, 38y 11m 19d
Scott, Israel D, 1844-1911.
Since 2nd wife died in 1892, he may well have married Dillon in 1893 or 94. Albert Leroy Dillon mother was Lois L. (Dawson) Dillon. His grandfather I believe was Robert Edmond (1 Jan 1837 - 24 Oct 1908). His grandmother Julia Ann Dillon (1890-1920).
This is the best I can do. Its all been copied from the grave stones. Books were destroyed or lost late 1940's. Remade 1951 from the stones. M. W. Riley"
In th History of Edgar Co, Illinois, 1879, there are several biographical sketches on the Scott families. On page 688, the sketches include Israel D. Scott and his brother R. L. Scott. On page 689-690, William Scott, their father, is included. The book can be found at Heritage Quest, which many public libraries offer. Another location for locating some of the biographical sketches:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/edgar/bios/prairiet557nbs.txt/.
ISRAEL D. SCOTT, of the firm of Scott Bros., merchants, Scotland; he was born May 30, 1844, in this township, less than a mile north of his present place of business; during the years of his minority, he was engaged on the farm at home; some time later, he began farming on his own responsibility; at the same time, he was actively engaged in stock dealing and stock raising, and carried on the above-named pursuits until April, 1874, at which date he joined his brother (Robert L.) in the mercantile business; since that time they have enlarged their facilities, and are doing a flourishing and successful business, besides dealing to some extent in livestock. He married Louisba McClure April 25, 1868; she was born in Vermilion Co., this State, April 9, 1850; they have five children, viz., William, Albert, Owen, Irwin and Samuel.
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| Death Certificate for Israel D Scott |
Certificate and Record of Death
Full Name: Israel D Scott
Sex: Male Color: W Married
Birthplace: Edgar Co Date of birth: 6-10-1844
age 66 years 11 months 10 days
Died on the 20 day of May 1911 at about 9 pm
Last Occupation: Merchant
Place of birth: Chrisman, county of Edgar
Place of burial: Scottland, Ill Date of burial: May 22, Hour 12
Undertaker: John Wasson of Chrisman
How long in state: All life
Name of father: Wm Scott Birthplace of father: Ind
Maiden name of mother: Legate (added is Elizabeth)
Birthplace of mother: Ill
Informant: CR Scott
Address: Chrisman
Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
I hereby certify that I attended Deceased from Jan 23, 1911 ot May 20, 1911. That I last saw him alive on the 20th day of May 1911. That death occurred on date above, at about 9 o'clock pm and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the cause of his death was as hereunder written.
a. Cause of death: Bright's Disease - Duration 2 years
b. Contributory (Secondary): Exhaustion
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| Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Illinois Melissa, Lucinda, and Israel D. Scott gravestones Photo: May 2010 |
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| Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Illlinois Melissa L. Scott Wife of I.D. Scott Died May 31, 1881 |
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| Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Illinos Lucinda P. Wife of I. D. Scott Died Sept , 1892 |
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| Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Illinois Israel D. Scott 1844-1911 Photo: May 2010 |
I have a copy of a letter from M.W. Riley, caretaker of the cemetery, to Paul Ingram. Mr. Ingram sent the copy to my mother in 1991.
"Mr. Ingram: There is no Chrisman Cemetery. The Cemetery there is, The Cemetery you want has had several names. Ingram - Scottland and now officially Prairie Township Chapel Cemetery. Our records show
William Scott 13 July 1819 - 16 Nov 1897
Elizabeth " , wife of Wim. 48 yrs 2 m 13 d
Franklin Scott, son of Wm & EC 8 Jan 1885 21y 5m 28d
Albert Scott, son of Wm & E, 12 Oct 1868 16y 8m 14d
Owen Scott, Son of ID & ML, 27 Dec 1890, 17y 7m 15d
Florence Scott, Dau of ID & L, 16 Jan 1888, 2y 2m 27d
Scott, Infant Son of ID & ML, 6 Dec 1878 & Infant Son of ID & ML, 14 Apr 1880 (on same stone)
Scott Samie, Son of ID & ML, 3 May 1880, 3y 8m 2d
Scott, Melissa, Wife of ID, 31 May 1881, 31y 1m 22d
Scott, Lucinda, Wife of ID, 1 Sep 1892, 38y 11m 19d
Scott, Israel D, 1844-1911.
Since 2nd wife died in 1892, he may well have married Dillon in 1893 or 94. Albert Leroy Dillon mother was Lois L. (Dawson) Dillon. His grandfather I believe was Robert Edmond (1 Jan 1837 - 24 Oct 1908). His grandmother Julia Ann Dillon (1890-1920).
This is the best I can do. Its all been copied from the grave stones. Books were destroyed or lost late 1940's. Remade 1951 from the stones. M. W. Riley"
Monday, March 12, 2012
Amanuensis Monday - Will of Peter Dillon, 1829
Located at the Daughters of the American Revolution's library in Washington, D.C., as part of a membership application, the following is the submitted transcription of Peter Dillon's Will.
Peter Dillon was the son of Daniel and Lydia Dillon. Peter was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Haworth, daughter of James Frederick Haworth and Sarah Wood.
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Will of Peter Dillon, Sr. Will Book I. pp 22-23
Greene County, Tennessee Greenville
Written: 2-10-1829 Proven: 7-27-1829
Peter DILLON Sen'r, dec'd
Monday 27th July 1829. The execution of the last Will and Testament of Peter Dillon Sen'r, dec'd., was duly proven by the affirmation of David Stanfield and Aaron Hammer, subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded as follows:
"This is the last Will and Testament of me Peter Dillon Senior of the County of Green and State of Tennessee, being of sound disposing mind and memory and understanding, which Will I make as follows: Viz;
First I order and direct my Executors hereafter to be named, to pay and discharge all my just debts, funeral expences, and charges of proving and executing this my last Will out of my personal Estate.
I then give and devise unto my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural life, my mansion house and garden with the privilege of the orchard for her use, also with the privilege of pasturage sufficient for her cows and calves, also the one half of my stock, also one half of my household & kitchen furniture & I further say whatever she may need more for her support is to be supplied by my three sons hereafter named.
I next give and devise to my two sons Garret and James, all my tract of Land lying on Sinking Creek, to be divided by a known line run by James Galbreath; said Garret to have and to hold that side he now lives on except seven acres on the chestnut ridge in the South East Corner of the said premises given and devised to my son Garret, which seven acres I give and bequeath unto my son James, with a road one rod wide through the premises devised to said Garret, which said road shall be where said Garret shall judge to be most convenient to himself, provided they the said Garret and James do furnish their Mother with two thirds of what she may need for support ever and above her dowerry as above inscribed.
I then give and devise unto my sons William and Peter the plantation and tract of land I now live on, containing two hundred and fifty four acres by estimation, be the same more or less to be divided in the following manner, Viz: beginning at a stake close on the south side of the branch at the foot of the nob and on the line of my twelve acre survey, four rods north twelve degrees east from a Spanish Oak the South east corner of my said twelve acre tract, running from said stake north fifty-nine degrees west sixteen poles to a rock, thence north twentyfour degrees West twenty eight poles to a stake, thence north fifty seven and a half degrees west twenty poles to a large Walnut tree, thence running a direct line to a stake on the line on the West end of my said lands, so as to make the division equal in acres or measurement, between my said sons.
I give and allow my son William to have half of the fruit of my Apple orchard for the term of twelve years, and that he shall have and hold the half on the North side.
Also all the land I held on the North side of the branch by a late Entry is to be equally divided between my two sons James and Peter, the balance of what I now hold of said Entry I devise to my son William, provided so William furnishes his mother one third of a support in manner as above stated for James and Garret.
I then give and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia this other half of my stock, household and kitchen furniture being an equal dividend with her mother, also free privilege of my mansion house and Orchard for her use during my Wife's natural life.
At the decease of my beloved wife, I will and allow of the personal estate she may have remaining, one bed and furniture to my son James, and the balance equally divided between my five daughters (Viz) Sarah, Phebe, Susanna, Jemima, & Elizabeth.
I then give also to my son Peter my waggon that's now in use on the plantation.
I then nominate, constitute, and appoint my two sons Garret & William Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other former Wills & Testaments at any time heretofore made by me. In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this tenth day of the second month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty nine.
Signed, sealed, acknowledged & delivered ) his
in the presence of us, who have in the )
presence of each other signed our names ) Peter Dillon
as Witnesses the day and year above ) (Seal)
written. ) mark
David Stanfield, Aaron Hammer, Brittn Fler (?)
And thereupon came Garret Dillon & William Dillon the executors named in said Will and entered into bond with Peter Dillon their security in the sum of one thousand dollars, with condition as the law directs and the said Garret Dillon and William Dillon having taken an affirmation, will truly and legally to execute said Will, it is ordered that letters Testamentary issue to them accordingly.
Peter Dillon was the son of Daniel and Lydia Dillon. Peter was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Haworth, daughter of James Frederick Haworth and Sarah Wood.
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Will of Peter Dillon, Sr. Will Book I. pp 22-23
Greene County, Tennessee Greenville
Written: 2-10-1829 Proven: 7-27-1829
Peter DILLON Sen'r, dec'd
Monday 27th July 1829. The execution of the last Will and Testament of Peter Dillon Sen'r, dec'd., was duly proven by the affirmation of David Stanfield and Aaron Hammer, subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded as follows:
"This is the last Will and Testament of me Peter Dillon Senior of the County of Green and State of Tennessee, being of sound disposing mind and memory and understanding, which Will I make as follows: Viz;
First I order and direct my Executors hereafter to be named, to pay and discharge all my just debts, funeral expences, and charges of proving and executing this my last Will out of my personal Estate.
I then give and devise unto my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural life, my mansion house and garden with the privilege of the orchard for her use, also with the privilege of pasturage sufficient for her cows and calves, also the one half of my stock, also one half of my household & kitchen furniture & I further say whatever she may need more for her support is to be supplied by my three sons hereafter named.
I next give and devise to my two sons Garret and James, all my tract of Land lying on Sinking Creek, to be divided by a known line run by James Galbreath; said Garret to have and to hold that side he now lives on except seven acres on the chestnut ridge in the South East Corner of the said premises given and devised to my son Garret, which seven acres I give and bequeath unto my son James, with a road one rod wide through the premises devised to said Garret, which said road shall be where said Garret shall judge to be most convenient to himself, provided they the said Garret and James do furnish their Mother with two thirds of what she may need for support ever and above her dowerry as above inscribed.
I then give and devise unto my sons William and Peter the plantation and tract of land I now live on, containing two hundred and fifty four acres by estimation, be the same more or less to be divided in the following manner, Viz: beginning at a stake close on the south side of the branch at the foot of the nob and on the line of my twelve acre survey, four rods north twelve degrees east from a Spanish Oak the South east corner of my said twelve acre tract, running from said stake north fifty-nine degrees west sixteen poles to a rock, thence north twentyfour degrees West twenty eight poles to a stake, thence north fifty seven and a half degrees west twenty poles to a large Walnut tree, thence running a direct line to a stake on the line on the West end of my said lands, so as to make the division equal in acres or measurement, between my said sons.
I give and allow my son William to have half of the fruit of my Apple orchard for the term of twelve years, and that he shall have and hold the half on the North side.
Also all the land I held on the North side of the branch by a late Entry is to be equally divided between my two sons James and Peter, the balance of what I now hold of said Entry I devise to my son William, provided so William furnishes his mother one third of a support in manner as above stated for James and Garret.
I then give and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia this other half of my stock, household and kitchen furniture being an equal dividend with her mother, also free privilege of my mansion house and Orchard for her use during my Wife's natural life.
At the decease of my beloved wife, I will and allow of the personal estate she may have remaining, one bed and furniture to my son James, and the balance equally divided between my five daughters (Viz) Sarah, Phebe, Susanna, Jemima, & Elizabeth.
I then give also to my son Peter my waggon that's now in use on the plantation.
I then nominate, constitute, and appoint my two sons Garret & William Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other former Wills & Testaments at any time heretofore made by me. In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this tenth day of the second month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty nine.
Signed, sealed, acknowledged & delivered ) his
in the presence of us, who have in the )
presence of each other signed our names ) Peter Dillon
as Witnesses the day and year above ) (Seal)
written. ) mark
David Stanfield, Aaron Hammer, Brittn Fler (?)
And thereupon came Garret Dillon & William Dillon the executors named in said Will and entered into bond with Peter Dillon their security in the sum of one thousand dollars, with condition as the law directs and the said Garret Dillon and William Dillon having taken an affirmation, will truly and legally to execute said Will, it is ordered that letters Testamentary issue to them accordingly.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Amanuensis Monday - Will of Daniel Dillon, d. 1805
Located at the Daughters of the American Revolution's library in Washington, D.C., as part of a membership application, the following is the submitted transcription of Daniel Dillon's Will.
DDJ - Jan. 1966
Daniel Dillon b. 1713 Kilkenny, Ireland;
ca 1724 to Nantucket, Mass. - Penn.
- Fred. Co., Va. - Guilford Co., N.C.,
son of Luke & Susannah Garret Dillon
Will of Daniel Dillon, Guilford County, North Carolina
Recorded in Guilford Co., N.C. Cthse, Greensboro, N.C. Wills
File #0105, page 105 (or 115?)
Photocopy made from recorded Will, April 28, 1965, Office of Register of Deeds
Daniel Dillon
File #0105
This Twentieth day of the Eighth month in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and five I Daniel Dillon of New Garden in the County of Guilford and State of North Carolina being Sick and weak of body but of Sound and perfect mind and memory, Considering the mortality of my body and the uncertainty of our lives: do make and ordain this my last will and Testament as follows (Viz)
Item 1 ordain and desire that first of all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and fully satisfied by my Executors out of my movable Estate
Item I do give and devise and bequeath unto my youngest Son Isaac Dillon all the balance of the old Survey on the South Side of Reedy fork and Jesses line including the old meadow that is not conveyed to others & to him self his heirs and assigns forever
Item I do devise and ordain that my Executors when they think proper sell one tract of Land lying on the South Side of the Ridge on head of the branches above where Robert Blakley formerly lived which by deed may fully apear it being on the north side of Beaver Creek
Item I do give bequeath and devise unto my youngest Son Isaac aforementioned his heirs and assigns forever a piece or parcel of Land lying on the south side of Beaver Creek it being the south west corner of the old survey: beginning at Stuarts Corner in the greate Road runing thence southwardalong said Road to a Rock from thence to the old corner by the pond thence East along the old line to Stuarts corner on the Ridge thence with his line to the beginning of said Road
Item I do devise and appoint that my Executors shall when they think proper sell the old Mill seat with all the Land lying on the north side of the greate Road and west of Stuarts line it being the northwest Corner or west End of the old survey
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grand daughters Sarah and Elizabeth Wallace ten dollars to be Equally divided between them for their own use forever
Item my will and desire is that all my movable or perishable Property be sold Collected and Equally divided amongst all my Children (namely) Martha Nathan William Peter Jessee Daniel Patience and Isaac Dillon. And likewise all cash in hand or to be obtained in Consiquence of bond Notes book accts & after debts & being paid as aforesaid
Item It is my will and I do hereby Constitute and apoint my two sons Nathan and Peter Dillon to be Executors of this my last will and Testament and now I do Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament Revoking and disannully all former Wills bequests and legises in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal - - - - Signed Sealed and pronounce in presence of
Silvanus Garner, Jonathan Hodgson &
William Bunch Daniel Dillon (Seal)
State of North Carolina)
Guilford County ) February Court 1806
The Execution of the within Will was proven in Open Court by the oath of William Bunch and Jonathan Hodgson two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and on motion ordered to be recorded. Then Came in Nathan Dillon & Peter Dillon and qualified as Executors
Test John Hamilton Clk
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Abstracts of two deeds showing part of settlement of the estate of Daniel Dillon (Will above)
Source: copied from Deed Book April 1965 by Dora D. Jones
Guilford Co. Cthse, Greensboro, N. C.
Deed Bk. 9, p. 56
1806- Dillon, Daniel (by exrs) (Nathan & Peter Dillon exrs)
to Jesse Standley deed 255
Nathan & Peter Dillon, exrs of Daniel Dillon dec'd all of Guilford Co., N. C. On waters of Beaver Creek, beginning at Jesse Dillions, etc. . . .
Nathan Dillon (Seal)
Peter Dillon "
Deed Bk. 9, p. 285
1807, Aug. 31. Dillon, Daniel (by exr) (Nathan Dillon exr)
to Robert McKnight deed $500.00 being on the North Buffalow Creek in Guilford Co., N.C. . . . . part of a tract granted by the Earl of Granville to Thos. Donnell . . at corner of McKnights
its: Peter Dillon Jonathan Dillon
Joel Sanders Nathan Dillon (Seal)
(Evidently Peter returned from Tenn. to help settle estate & had turned the last over to Nathan. Daniel had also recd grant from Earl of Granville & had disposed of at least part of it to son, Peter in 1787. From 1783 Peter had been back & forth from N.C. - Tenn. DDJ)
DDJ - Jan. 1966
Daniel Dillon b. 1713 Kilkenny, Ireland;
ca 1724 to Nantucket, Mass. - Penn.
- Fred. Co., Va. - Guilford Co., N.C.,
son of Luke & Susannah Garret Dillon
Will of Daniel Dillon, Guilford County, North Carolina
Recorded in Guilford Co., N.C. Cthse, Greensboro, N.C. Wills
File #0105, page 105 (or 115?)
Photocopy made from recorded Will, April 28, 1965, Office of Register of Deeds
Daniel Dillon
File #0105
This Twentieth day of the Eighth month in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and five I Daniel Dillon of New Garden in the County of Guilford and State of North Carolina being Sick and weak of body but of Sound and perfect mind and memory, Considering the mortality of my body and the uncertainty of our lives: do make and ordain this my last will and Testament as follows (Viz)
Item 1 ordain and desire that first of all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and fully satisfied by my Executors out of my movable Estate
Item I do give and devise and bequeath unto my youngest Son Isaac Dillon all the balance of the old Survey on the South Side of Reedy fork and Jesses line including the old meadow that is not conveyed to others & to him self his heirs and assigns forever
Item I do devise and ordain that my Executors when they think proper sell one tract of Land lying on the South Side of the Ridge on head of the branches above where Robert Blakley formerly lived which by deed may fully apear it being on the north side of Beaver Creek
Item I do give bequeath and devise unto my youngest Son Isaac aforementioned his heirs and assigns forever a piece or parcel of Land lying on the south side of Beaver Creek it being the south west corner of the old survey: beginning at Stuarts Corner in the greate Road runing thence southwardalong said Road to a Rock from thence to the old corner by the pond thence East along the old line to Stuarts corner on the Ridge thence with his line to the beginning of said Road
Item I do devise and appoint that my Executors shall when they think proper sell the old Mill seat with all the Land lying on the north side of the greate Road and west of Stuarts line it being the northwest Corner or west End of the old survey
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grand daughters Sarah and Elizabeth Wallace ten dollars to be Equally divided between them for their own use forever
Item my will and desire is that all my movable or perishable Property be sold Collected and Equally divided amongst all my Children (namely) Martha Nathan William Peter Jessee Daniel Patience and Isaac Dillon. And likewise all cash in hand or to be obtained in Consiquence of bond Notes book accts & after debts & being paid as aforesaid
Item It is my will and I do hereby Constitute and apoint my two sons Nathan and Peter Dillon to be Executors of this my last will and Testament and now I do Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament Revoking and disannully all former Wills bequests and legises in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal - - - - Signed Sealed and pronounce in presence of
Silvanus Garner, Jonathan Hodgson &
William Bunch Daniel Dillon (Seal)
State of North Carolina)
Guilford County ) February Court 1806
The Execution of the within Will was proven in Open Court by the oath of William Bunch and Jonathan Hodgson two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and on motion ordered to be recorded. Then Came in Nathan Dillon & Peter Dillon and qualified as Executors
Test John Hamilton Clk
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Abstracts of two deeds showing part of settlement of the estate of Daniel Dillon (Will above)
Source: copied from Deed Book April 1965 by Dora D. Jones
Guilford Co. Cthse, Greensboro, N. C.
Deed Bk. 9, p. 56
1806- Dillon, Daniel (by exrs) (Nathan & Peter Dillon exrs)
to Jesse Standley deed 255
Nathan & Peter Dillon, exrs of Daniel Dillon dec'd all of Guilford Co., N. C. On waters of Beaver Creek, beginning at Jesse Dillions, etc. . . .
Nathan Dillon (Seal)
Peter Dillon "
Deed Bk. 9, p. 285
1807, Aug. 31. Dillon, Daniel (by exr) (Nathan Dillon exr)
to Robert McKnight deed $500.00 being on the North Buffalow Creek in Guilford Co., N.C. . . . . part of a tract granted by the Earl of Granville to Thos. Donnell . . at corner of McKnights
its: Peter Dillon Jonathan Dillon
Joel Sanders Nathan Dillon (Seal)
(Evidently Peter returned from Tenn. to help settle estate & had turned the last over to Nathan. Daniel had also recd grant from Earl of Granville & had disposed of at least part of it to son, Peter in 1787. From 1783 Peter had been back & forth from N.C. - Tenn. DDJ)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Sunday's Obituary - Julia Ann (Cully) Dillon
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| News-Gazette Champaign, Illinois Feb. 19, 1920, page 9 [Source: Urbanna Free Library, Urbanna, Illinois] |
Mrs. Julia A. Dillon, 80 years of age, died at 9 o'clock Wednesday night at 203 West Church street, where she had made her home for nearly three years with her daughter, Mrs. Ella Thompson. She was born Nov. 17, 1839 at Montezuma, Ind., and most of her life was spent near Scotland Edgar county. She leaves four sons Dr. A.L. Dillon, Dr. F.A. Dillon, and F.B. Dillon, all of Clovia, N.M., and Dr. C.C. Dillon of Sidell, and three daughters, Mrs. Ella Thompson, Mrs. Jennie D. Scott, Danville, and Mrs. Edna Inskip, Wallace, Idaho. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Josie Potts, Newport, Ind., and Mrs. Samantha Martin, Walnut Hill, Ill. The body will be taken to Scotland and services will be held there at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon in the M. E. church in that village. Burial will be in Wesley chapel cemetery near Scotland.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Daniel Dillon - Patriot of the American Revolution
Daniel Dillon, son of Luke Dillon and Susannah Garrett, was born 4 August 1713. Some records say that Daniel was born at sea while his parents were emigrating from Ireland and others suggest either New England or Pennsylvania as his birth location. He married Lydia whose name was either Wright or Hodgsdon. Daniel migrated from Pennsylvania to Virginia then to North Carolina.
Daniel, a Quaker, contributed financially to the American Revolution and is considered a Patriot whose descendants are eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
While visiting the DAR's library and computer center in Washington, D.C., I printed these scanned vouchers from a DAR membership application.
Daniel, a Quaker, contributed financially to the American Revolution and is considered a Patriot whose descendants are eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
While visiting the DAR's library and computer center in Washington, D.C., I printed these scanned vouchers from a DAR membership application.
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| State of North Carolina N2530 Salisbury District This is to certify that Daniel Dillon ____ allowed Seven Pounds Eigteen Shillings 4th day of September ____ |
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| Reverse side D. Dillon 1786 |
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| State of North Carolina N.3742 Salisbury District __ may certify that Daniel Dillon ____ seventeen pounds eighteen Shillings ___ for public Claims by _____ Board of Auditors this 23rd Day of August 1783. |
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| Reverse side Daniel Dillon 17-18- |
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday's Obituary - Donald Blessing
The Daily Californian
News in Brief: UC Hall of Famer, Olympian Dies Friday, July 7, 2000
Don Blessing, Olympic Gold Medalist and UC Hall of Fame member, died Tuesday. He was 94. After leading an undefeated UC Berkeley crew team as coxswain, Blessing won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1928 Olympics, according to his grandson, Warren Fallat.
Don Blessing, Olympic Gold Medalist and UC Hall of Fame member, died Tuesday. He was 94. After leading an undefeated UC Berkeley crew team as coxswain, Blessing won a gold medal for the U.S. in the 1928 Olympics, according to his grandson, Warren Fallat.
"Cal was the only university that has had three Olympic champions (for crew)," Fallat said. "(Blessing) was good friends with all the Cal coaches."
He said Blessing was one of the eight original owners of the Oakland Raiders football team and was inducted into the National Rowers' Hall of Fame in 1967. Blessing was also a founding member of the San Francisco Grid Club, which raised money for UC Berkeley's football program.
"He was an avid sportsman," Fallat said. "It was my grandfather who showed up at all my football games. He took me hunting and fishing. He was one hell of a fisherman."
Avril Fallat, Blessing's granddaughter-in-law, said Blessing also had a knack for making people feel good.
"He really was the most energetic man, even at his advanced age," she said. "And he was ferociously loyal to Cal."
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Travers Big Game Room in the Memorial Stadium.
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| Don Blessing 2nd from left Other names: Ray Anderson, Pete Donlon, Dean Witter, Jim Lemmon [Source: Warren Fallat] |
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Sports Center Saturday - Donald Blessing, Olympian
Don Blessing married Nola Dillon, daughter of John Laban and Lu (Lawrence) Dillon. Don, with his teammates, won an Olympic gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Donald F. Blessing (December 26, 1905 – July 4, 2000) was an American coxswain who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. Don was born in Holister, California.
In 1928 he was the coxswain of the American boat, which won the gold medal in the eights. Don was the Most Valuable Man as voted by his teammates on the UC/USA crew. The USA eight was composed of men from the University of California and was the first of 3 Olympic eights that would come from Cal and win gold. The University sent gold medal-winning crews in 1932 (Los Angeles) and 1948 (London) as well.
Don Blessing was also one of the original eight owners of the Oakland Raiders Football Club (AFL, now the NFL) and was a lifelong Californian, residing in Piedmont, CA and Belvedere, CA for most of his adult life. He also was a lifelong Bear Backer, a charter member of the San Francisco Grid Club and among the first group of inductees to the University California Hall of Fame.
[Source: Wikipedia]
The Bears Who Rowed Their Way to World-Wide Fame Are Home
Hailed as "the greatest ambassadors we have sent to Europe since the signing of the peace treaty," and loaded down with congratulations and gifts of a more substantial nature, the University of California's Olympic championship crew is home. Enthusiasm transcending that of the biggest "big game" ever held rocked the college city yesterday when members of the crew and their coach, Ky Ebright, arrived on the Gold Coast Limited and passed through streets lined with thousands of cheering citizens to the university campus. There the university welcomed them home, and students staged a rally in the Greek theater to mete out their praise and their greeting to these heroes. Last night the city claimed them back again for a mammoth banquet, once more paying tribute to the sturdy boys who pulled the hearts out of the best crews the rest of the world had to offer. Pictures show: Left, DON BLESSING, diminutive coxswain, being greeted by his mother, MRS. IVY BLESSING; lower right, first greetings at the Berkeley station - left to right, JACK BRINCK, MARVIN STALDER, MAYOR M. B. DRIVER, PRESIDENT W. W. CAMPBELL, CARROLL DRESSLER, COXSWAIN DON BLESSING, and AL RYDLANDER; upper right, view of a small section of the crowd gathered at the station. - TRIBUNE photos.
Donald F. Blessing (December 26, 1905 – July 4, 2000) was an American coxswain who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. Don was born in Holister, California.
In 1928 he was the coxswain of the American boat, which won the gold medal in the eights. Don was the Most Valuable Man as voted by his teammates on the UC/USA crew. The USA eight was composed of men from the University of California and was the first of 3 Olympic eights that would come from Cal and win gold. The University sent gold medal-winning crews in 1932 (Los Angeles) and 1948 (London) as well.
Don Blessing was also one of the original eight owners of the Oakland Raiders Football Club (AFL, now the NFL) and was a lifelong Californian, residing in Piedmont, CA and Belvedere, CA for most of his adult life. He also was a lifelong Bear Backer, a charter member of the San Francisco Grid Club and among the first group of inductees to the University California Hall of Fame.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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| SS President Roosevelt Manifest Sailling from Cherbourg, France on Aug 14th, 1928 Arriving Port of New York on Aug/ 22nd, 1928 Line 8 - Blessing, Donald [Source: Ancestry] |
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| Oakland Tribune, California August 31, 1928, Page 3 [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
Hailed as "the greatest ambassadors we have sent to Europe since the signing of the peace treaty," and loaded down with congratulations and gifts of a more substantial nature, the University of California's Olympic championship crew is home. Enthusiasm transcending that of the biggest "big game" ever held rocked the college city yesterday when members of the crew and their coach, Ky Ebright, arrived on the Gold Coast Limited and passed through streets lined with thousands of cheering citizens to the university campus. There the university welcomed them home, and students staged a rally in the Greek theater to mete out their praise and their greeting to these heroes. Last night the city claimed them back again for a mammoth banquet, once more paying tribute to the sturdy boys who pulled the hearts out of the best crews the rest of the world had to offer. Pictures show: Left, DON BLESSING, diminutive coxswain, being greeted by his mother, MRS. IVY BLESSING; lower right, first greetings at the Berkeley station - left to right, JACK BRINCK, MARVIN STALDER, MAYOR M. B. DRIVER, PRESIDENT W. W. CAMPBELL, CARROLL DRESSLER, COXSWAIN DON BLESSING, and AL RYDLANDER; upper right, view of a small section of the crowd gathered at the station. - TRIBUNE photos.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
1936 Delegate to Republican National Convention
In honor of Election Day . . .
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| Clovis Evening News-Journal Clovis, New Mexico Wednesday, March 4, 1936 Page 2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Dr. A. L. Dillon returned to Clovis yesterday from Albuquerque where he was elected delegate to the republican national convention.
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| Is this from the same convention as reported above? Dr. A. L. Dillon is on the left wearing a hat, dark blazer, white slacks. |
From The Political Graveyard:
Dillon, A. L. — of Clovis, Curry County, N.M. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#618.15.83]
Who were the candidates for President in 1936?
The incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Alf Landon of Kansas.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Julia Thompson Strange - daughter of Ella Dillon Thompson
Julia Thompson, the only child of Ella (Dillon) and Daniel W Thompson, was born 13 May 1901 in Bloomington, Illinois.
1910 Census for Randolph Twp, McLean Co, IL May 2, 1910Daniel W Thompson, head of household, age 42, married 10 yrs, born in IL, parents born in OH, Farmer
Ella D Thompson, wife, age 38, married 10 yrs, 1 child born and surviving, born in IL, parents born in IN, teacher, rural school
Julia M Thompson, daughter, age 8, born in IL, parents born in IL
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from Julia's typed Remembrances:
"Dr. Frederick Allen Dillon was appointed as a Government Physician to the Indians in Territorial New Mexico. His designated area covered the Indian villages of Laguna, in which he was based, Acoma, Paquate, Mesita, Casa Blanca and Pareje. There were numerous Mexican villages and outlying settlements which, while not included in his territory, were, nevertheless, served by him.
. . . I lived in Laguna [New Mexico], in the white village. In 1911 the white school in Laguna was without a teacher. With the backing of Mr. Marmon, and others of the village, Dr. Fred [Dillon] sent for his sister, Mrs. Ella D. Thompson, a teacher in Illinois, to come. Mrs. Thompson was my Mother, and it was with a great deal of anticipation that I, a child of ten, accompanied her to what was truly, for me, "The Land of Enchantment".
[many thanks to Susan Patterson for sharing Julia's Remembrances with me.]
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In 1920 Federal Census, Julia and her mother were enumerated in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois living at 203 West Church Street.
Ella B Thompson, , boarder, age 47, married, born in IL, parents born in IN, teacher in public work
Julia M Thompson, boarder, age 18, single, born in IL, father born in Iowa, mother born in IL
I haven't located Julia's father, Daniel W. Thompson in the 1920 Federal Census. I assume that he was living in McLean Co, Illinois on his farm.
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| Edmund, Goldie, Myra, Julia, Leroy, Luella, Blanche Lanewood Probably Edgar Co, Illinois Possibly early-mid 1920s |
After teaching school in McLean, Illinois, Julia must have returned to New Mexico about 1925-26. In Clovis, where two of her uncles were living, Julia Thompson was an English teacher at the high school.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Tuesday, April 30, 1929 Front Page, Column 2 [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
The first amateur radiogram to come to Clovis was received by Miss Julia Thompson, English teacher in the Clovis high school, Monday night when Elgie Nettles, 517 Axtell, delivered a message
from Wilbur Craig, McLean, Ill., a former teacher of the Illinois boy.
Young Nettles, 14 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nettles, operates a home-made sending and receiving set. For the past two years he has operated his private radio station under federal permit and has carried on conversation with other operators in various sections of the United States, but this is the first instance where the rather personal touch has been added.
The conversation with the young operator in Illinois resulted after Nettles had answered his signal. The usual time of day was passed and Craig asked if there was a teacher by the name of
Thompson in Clovis schools. Informed that Miss Julia Thompson was the English teacher here, Craig asked Nettles if he knew her. “I used to go to school to her,” he told Nettles. Nettles replied that
she lived just across the street from his home, took the message from her old pupil and delivered it.
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| Clovis News-Journal Clovis, New Mexico March 12, 1972 Page 76 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
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Julia Thompson married Vernon L Strange on 21 June1929 in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois.
Julia Thompson married Vernon L Strange on 21 June1929 in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, June 24, 1929 Front Page [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
Married in Illinois Saturday
Prof. V. L. Strange and Miss Julia Thompson were married in Champaign, Ill., last Saturday, according to announcements received here today. Both were members of Clovis high school faculty last year. They will return in September.
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Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, June 24, 1929 Page 3, Column 1 [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
Announcement has been received of the marriage of Vernon L. Strange and Miss Julia Thompson, at the home of the bride, in Champaign, Ill., Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Strange has been head of the Commercial department in the Clovis high school for the past five years, and plans to return this year.
Miss Thompson, niece of Drs. A. L. and F. A. Dillon, also, was a member of the Clovis Hi faculty, having charge of the English department, and Athletics for the past two years.
I haven't found Julia in the 1930 Federal Census. I believe she should have been living in Clovis with her husband Vernon L Strange. Julia's mother, Ella D. Thompson, was enumerated in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois at 203 W Church as head of the household with 15 roomers, rents her house for $35.00, age 58, married 28 yrs, born in Illinois, parents born in Indiana, and is a Teacher in Public Schools. Once again, I can't find Daniel W. Thompson enumerated. [Daniel W. Thompson died April 18, 1941 in Bloomington, Illinois.]
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Friday, July 26, 1940 Page 2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Mrs. Ella D. Thompson and Mrs. Vernon Strange of Houston arrived in Clovis over the weekend to visit in the homes of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Dillon and Dr. and Mrs. A.L. Dillon. Mrs. Thompson is the sister of the Doctors Dillon. This week, Mrs. Strange is touring the western part of the state with friends from Lubbock. She will return to Clovis the last of the week. |
| Clovis News-Journal, New Mexico Tuesday, August 13, 1940, p.2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Dillon and Mrs. A.L. Dillon have returned home from Ruidoso after a short stay.
Mrs. Vernon Strange and Mrs. Ella D. Thompson, who have been visiting in the homes of the Doctors Dillon, have taken a cottage at Ruidoso for several weeks. Guests at the cottage this week are Misses Julia and Eva Ann Dillon, Betty Lou Sanders and Robert Dillon.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, July 14, 1941 Page 2, Column 3 |
Friday and Saturday saw 18 out-of-town golfers making the rounds. Causing the locals to sit up and take notice was G. W. Nelson of Fort Worth, one of the nation's best, who stopped here and warmed up. He expressed pleasure of the beauty of the Clovis links. Other golfers were Julia M. Strange, Fort Worth; . . .
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| Julia and Vernon Strange with Sambo Negro de Tejas 1956 - Clovis, New Mexico [Courtesy of Susan Patterson] |
On August 27, 1968, Julia died of pancreatic cancer.
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| Houston Post, Texas Wednesday, August 28, 1968 [Source: Houston Public Library] |
Clovis News Journal, Wednesday, August 28, 1968, Page 8 -
Graveside Rites Scheduled Friday
Graveside services for Mrs. Julia Margaret Strange, 67, a former Clovis High School teacher, will be held Friday at Lawn Haven Cemetery.
Mrs. Strange, who died in Houston, Tex., Tuesday, is a niece of Dr. A.L. Dillon and of Dr. F.A. Dillon, both formerly of Clovis.
Steed-Todd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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