Individual Details
Mary Elizabeth Cantrill
(September 27, 1835 - October 26, 1883)
"Mary Elizabeth Cantrill, born September 27, 1835 at Decatur, Illinois, married Dr. William Dillon, April 14, 1854; died October 26 1883. She was a devoted mother, a kind neighbor and, owing to her sunny and lovable disposition, her friends were legion.
"Dr. Dillon was born in Culpepper Court House, Virginia; son of Joshua and Elizabeth Jeffries Dillon and grandson of Samuel and Nancy Fletcher Dillon. Samuel Dillon served in the War of 1812 and his father, who was born in Loudon County, Virginia, was a soldier in the American Revolution. Elizabeth Jeffries was a descendant of Sir Herbert Jeffries, one of the early Colonial Governors of Virginia. Dr. Dillon was educated at Cincinnati Eclectic College, and practiced as a physician many years in Decatur, Illinois and Payson, Illnois, where they lived form 1865 to 1883, when they returned to Decatur, where he died in June 1889. Both Dr. Dillon and his wife were members of the Christian Church." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, pages 46 - 47.)
"Dr. Dillon was born in Culpepper Court House, Virginia; son of Joshua and Elizabeth Jeffries Dillon and grandson of Samuel and Nancy Fletcher Dillon. Samuel Dillon served in the War of 1812 and his father, who was born in Loudon County, Virginia, was a soldier in the American Revolution. Elizabeth Jeffries was a descendant of Sir Herbert Jeffries, one of the early Colonial Governors of Virginia. Dr. Dillon was educated at Cincinnati Eclectic College, and practiced as a physician many years in Decatur, Illinois and Payson, Illnois, where they lived form 1865 to 1883, when they returned to Decatur, where he died in June 1889. Both Dr. Dillon and his wife were members of the Christian Church." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, pages 46 - 47.)
Events
Birth | September 27, 1835 | Decatur, Macon County, Illinois | |||
Marriage | April 14, 1854 | William Dillon Dr. | |||
Death | October 26, 1883 |
Families
Spouse | William Dillon Dr. ( - 1889) |
Child | William Thomas Dillon (1855 - ) |
Child | Louis Edwin Dillon (1857 - ) |
Child | Fannie Dillon ( - ) |
Child | Frank Dillon (1860 - 1904) |
Child | May Dillon ( - ) |
Child | George Jeffries Dillon (1864 - ) |
Child | Mary Elizabeth Dillon (1867 - ) |
Child | Robert Lee Dillon (1871 - ) |
Child | Annie Sibyl Dillon (1871 - ) |
Child | Parthenia Jane Dillon (1873 - 1890) |
Child | Grace Cantrill Dillon (1876 - ) |
Father | William Cantrill (1800 - 1881) |
Mother | Elizabeth Hall (1809 - ) |
Sibling | Thomas Cantrill (1829 - 1864) |
Sibling | Jane Ellen Cantrill (1832 - 1892) |
Sibling | Susan Lavinia Cantrell (1844 - ) |