Pvt Robert William Dilley

27 November 1842–23 April 1863 (Age 20)
Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States

The Life Summary of Robert William

When Pvt Robert William Dilley was born on 27 November 1842, in Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, his father, Samuel M. Dilley, was 40 and his mother, Charlotte Lemenda Hinds Usher, was 25. He lived in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1860. He died on 23 April 1863, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel M. Dilley
1802–1874
Charlotte Lemenda Hinds Usher
1817–1890
Ephraim Ayers Dilley
1836–1837
Lucy Ann Dilley
1837–1883
Sarah "Sally" Catherine Dilley
1839–1929
Pvt Joseph Andrew Dilley
1841–1911
Pvt Robert William Dilley
1842–1863
Pvt Samuel Usher Dilley
1844–1861
Pvt Eugene Perry Dilley
1845–1869
Pvt Abraham Thomas Dilley
1848–1933
Benjamin "Bennie" Rose Dilley
1850–1868
Laura "Minnie" Lemenda Dilley
1851–1946
Hannah "Hattie" Elizabeth Dilley
1854–1888
Mary Keziah "Kizzie" Dilley
1855–1933

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World Events (4)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
Age 2
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
Age 4
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Age 19
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Name Meaning

English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Dillie
Deeley
Dilly
Doyley

Sources (7)

  • Robert W Dilley in household of Samuel Dilley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Robert Dilly in household of Saml Dilly, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Robert William Dilley, "Find A Grave Index"

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