Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Dilley was born about 1810, in Ohio, United States, his father, Cornelius Dilley, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Locke, was 37. He married Ann Linn on 29 May 1833, in Coitsville Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hickory Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Lackawannock Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years.
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- Francis Dilley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis Dilley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Francis Dilley, "United States Census, 1860"
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1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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.
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