Rebecca S Dillon

Brief Life History of Rebecca S

When Rebecca S Dillon was born in 1798, in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel James Dillon Jr., was 40 and her mother, Chloe Ann Farley, was 34. She married John Bailey Callicoat on 13 February 1817, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Franklin, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Hendrysburg, Belmont, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 17 March 1878, in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Gladehill, Franklin County, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Bailey Callicoat
1794–1833
Rebecca S Dillon
1798–1878
Marriage: 13 February 1817
Cyrus Bailey Callicoat
1817–1891
William Callicott
1820–1900
Giles Harrison Callicoat
1823–1902
Elizabeth Ann Callicoat
1826–1844
John Bailey Callicoat
1832–1833

Sources (24)

  • Rebecca Ayers in household of Martial Ayers, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Rebecca Callicote, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Rebecca Dillon Ayers, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English, Irish, and French: from the Norman French personal name Dillon, arising from the ancient Germanic Dillo (of uncertain origin, perhaps a byname from the root dil- ‘destroy’).

English: habitational name from Dilwyn in Herefordshire, recorded in 1138 as Dilun, probably from Old English dīglum, dative plural of dīgle ‘settlement at the shady or secret places’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáin ‘descendant of Duilleán’, a personal name, a variant of Dallán meaning ‘little blind one’.

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

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