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(b) A careful study and review of a treasure of Dillon family photos has resulted
in the conclusion that this TinType photo is likely Vincent Dillon, Sr., born most
likely in Franklin Twp., Greene Co., PA, the probable eldest son of John
Dillon (c1786-1848) and Rachel Hamilton (c1786- c1840). Married to
Hannah Jackson(1810-1889) c1830, he resettled with his young family,
including his parents, to the virgin forests of southeastern Ohio in the early to
middle 1830s where in the company of his father and four brothers, Hugh,
Peter, Hamilton and Thomas, he acquired federal land, and began the arduous
task of establishing a survival and a home in the Ohio wilderness. By the middle
to late 1840s, Vincent found the urge to resettle himself farther down the Ohio
River, where cheap land was available in Lawrence Co. In 1847, with his
family, his father, John, and, at least two sisters, Eleanor and Rachel, he
resettled to Windsor Twp., where he eventually held title to 600 acres of
'highlands' not far from the present community of Scottown. He lived here the
remainder of his life, acquired prominence as a highly respected elder for nearly
fifty years, and was buried in what is now described as the Scottown
Cemetery (Wi-30), originally established by Vincent as a family cemetery on his
land. Vincent and Hannah were the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom
reached adulthood.
(photo courtesy of Connie Dillon Hutchison at:#^
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