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(b) Samuel was the fourth eldest child of Hugh Dillon(abt1813-abt1897) and
Catherine Schultz and the grandson of John Dillon(abt1785-1847) and Rachel
Hamilton Dillon from Greene Co., PA. He was known to have lived much of his
life in Jefferson Co., OH, though members of his family drifted to Tyler Co. and
Pleasants Co., WV. Samuel first married Sarah Jane Scott in 1864 in the midst
of the Civil War. This union produced, at least, seven children. Sarah Jane died
about 1879 or 1880. Samuel remarried Mary Magdelyn Smith in 1883. To this
union was born another seven children, including a son, Hugh, the third
generation of this line to name a male child, Hugh Dillon. Samuel, died tragically
in December of 1899 as a result of a railroad accident, near his home in Port
Homer, Jefferson Co., OH. He was buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery near
Empire, Jefferson Co., OH. The location of the grave of Samuel's father, Hugh
Dillon, has been mystery, though the most reliable story suggests and he may
have died in Tyler Co., WV and have been buried near his original Monroe Co.
home in Summit/Franklin Twps on the old Burkhardt farm east of Lewisville in a
cemetery which has become known as the Hamilton Cemetery. Samuel's
brother, also Hugh Dillon, is buried in the Clarington Cemetery, though the
specific location of Hugh's grave has not been determined. (photo courtesy of
Connie Grimm
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