----Source: ABBOTSFORD TRIBUNE (Abbotsford, Wis.) 08/28/1924

Dillion, Mrs. Thomas (4 Jan 1844 - 22 Aug 1924)

Mrs. Thomas Dillion, age 80 years, passed away at her home Friday evening at six o’clock. Up to two weeks before her death, Mrs. Dillion enjoyed the best of health. At that time she caught a cold, which caused pneumonia. Her daughter, Mrs. Dan McCarthy of Fond du Lac, was sent for soon after she became ill, and was with her until the end.

Mrs. Dillion was born in Dublin, Ireland Jan. 4, 1844, and came to this country with her parents three years later. They settled in Clymon, Wis., where she spent the early years of her life. In 1866 she met and married Thomas A. Dillion at Oak Grove, Wis.  After a few years in Minnesota and Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Dillion came back to Wisconsin and were some of the very first settlers in Abbotsford, Wis. in 1872.

Ireland in 1844

Of their eight children, there are six living: Thomas in Oregon; Albert in Chippewa Falls; Mrs. H. Parkhurst, Phillips’ Mrs. Mary Taylor, Abbotsford; Mrs. Laura McCarthy, Chehale, Wash; Mrs. Dan McCarthy, Fond du Lac. There are nine grandchildren: Myra and Delbert Dillion, Chippewa Falls; Mrs. Fred Kieling and Jessie Taylor of Pittsburgh, Penn.; Mrs. Dillion was the oldest of four children and she is the last one.

The funeral took place at nine o’clock Monday morning from St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Rev. Eisenmann officiating. Burial took place at the Abbotsford Cemetery.

The Tribune and the many friends join in with the Dillion family in the loss of their dear wife and mother.

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Bio: Dillion, Thomas  (1843-1927)

Transcriber: Janet

Surnames: Dillion, Gribben

....Sources: Veteran's Grave Registration, Wis. Death Records

Thomas Dillon (14 Feb 1843-12 Oct 1927, aged 84)

Spouse: Anna Gribben (1844 - 1924)

Buried in the Abbotsford Cemetery, Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.

Military Service from 14 August 1862 to 19 July 1865
Sergeant, Company C, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry ~ Civil War.  This regiment is most notable as one of two cavalry regiments credited with the final capture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865.

*Thomas Dillion's Father was James Dillion (16 Mar 1816-12 Dec 1887)

Census Records

Residence

1870--Wilton, Waseca, Minnesota, United States
Thomas & Ann were renting a home.
Occupation: farmer

1880--18th St., Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, USA
Thomas & Ann were renting a home.

1905 Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin
Occupation: house painter
 

1900 Census Report

1900 to 1924--2nd St., Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin, USA
Thomas & Anna owned a home free of a mortgage

Occupation 1920:  farmer
 

1924 to 1927 Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin, United States
Thomas as a widowed man owned a home

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