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Lucy Uiss Ayers Dilley

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Birth	:	20 Sep 1763 Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Death	:	15 Mar 1840 Senecaville, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Senecaville Cemetery, Senecaville, Guernsey County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9394000, -81.4634000
Description	:	Here is a bit more info on the Dilley Clan. With special note of the Origins of Lucy Ayers Dilley. Stories of Guernsey County by William G. Wolfe, p. 99 Pioneer Families - Dilley Ephraim fought in the Revolutionary War. The War ended in 1781, and Ephraim came home and married Lucy U. Ayer who was 18 years old. It is said that she was connected with the Ayer family of patent medicine fame. A half century and more ago Ayer's Almanac was considered a household necessity, supplying as it did, much astonomical data and various statistics, besides proclaiming the virtues of "Ayers Cherry Pectoral" and "Ayers Hair... Read More	Here is a bit more info on the Dilley Clan. With special note of the Origins of Lucy Ayers Dilley. Stories of Guernsey County by William G. Wolfe, p. 99 Pioneer Families - Dilley Ephraim fought in the Revolutionary War. The War ended in 1781, and Ephraim came home and married Lucy U. Ayer who was 18 years old. It is said that she was connected with the Ayer family of patent medicine fame. A half century and more ago Ayer's Almanac was considered a household necessity, supplying as it did, much astonomical data and various statistics, besides proclaiming the virtues of "Ayers Cherry Pectoral" and "Ayers Hair Vigor". The children of Ephraim and Lucy Dilley were Joseph (1782), Abraham (1785), Hannah (1787), Anna (1789), Robert (1793), William (1796), Ephraim Jr. (1799), and Samuel (1802). The Military Lands of the Northwest Territory were opened for settlement and farms were given free to Revolutionary soldiers who had not received all their pay for service in the War. It may have been an alurement of a free farm that brought Ephraim, Lucy and the children to Ohio. They settled on land a short distance north of what is now Senecaville. When the sons grew older they purchased farms of their own there came to be a little settlement of Dilleys there. According to our list of real estate owners in 1840 (page 974 of the book) Ephraim, Sr, owned 80 acres, Robert 160, William 60, Ephraim, Jr. 100, Abraham and Robet owned lots in Senecaville. Ephraim the old Revolutionary patriot died in 1844 at the age of 89, and was buried in the Senecaville cemetery. Joseph the oldest son of Ephraim and Lucy Dilley married Sarah Burkley and settled on a farm near that of his parents. As he died in 1833, his name does not appear in the list of Dilley farm owners above. Two of his descendants bearing the name of Dilley are living in Cambridge today, Ephraim, a grandson, and Samuel M., a great grandson. Another great grandson was Otho E. Dilley, the well-know musician whose stage name was Herbert Dillea. He was directing the orchestra in the Chicago Iroquois Theatre at the time of the great fire in December, 1903, in which nearly 600 persons perished, and a nervous breakdown followedfrom which he did not recover. There seemed to be a strain of music running through the Joseph Dilley family. James L. Dilley, a grandson, servedthe entire length of the Civil War as a member of the army band. James V. Dilley, a great-grandson, a skillful cornet player, organized the present Cambridge band in 1898 and was its leader for several years. Charles Morrison, composer of the popular piano selection, "Meditation", was alos a great grandson of Joseph Dilley. Abraham, the second son, married Jane W. McCleary, an Irish girlin 1808. Four years later the War of 1812 opened and he enlisted in Capt Simon Beymer's Company. After the War he engaged in blacksmithing in Senecaville. Robert the third son married Hannah McDonnald and located on a quarter section of land near the farms of his father and brothers.Clara Dilley, grandaughter of Robert, is the only person bearing theoriginal Dilley name who is living in Senecaville today. William the fourth son married Elizabeth Lowery and settled immediately north of the others. In the early days of the NationalRoad he teamed between Zanesville and Wheeling. Ephraim Jr married Rachel Henry. Although but a mere youth heserved in the War of 1812, it is said. About the year 1857 he and his brother William moved their families to Minnesota. Samuel the youngest of the six sons of Ephraim and Lucy left the Senecaville community when he was 25 years old, going to Mississippi where he engaged in the nursery business and preached some. During the Civil War, four of his sons were with the confederate army. In early days there were no schools in the Senecaville community (page 426 of book). William and Robert Thompson engaged a teacher from Philadelphia to teach their own and children and invited all the parents to send their children to the school which would be free. The several Dilley families accepted the invitation, but insisted they bear partof the expense. This is said to have been the first free school in Guernsey County. The pioneer Dilleys were Presbyterians and it was largely through their influence that the church of that denomination was established in Senecaville. In politics most of the descendants of Ephraim and Lucy Dilley have been and are Republicans.

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Lucy Uiss Ayers Dilley's memorial is located at: Senecaville Cemetery, Senecaville, Guernsey County, USA.
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Lucy Uiss Ayers Dilley death on 15 Mar 1840 in Senecaville, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.9394000
Longitude: -81.4634000

Family Members:

Spouse

Ephraim Dilley

(1755 - 1844)

Children

Joseph Dilley

(1782 - 1833)

Abraham Dilley

(1785 - 1875)

Hannah Dilley Rose

(1787 - 1865)

Anna Ayres Dilley Thomas

(1789 - 1883)

Robert Dilley

(1794 - 1878)

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Coordinate: 39.9394000, -81.4634000

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Coordinate: 39.9441670, -81.4269440

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Coordinate: 39.9757000, -81.4132000

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Coordinate: 39.9424100, -81.5326300

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Coordinate: 39.9391670, -81.3894440

16. Saint Michaels Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.9099007, -81.5327148

17. Pleasant City Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.9097023, -81.5330582

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Coordinate: 39.9631004, -81.5382996

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Coordinate: 39.9860992, -81.4056015

22. Greenwood Cemetery
Byesville, Guernsey County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9667015, -81.5485992

23. Kennonsburg Cemetery
Kennonsburg, Noble County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9131510, -81.3768770

24. Frame-Larue Cemetery
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