I probably will not post this quite correctly, but hope you will all bear with me. I think I have some more information going back even further, but can't put my hands on it just now. It mainly involves my great grandmother Amy Hannah HUNTER, not the DILLON side of the family John DILLON b. 1833 Waterford County, Ireland d. 4/30/1898 in Paris, IL, USA John was married to Catherine MALONEY b. 1844 in Waterford County, Ireland. She died 7/31/1901 in Paris, IL. John came to Edgar County IL in 1848 I do not have information on how and when Catherine got to the US. Their children were: Wm Henry b. 1/9/1862 d. 11/12/49 Mary (Mayme) b. 11/8/1863 d. 8/20/1893 Alice Anna b. 7/23/1866 d. 7/17/1886 Clara b. ?/?/1868 d. ?/?/1954 James Edward b. 3/1/1871 d. 12/29/1895 John P. b. 1/5/1872 d. 2/27/1898 Catherine Florence b. 1/30/1881 d. 1/18/1901 Bernard unknown b. or d. may have died very young Thomas died as an infant all births and deaths in Paris, IL except Bernard who was rumored to have died in St. Louis, MO. William Henry DILLON, my great-grandfather, ran a hardware store in Paris, IL and also was a farmer and had cattle. He married Amy Hannah HUNTER, who was born 10/7/1871 ????? and died 12/24/55 in Paris, IL. I was 4 when Amy died and do not remember ever seeing her. William and Amy's eldest child was my Grandfather, Edward Hunter DILLON. He was born in Paris, IL 2/1/1896 and died in Kansas City, MO in September 1972. He married Kathleen DALY, born in 1898 in County Cork Ireland. She died in St. Louis MO in 1990. They had one child, my father, Richard Joseph DILLON, Sr. He was born in Kansas City, MO 12/4/22 and is still living at this time. He married Marjorie Ann O'NEIL in Kansas City on August 30, 1947. Marjorie was born 7/9/26 in Atchison KS and died 11/8/1993 in St. Louis MO. Richard and Marjorie had six children who are all still living Dennis Edward b. 9/23/49 in Kansas City MO Richard Joseph, Jr. b. 9/13/51 in Kansas City MO (myself) Daniel Patrick b. 11/17/53 in Kansas City MO Mary Kathleen b. 3/1/59 in Kansas City MO Michael John b. 10/8/61 in Manchester CT Margaret Ann b. 6/5/63 in St. Charles MO I was married 5/19/72 in St. Louis MO to Patricia Marie MAGUIRE b. 5/18/51 in St. Louis MO. We had twin daughters born 1/5/82 Kathleen Michelle DILLON and Sheila Marie DILLON. We were divorced in October 1996. My Siblings have a total of 11 other children and there is one "grandchild" of our generation. BTW my Grandfather Edward had 9 other siblings all born in Paris, IL including Esther Helen (Tackett), Viola Margaret (Rieg), Florence Cecilia (Grieb), Catherine Marie (Kochenderfer), Joseph Eugene, Paul Basil, John William, James Francis, and Patricia Ann. All are deceased except Catherine, who is now 93 and lives in Wichita KS. That's it for now. Hope this is of interest to some of you. Dick Dillon ________________________________________ [XXXXXXXXXXX0 True Compassion is Ruthless / [XXXXXXXXXXX0 [email protected] / [XXXXXXXXXXX0 _____________________________________/