According to my information posted on my website, they're from separate Dillon lines. Sarah Abigail Dillon was the daughter of Peter Dillon and granddaughter of Squire Dillon(1785-1857) from Franklin Co., Virginia. The Dillon girls referenced below were daughters of Vincent Dillon(1809-1892) and the granddaughters of John and Rachel Hamilton Dillon from Greene Co., PA. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] obit J.W. Dunfee Goldfield, Nevada > Does anyone know if these Dillon girls are related to Sarah Abigail Dillon > who married James Lee Burcham in 1877 in Lawrence County? Thanks so much. > M. > Braun > > On 10/15/05, HenrySDillon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Carl, >> This is an absolutely magnificent discovery. I can not thank you >> sufficiently for posting it. I have the basic information in my data >> base, >> but certainly not the details described in the obit. Coincidentally, I >> passed thru Goldfield, NV in September and would have taken the time to >> locate the local cemetery and perhaps the gravesite for J. W. Dunfee, had >> my >> recall been in high gear. It wouldn't have been too difficult to locate. >> Goldfield is quite small even today. It is in a lonely, desolate, region >> of >> southwestern Nevada andt does not appear to be too prosperous, perhaps >> relying on a little tourism, some mining and perhaps some ranching. The >> region is rolling high desert somewhat midway between Reno and Las Vegas. >> >> In 1866 Martha Dillon married Isaac Dunfee while her sister, Margaret >> Dillon, married John C. Dement in a double-ring ceremony in the Gibson >> Chapel in Scottown. Shortly thereafter, these two ladies and their >> respective husbands, joined their brother, Isaac Dillon, in Worth Co., >> MO. >> Isaac Dillon had married Jane Rapp in 1867. Their location is verified by >> the 1870 Worth Co. census, which lists the three families in Worth Co. >> The >> obit lists Lawrence Co. as the birth location for J. W. Dunfee. However, >> the 1880 Worth Co. census lists MO as his birth location, where he is >> living >> with his family. >> >> During the past several years, I have exchanged correspondence and >> telephone >> communications with Jim Dunfee, a descendant living in Worth Co. With the >> passing of Benjamin "Bea" Findley DUNFEE (Isaac and Martha's grandson) in >> 2000, the original Isaac Dunfee farm was sold. It had been retained by >> the >> Dunfee family since its original purchase. It had been adjacent to the >> farm >> of Isaac Dillon and Jane Rapp Dillon, on which their son, JWS Dillon, >> lived >> nearly until his death. The Dunfee family had cared for JWS Dillon in his >> later years. >> >> This will surely be included in the next edition of my book, CONQUEST, on >> which I am currently working. Thank you so very much and best regards, >> >> Henry S. Dillon >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "carl murdock" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 5:36 PM >> Subject: [OHLAWREN] obit J.W. Dunfee Goldfield, Nevada >> >> >> >I came across this in my file cabinet this evening. It was given to me a >> >number of years ago by a granddaughter of J.W. >> > I don't have the source of the paper but it was published in Goldfield, >> > Nevada, Friday September, 25, 1931 J.W. was the son of Issac and >> > Mary Dillon Dunfee. >> > >> > J.W. Dunfee dies suddenly Monday >> > >> > Goldfield was shocked Monday evening when news quickly flashed about >> town >> > that J.W. Dunfee >> > had died while being brought to this city. To a few acquaintances he >> > had >> > complained recently of not feeling well, but no one thought that he was >> > seriously ill and his sudden death created a profound impression with >> his >> > scores of friends. >> > >> > Mr. Dunfee ate his breakfast Monday morning but said he was not feeling >> > well and would go over to his house and lay down. A stranger, later in >> > the morning, looking for work went to see him and found him unconscious >> on >> > the floor. He revived him and helped him to bed and then summoned >> > friends. The sick man seemed to be feeling better but later on passed >> > to >> > unconsciousness and Dr. J.C. Cherry was sent for. When the doctor >> arrived >> > later the patient was still unconscious and he decided to remove >> > him to Goldfield where he could have constant medical attention and >> > nursing. Placed in the car with Oscar Oram driving and Dr. Cherry with >> the >> > sick man the three reached Cuprite, about half way, where Dunfee passed >> > away. The cause of death was given as apoplexy. >> > >> > Deceased was born in Lawrence county, Ohio near Ironton, November 22, >> > 1875, and would have been 56 years old this coming November. He lived >> for >> > a number of years in Missouri and went to Cripple Creek when a young >> > man >> > and at one time had charge of the water company at Altman, near Cripple >> > Creek. He came to Goldfield in '06 or '07 and worked and leased in >> > several mines here. About 1912 he went to Hornsilver where he met with >> > a >> > great deal of success and where he had mined every since. On August 11, >> > 1923 he was married to Miss Irma Haskell, who had been teaching school >> in >> > Goldfield, and the couple had completed a fine home at Beverly Hills. >> The >> > Dunfees have a little girl, Nevada, to whom he was greatly devoted. >> > Mrs. >> > Dunfee and Nevada were met at Mohave by Mark Mitchell, who brought them >> to >> > Goldfield, arriving Tuesday morning. >> > >> > At Hornsilver, associated with L.W. Dye, Dunfee had acquired a large >> group >> > of mining claims for the Ohio Mines Corporation and had been constantly >> > developing the same for a number of years. He had great faith in the >> > future of Hornsilver and helped raise large sums of money which he >> > spent >> > to the advantage of his associates and at the time of his death was >> > opening up and blocking out large ore reserves in the Western claims of >> > the company, and was also preparing to start work on the Tokop of the >> same >> > company, ten miles distant. His friends claim had he lived another year >> > he would have had Hornsilver on a profitable productions basis. >> > >> > L.W. Dye, who is in Ohio, wired that it would be impossible for him to >> be >> > here in time for the funeral, which will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday >> > afternoon from Elk's hall, of which order deceased was a member and >> > interment, for the time being, will be in the Elk's plot in the local >> > cemetery. >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== OHLAWREN Mailing List ==== >> > Web page with info for this list - >> > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/lawrence.html >> > >> > ============================== >> > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> > New content added every business day. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== OHLAWREN Mailing List ==== >> Web page with info for this list - >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/lawrence.html >> >> ============================== >> New! 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