Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 31 May 2003

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JOHN DILL, retired farmer; P.O. Mason; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1799; is a son of John Dill. Our subject, in company with his brothers and sisters, viz., Alexander, Andrew, William, Polly, Sophia, Eliza and Charlotte, came to Ohio in the year 1816 and settled in Deerfield Township, where John Hoff now resides, where they lived until one by one they married and went to homes of their own. Of these eight children, three now survive, viz., Eliza, John and Charlotte. Our subject was married to Catherine, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hall, in 1833. To them nine children have been born, six living, viz., Thomas, John, Andrew, Lycurgus, Albert, Martha and Melissa. After his marriage, he resided in different places till 1840, at which time he bought 213 acres of land, on which he has since lived. He and his son now own 222 acres, which is mostly in cultivation and well improved. Mr. Dill, some years ago, was one of the live, active business men of Warren County, being largely engaged in handling and shipping hogs, and has shipped pork to New Orleans and Natchez. Alexander Dill, brother of John, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was stationed on Staten Island. Mr. Dill is now (1881) in the 83rd year of his age, and, though bowed down with the weight of these many years, his mind is yet unimpaired; his once strong frame is racked by the tortures of rheumatism, and he, like the oak, must succumb to the power that cannot be resisted. His aged wife is also in good health and able to perform her household duties. Mr. Dill is a modest and unassuming gentleman, a man whose ways, whose deeds and actions, have always been formed from the principles of truth and justice, and, during his long and eventful career, no imputation of the taint of dishonor is traceable to any of his dealings, which have been extensive in the extreme.