GENEALOGY OF THE EPHRAIM DILLEY CLAN
OF
GUERNSEY CO., OHIO by
Jay D. Andrews
106 Cornwallis Road
Yorktown, Virginia 23690 March 1997 Contents of Genealogical Section of Dilley Clan of Guernsey Co., OH, page 1 Contents-Genealogical Section continued and Supporting Records, page 2 Contents-Supporting Records continued, page 3 **MAIN INDEX OF BOOK**
EPHRAIM DILLEY SR., BORN 1755 IN HUNTERDON CO., NEW JERSEY
Ephraim Dilley Sr. was born 6 Nov 1755 in Hunterdon Co., N. J., and died at Senecaville, Ohio, (Guernsey Co.) 26 July 1844. He married about 1780 Lucy Uiss Ayers, born in Sussex Co., N. J. in 1763. Lucy died 15 March 1840 and she too, along with Ephraim and many of their descendants, is buried near the SE corner of the Senecaville cemetery one-half mile from the old Ephraim Dilley homestead where his son Robert Dilley lived in later years. In a letter to Minnie Carpenter, Mrs. Lura Thompson of Lore City, IA wrote: "We live on a farm where Ephraim Dilley Sr. lived and the house in which he died stood in the corner of our yard. It is situated about a mile north of Senecaville and about half a mile away is the beautiful cemetery where he and so many of his descendants are buried. The graves are very well kept and those of Ephraim Sr. and Abraham are decorated with flags in memory of their service to their country. Ephraim served in the Revolution and was present at the battles of Stony Point and Trenton. With his children he settled near Senecaville, Guernsey Co., OH about 1814 Lucy Ayres Dilley was a daughter of Dr. Ayres of New York. Her brother was a patent medicine doctor. (Note by JDAI have omitted Ephraim Dilley Jr's name in the burial list because he was buried in Northfield, MN; also, I substituted 1814 for the date of arrival at Senecaville). | |
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