Joseph Lafiratt Dillon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]}

1858 - 1903  (45 years)

• Name	Joseph Lafiratt Dillon  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Birth	About 1858
  Birth	22 January 1858	Indiana, United States of America   [2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Joseph Dillon
  Residence	Michigan, United States   [5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Farmer
  Residence	1860	Washington, Wheeling, Delaware, Indiana, USA   [11]
  Residence	1870	Jefferson, Upland, Grant, Indiana, USA   [9]
  	Occupation: Farm Laborer
  Residence	1880	Van Buren, Grant, Indiana, USA   [8]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	9 May 1888	Paw Paw, Michigan, USA   [16]
  Residence	27 Feb 1893	Muncie, Indiana, USA   [15]
  Residence	1900	Royalton, Berrien, Michigan, USA   [10]
  	Occupation: Farm Laborer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1901	Marion, Indiana, USA   [4]
  	Occupation: Invalid
  Death	1 April 1903	Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan   [2, 5, 14, 17, 18]
  Burial	Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States of America   [17]
  Person ID	I29338738085	Kaufmann
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander B Dillon,   b. 29 Mar 1826, Wayne County, Indiana, USA d. 19 Feb 1913, Grant County, Indiana, United States of America (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Miller,   b. 12 Aug 1825, Tennessee d. 27 Aug 1882, Indiana USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1840	Shelby, Ohio, USA
  Married	Wayne, Wayne, Indiana, United States
  Married	7 Mar 1847	Wayne, Wayne, Indiana, United States
  Married	7 Mar 1848	Wayne, Wayne, Indiana, United States   [21, 22, 23]
  Married	21 May 1858	Grant, IN, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cynthia Evaline Swaim,   b. 24 Aug 1865, Indiana, USA d. 22 November 1931, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1884	Grant, Indiana, USA   [7, 10, 24, 25, 26]
  Children	1. Ethel Elizabeth Dillon,   b. 9 March 1885, Indiana, Indiana, USA d. 9 Jun 1929, Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, USA (Age 44 years)   2. Grace Della Dillon (Brown),   b. Jul 1887, Indiana, United States d. 1978, Michigan, USA (Age ~ 90 years)   3. Flossie M Dillon,   b. 13 Jul 1890, Marion, Indiana d. 14 Apr 1907, Dowagiac, Cass Co., MI (Age 16 years)   4. Mabel Victoria Dillon,   b. Dec 1891, Indiana, USA d. 1972 (Age ~ 80 years)   5. Ralph Dillon,   b. 21 May 1895, Indiana, USA d. 18 July 1897, Indiana, USA (Age 2 years)   6. Mildred Josephine Dillon,   b. Sep 1897, Indiana, USA d. Abt 1979, Colorado (Age ~ 81 years)
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2026

  
  

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