The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . was then taken to the h(jspital at Chat-tanooga, Tennessee, and later was trans-ferred to the hospital at Nashville, wherehis arm was amputated. Thus he made agreat sacrifice for his country and he cer-tainly deserves the gratitude of the nationbecause of the assistance which he renderedin preserving the Union. From Xashvdlehe was transferred to the hospital in MoundCity. Illinois, where, in 1865, he received anhonorable discharge. Immediately there-after he returned to his farm in Georgetowntownship. Vermilion county, and for a long
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . was then taken to the h(jspital at Chat-tanooga, Tennessee, and later was trans-ferred to the hospital at Nashville, wherehis arm was amputated. Thus he made agreat sacrifice for his country and he cer-tainly deserves the gratitude of the nationbecause of the assistance which he renderedin preserving the Union. From Xashvdlehe was transferred to the hospital in MoundCity. Illinois, where, in 1865, he received anhonorable discharge. Immediately there-after he returned to his farm in Georgetowntownship. Vermilion county, and for a longperiod devoted his energies to agriculturalpursuits. Prior to entering the army Mr. Ddlonhad married on the 7th of :\Iarch, 1861,Miss Desdemona F. IMartin, a daughter ofHenry and Mary (ISIorgan) Martin. Herfather was a native of Virginia and alsoliecame an early settler of Vermilion county,having taken up his abode in Georgetowntownship in 1820. There he devoted his at-tention, to farm work throughout the re-mainder of his life. He was also justice of. GEORGE DILLON. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 375 the peace there for several yeais. Fi\e chil-dren of his family are yet living, namely:Presley, a farmer of Blount township; Eli-za, the wife of A. Spicer, a resident farmerof Georgetown township: Martha, the wifeof Jesse Ragel, of Georgetown; Achilles,who is secretary of the water company ofRiverside, California: and Mrs. ^nto our sul)ject and his wife have heenborn eight children, but two of the numberdied in infancy. The others are: Lucre-tia Alma, the wife of C. S. Johnson, a prin-ter of Danville; William S., a bookkeeperof the city; ilannah, the wife of HarveyJohnson, a traveling salesman of Danville;Grace, the wife of Phillip Yeager, a con-tractor of Danville; Joseph G., a bookkeeperof this city; and Robert M., at home. ^Vhile living on his farm Mr. Dillon heldmany township ofiices, proving a most cap-able and trustworthy official. In October,1868, he removed to Danville an
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