!BIO: Erlon Virgil Dillingham son of Enos and Clarissa (Virgin) Dillingham. Born 1839 at Dixfield, Maine; living in Sutton, NH. 1911. He served in the Civil War as a Private in Company E, 7th New Hampshire Infantry; enlisted 28 October 1861; re-enlisted 29 February 1864; mustered out 20 July 1865. He married first 16 April 1867, at Manchester, NH., Mary P. Flanders, daughter of Gordon and Mahala Flanders. She was born in 1842, Laconia, NH. Child: i Irving L. born April 1868, died 8 September 1868. He married second,, 23 November 1871, at Londonderry, NH., Sarah G. Wallace, daughter of Perley and Harriet Wallace. She was born in Londonderry, 1844 and died there 10 February 1880. He married third, 9 May 1882, Abbie M. Johnson.

!BIO: George W. Dillingham, born at Freeport, Maine, 29 April 1809; died at Minneapolis, Minn. 7 February 1874; married first 20 November 1834, Rosella White, born 13 May 1813; died 10 March 1854; married second in 1855, Lucy Ann Barnard, born 15 September 1827; died 26 January 1866; daughter of Silas and Lucy (Trask) Barnard of Dixfield, Maine. George W. was the youngest son of Melatiah Dillingham and his second wife, Elizabeth (Chandler) Dillingham. George married Rosella White in 1834 and was first enumerated as head of family in the 1840 census of Oxford County, Maine, with wife, and one son under five years of age. In the 1850 census of Dixfield, Oxford County, enumerated on 6 August, George was a merchant with real estate value of $800. In addition to his wife and two children, there were four non-relatives, apparently boarders, in his household. Rosella died in 1854, and George was married secondly in 1855 to Lucy Ann Barnard of Dixfield. About 1857 or 1858, George and family removed from Maine to Hennepin County, Minnesota and were residents of Minneapolis in the 1860 census. George's occupation was "merchant," his real estate value was $6500, and his personal property value was $2800. His oldest son, George Irving'soccupation was "miner." George Irving died in 1862, and George's wife, Lucy, died in January 1866. George was still head of family in the 1870 census of Minneapolis. His occupation was, "Boot and Shoe Merchant," and his son Frederick was a clerk in his father's store. Other members of his household were the two youngest children who were attending school. George died in Minneapolis in 1874. Children of George W, Dillingham and his first wife, Rosella (White) Dillingham, all born in Maine: i George Irving, born 26 September 1837; died 29 May 1862. ii Frances Ione, born at Dixfield, Maine, 9 June 1841. She appeared in the 1850 and 1860 census schedules. iii Mary Alene,born 7 October 1848; died 10 September 1849. iv Frederick White "Fred", born 11 August 1851; died 6 July 1893. He was listed in the Minneapolis City Directory for 1876, living at 103 North 4th Street. Children of George W. Dillingham and his second wife, Lucy Ann (Barnard) Dillingham, both born in Maine: v Edgar B., born 3 February 1856; married Elizabeth B. (_____), born in Ohio, October 1857. He was listed as a dental student in the 1876 Minneapolis City Directory, and was living in Minneapolis in 1900. No children in the 1900 census. vi Mary Barnard, born 13 September 1857. In 1900 she was living in Minneapolis; unmarried. From Volume VIII of the Dillingham Family Exchange Bulletin

!BIO: Hannah Dillingham, birth and death records not found; married at Freeport, Maine, 22 September 1796, Joseph Mitchell III. From Vol II Dillingham Family Bulletin

!BIO: Harriet Dillingham, born 9 August 1790; second daughter of Melatiah and his first wife Joanna (Dennison) Dillingham, in Freeport, Maine; died 14 September 1856; married 21 November 1811, Daniel Carter, Jr. of Freeport, born 1786. From the Dillingham Family Exchange Bulletin Vol IV 1984.

!BIO: Henry Frederic Dillingham son of Enos and Clarissa (Virgin) Dillingham. Born about 1848 at Dixfield, Maine; died before 1895. He married 31 March 1872 at Dixfield, Hannah Bernice Doble, born Sumner, Maine,daughter of Phineas and Lemoyne Doble. She married second 24 April 1895, Joseph W. Bean. Children (Dillingham) born Manchester, NH.: i Marion C. born 31 July 1882; died 28 July 1883, at Manchester. ii Ethel May born 24 May 1885; living in Manchester in 1911.

!BIO: Ira Dillingham, born Freeport, Maine, 10 December 1806; died Dixfield, Maine, 17 December 1868; married 30 July 1845, Martha H. Leavitt, born at Maine, about 1818; daughter of Joseph and Martha (Merrill) Leavitt. Ira was the third son of Melatiah Dillingham and his second wife, Elizabeth (Chandler) Dillingham. He was head of family in the 1850 census of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine. His mother and two unmarried sisters lived next door. In 1860, he was listed as farmer, with wife Martha H., and three children. Ira died in Dixfield, 17 January 1868. Children of Ira and Martha (Leavitt) Dillingham: i Costello Columbia, born 20 November 1847; married Omar F. Savage. She was living in Augusta, Maine in 1911. ii Robert F., born at Dixfield, Maine, 27 February 1852; married at Boston, Mass., 4 November 1882, Olive B. Ripley, born at Bethel, Maine, 7 October 1856; died at Lawrence, Mass., 12 May 1896; daughter of Hosea and Julia (Sturgis) Ripley. They had no children. Robert was a carpenter, and was living in Lawrence, Mass. in the 1900 census and as late as 1911. iii Rena or Roanna A., born 6 November 1855; married at Andover, Maine, 10 July 1881, Charles F. Eaton. She was living in Berry Hills, Maine in 1911. From Volume VIII of the Dillingham Family Exchange Bulletin

!BIO: Joanna Dillingham, born 5 November 1788; oldest daughter of Melatiah and his first wife Joanna (Dennison) Dillingham, in Freeport Maine; married 18 November 1819, Joseph Sylvester of Freeport, born in 1792. She sold land inherited from her mother, and her grandfather David Dennison in 1817. Living in Brunswick, Maine in 1821. From the Dillingham Family Exchange Bulletin Vol IV 1984.

!BIO: Lorren Bertrand Dillingham born about 1843; killed near Richmond, Virginia, 1864 or 1865. Private Company G. 9th Maine Infantry; mustered in 21 September 1861; re-enlisted 12 January 1864 in the field; unmarried.

!BIO: Marcy Dillingham, birth and death records not found; said to have married (_______) Townsend. From Vol II Dillingham Family Bulletin

!BIO: Mary Dillingham, born about 1757; died at Byron, Maine, 5 January 1841; married 9 March 1786, John Stockbridge, born Mass. 11 August 1757; died at Byron, Maine, 23 August 1820. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The Mary Dillingham Chapter, DAR, Lewiston, Maine, was founded by Caroline D. Rich, granddaughter of Mary Dillingham and John Stockbridge. From Vol II Dillingham Family Bulletin

!BIO: Matilda Dillingham, born at Freeport, Maine 15 January 1802; third daughter of Melatiah and his second wife Elizabeth "Betsey" (Chandler) Dillingham; died 29 September 1857; unmarried. She was a member of her mother's household, age 48, in the 1850 census of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine. From the Dillingham Family Exchange Bulletin Vol IV 1984.

!BIO: Melatiah, second son of Edward and Marcy (Doty) Dillingham, was born and grew up in Hanover, Mass., and removed to Maine with his family ca 1783. In 1786 he bought land in Freeport, Maine, from Abner Dennison. He was a blacksmith as were his father and brothers. In the first U.S. census, 1790, Melatiah was enumerated as a head of family in Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine. His household was comprised of 1 male 16 or over, 1 male under 16, and 2 females. Joanna Dillingham died in August 1794, and a year later, Melatiah married second, Elizabeth, called Betsey, Chandler of Freeport. Sometime before 1830, Melatiah and some of his family moved to Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine. Melatiah died at Dixfield, 9 March 1833.