Philip Dellinger was born on 1 January 1863 at
Hancock Co., Ohio. He was the son of
George Washington Dellinger and
Mary Catherine Wilch. Philip Dellinger was election in 1896 at
Pulaski Co., Indiana; In 1896 Philip Dellinger was elected Pulaski County Sheriff, taking office on August 27, 1897. At the end of his term, he was reelected for another term. He married
Clara B. Hatfield, daughter of
Henry Hatfield and
Marie Bolinger, on 18 August 1897. Much of the information on Philip Dellinger, his parents, grandparents and their families comes from a biography in "Volume II of the Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana," which was published by The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago in 1899.
Ed Moyer, the husband of a Barbara Felty, a great granddaughter of Philip's sister Amelia, supplied me with this source.
Philip Dellinger lived at
Winamac, Pulaski Co., Indiana. He was buried at
I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana.