Vol 2, p 125 -
... William W. Dill has gained prestige as one of the able and popular farmers of his native county and is now living virtually retired from the active pursuits of life. He is a scion in the second generation of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Wayne county, with whose annals the name has been identified from the earliest epoch in the history of Indiana. He was born on the old homestead farm of his father, in Jackson township, this county, Sept. 29, 1842, and is a son of John S. and Rebecca (Leonard) Dill, ...
... William W. Dill passed his boyhood days under the helpful influences and discipline of the home farm and secured his early educational discipline in the public schools, after which he worked on his father's farm about four years. Having decided to follow agricultural pursuits he purchased part of his father's farm, but later sold it and purchased his present place of eight acres, in 1883. He is a close student of that vocation, in all departments of which he has kept in close touch with the advances made from year to year. He devotes his time of late years, principally, to horticulture and has gained wide prominence in that line. In politics Mr. Dill shows an abiding faith in the principles of the Republican party, of whose cause he is a zealous supporter.
On Nov. 14, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Heiney, who was born March 25, 1849, in this county, a daughter of George and Leah (Ritter) Heiney, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Mr. Heiney was for many years engaged in farming in Jackson township, where he was an influential and prominent citizen. He died while comparatively young and his wife passed away in 1900. He was a Whig in politics and he and his wife were members of the German Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Dill have five children:
- Elwood William, born June 12, 1870, resides in the State of Washington ;
- Charles, born May 1, 1872, resides at home ;
- Claude, born Feb. 9, 1874, married Jessie Elliott, of Cambridge City, and resides in Indianapolis ;
- Orpheus, born June 1, 1878, married Nettie Ridenhour, of Dublin, and they have a son, Paul, and reside at Mount Auburn ; and
- Jessie, born Mary 13, 1880, resides at home. ...
