Family:Jonathan Diller and Ann Weaver (1)

"She is a daughter of Jonathan and Ann (Weaver) Diller, natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and had been several generations of their respective families."

"Mrs. Davis, who was born in Lancaster county, in July, 1815, was the second in order of birth of her parents' six children. Her elder brother, Weaver, and next younger brother, Isaac R., have passed to the silent land, as also has her sister Maria, who was the wife of R. F. Ruth. Roland W. is a pioneer in the drug business at Springfield, Illinois, and Anna E., the youngest of the family, is the wife of the well known banker, Augustus Ayers, of Jacksonville, Illinois."

"After the death of Jonathan Diller his widow became the wife of Morgan L. Reese, and the mother of two daughters, Sarah and Fanny, both of whom survive."

"The mother of William W. was Susanna Roland Diller, daughter of Jonathan Diller and Ann Weaver. German on both sides."

"The maternal grandfather was Jonathan Diller, also a native of Pennsylvania, and of German lineage. He wedded Ann Weaver and died when past middle life, while his widow lived to be nearly eighty years of age. They were the parents of six children, five of whom reached years of maturity."