Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

DAVID C. DILLEY, insurance; Beardstown; was born in 
Columbiana County, O., Sept. 3, 1828, and was raised near 
Warren, Ohio, where, at the age of eighteen, he apprenticed 
to the harness-maker's trade, at which he worked there till 
1850.  In the fall of that year he came to this county; 
lived for a time east of Virginia, then moved into that 
town, where he worked at his trade till 1853; afterward 
engaged in farming for about three years.  In 1858 he came 
to Beardstown, where he worked at his trade a year, and in 
the fall of 1859 was elected County Treasurer of this 
county, which position he held twelve years.  Since 1870 he 
has been engaged in the insurance business.  In June, 1853, 
he married Melvina Hall, of Virginia, Ill.

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