Kentucky:  A History of the State, Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd
ed., 1885, Hopkins Co.

EPHRAIM R. DILLINGHAM was born in Muhlenburgh [sic] County, Ky., December
11, 1833, and is a son of Vachel L., and Elizabeth (Oates) Dillingham,
natives of South and North Carolina, of English and Irish descent,
respectively.  When only a small boy, in the latter part of the last
century, Vachel L. Dillingham was brought by his parents to Christian
County.  Here his father, Jesse M. Dillingham, located military land and
subsequently improved a farm, upon a part of which the town of Hopkinsville
was afterward built.  He was for several years surveyor of Christian
County; after his wife's death he lived with his children and relatives in
Kentucky and Illinois until his death, which occurred at the home of his
son Vachel L., near Greenville, Muhlenburgh [sic] Co., Ky., in about his
eighty-seventh year.  Vachel L. Dillingham, after his mother's death, which
occurred when he was only six or eight -years old, lived with his uncle,
Jackson Earle, who resided at the Pond River Ferry, in Muhlenburgh [sic]
County. He remained with his uncle until his marriage when he bought a farm
near Greenville, where he resided, until his death, in August, 1852, in his
fifty-eighth year; he was sheriff of Muhlenburgh [sic] County eight years. 
Ephraim R. Dillingham was employed on his father's farm until the latter's
death, after which he came to Hopkins County, and bought wild land near
White Plains, moved into a log-cabin and subsequently improved the farm on
which he now resides, and which is one of the best improved farms in the
neighborhood.  He has added to his original purchase from time to time, now
owning 230 acres.  After his father's death his mother made her home with
our subject until her death, July 25, 1884, in her eighty-fourth year.  She
was for over fifty years a devoted member of the Baptist Church.  Mr.
Dillingham was married, April 30, 1858, to Miss Mary J. Yeargin, native of
DeKalb County, Tenn., and a daughter of John and Judy (Bennett) Yeargin,
natives of Virginia and North Carolina respectively, and of English
descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Dillingham have been born six children, five of
whom - three sons and two daughters - are living.  Mr. Dillingham and wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; the children, all
except one, belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Dillingham
is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held various official
positions in his lodge.  In politics he is a Democrat. 

Dillingham Oates Earle Yeargin Bennett 
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Greenville-Muhlenberg-KY NC SC Christian-KY IL DeKalb-TN VA

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