William B. Dill
It is interesting to note in the series of personal biographies appearing in this volume the varying conditions that have compassed those whose careers are outlined. Each man who strives to fulfill his part in connection with human life and human actixities is deserving of recognition, whatever may be his field of endeavor. It is the purpose of works of this nature to perpetuate for future generations an authentic record concerning those represented in its pages, and the value of such publications is certain to be cumulative for all time to come. According to the 1910 census there were five thousand, four hundred and sixty-six families living within the precincts of Fayette county, Ohio, and it is to be regretted that this volume cannot cover the lives of more families than it does.
William B. Dill, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Jefferson township, was born .September 15. 1860. in Ross county. Ohio, near Bainbridge. His parents, William and Mary (Kelly) Dill, were natives of the same county and lived there all of their lives. They reared a family of eight children, Elijah, Margaret, Mrs. Ella Poston. Frank. William B., Lewis G., Robert and Edward. All of these children are living except Frank. William Dill was a son of Robert and Margaret Dill, natives of Virginia and early settlers of Ross county, this state, where they reared a large family of children, Robert, Richard, Walter. John, William, Arm, James and Margaret.
William B. Dill attended the common schools of Ross county and finished his education in the Bainbridge high school. He worked on his father's farm during the summer season and remained at home until his marriage in 1892. In that year he came to Fayette county and bought two hundred acres of fine land two miles from Jeffersonville. Since acquiring this farm he has placed extensive improvements upon it and, being a man of taste, he has made his farm one of the most attractive of the county. He raises all of the crops common to this section of the state and keeps a high grade of live stock on the farm.
Mr. Dill was married in 1892 to Alice Bell, the daughter of William and Catherine Bell, of Champaign, Illinois, and to this union have been born two children. Earl B., born August 25, 1893, and Helen, born February 16, 1896.
Politically, Mr. Dill has long been identified with the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for public office or taken an active part in political affairs. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization which includes many of the farmers of this county. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Jefifersonville.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)