Charles H. Dilley    

CHARLES H. DILLEY, farmer, post-office West Middlesex, Penn., is a son of John H. and Orlena (Currie) Dilley. The father of Charles H. was a native of Mercer County, Penn., and his mother of Wisconsin, where she died in 1859, leaving one child, the subject of our sketch. The grandfather on the paternal side was Matthias Dilley, a native of Westmoreland County, who settled in Mercer County at an early date. The father of our subject married a Miss Irvine, of Shenango Township, and by this marriage they had one son, Fred, deceased. Mr. Dilley, Sr., died in 1887, his wife having died the previous year. Our subject was born in Wisconsin in 1858, and at the age of seven years came to Shenango Township with his father. He received his education in the public schools of the township, and early began farming. Mr. Dilley is extensively engaged in farming, and. his homestead, containing 250 acres, is situated west of the Shenango River, and near time Lawrence County line.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 852.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.