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 1846 - 1892

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• Birth	31 Dec 1845	Galway, Ireland   [1]
  Birth	Abt 1846	Galway, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jan 1846	St. NIcholas, North and East, Galway City, Ireland   [3]
  _MILT	Between Dec 1863 and Sep 1865	Co. I, Massachusetts 2nd Heavy Artillery
  	Civil War
  Buried	1892	St. William Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Died	18 Aug 1892	West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I2118	West Brookfield Families
  Last Modified	01 May 2024
  Father	James Dillon,   b. 2 Nov 1807, Galway, Ireland ,   d. 16 Apr 1860, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Mother	Honora Liddy,   b. Abt 1818, Ireland ,   d. 4 Nov 1890, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F652	Group Sheet

• Photos		John Dillon Certificate Awarded for Civil War Service
  		John Dillon Photo of John in Uniform
  		John Dillon Church Record Church Baptismal Record

• Notes

  enlisted 3 Dec 1863 Enlisted in Company I, Massachusetts 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment on 11 Dec 1863.Mustered out on 03 Sep 1865 at Wilmington, NC. Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War Ancestry.com; U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 stamped page 1875 about John Dillon admitted at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1887. on Jan. 21, 1891 enlisted West Brookfield, MA, Served as Private Co. I 2nd Mass Heavy Artillery, Discharged at expiration of term of service at Smithville, N.C., Sept. 3, 1865. Disabiltiy was concussion of spine contracted since service Catholic, born Ireland, age 44, 5'10' tall, ruddy complexion iwth blue eyes and dark hair. Occupation Carpenter, previous residence Fremont, Nebraska. Nearest realtive Mrrs. H. L. Dillon of West Brookfield, Mass.

• Sources

  [S1852] Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Massachusetts, Worcester, West Brookfield, Deaths, 1892, stamped page 687. Died Aug. 18, 1892, of paralysis of brain, Johm Dillon, age 46y 7m 18d, carpenter, born Ireland, son of James and Honora (Liddy) Dillon, both born Ireland. [calculated birth date, suing age at death would be Dec. 31, 1845] [S555] Church Baptism Record for John Dillon, abstraction. Birth/Christening - Jan. 11, 1946. Address - Galway, Parish/District - St. Nicholas N&E, County Galway. Parents James Dillon and Honor Liddy. Sponsors Richard and Marcella Burke. [S2153] Irish Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, online image, (http:www.findmypast.com:accessed 1 March 2016), Baptism register entry for John Dillon.. Jan 11 John [son of] James Dillon and Honor Liddy, [Godparents] Richard and Marcella Burke.