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NONAGENARIAN*1orr-m»■b*1*ta-he.1-*trnre*n-HAS SPENT WHOLE fIN COUNTYMember of Sher*uu*’s Army Which Mmie Famous Marchto Sea in Civil WarThe homt of Robert 5- Dili*. White Cottage. vu the *xne of a merry social gathering on Friday evening, when he vaa the celebrant Of fci* ninetieth bLrthdmy. A large jroup ol hi# friend* called to honor him and social direr*Von# were enjoyed and refreshment* served.Mr. Dll I* ws# hoen m Mu»kiU£um county on Sept 2*. 1840. and has ll\ed here during hi* entire W* except for a period of three and a half years while he wa* In the service ol the arm) during the Civil war. When the war broke out he enlisted DecDILTSigh:lC-:*dingne.5n-mylaymgthe:rat;lv-mdba-Moftooef-Ucb7. 1861. under Z. M. Chandler, Co. B. 78th regiment, and was discharged Dec. 31, 1862. He re-enlisted Jan 1, 1864. by O. F. Miles, and ww discharged July 11. 1885. He was mustered out at Lou lav Me. Ky. and was discharged at Columbus.He was firat under Ore at Fort DoJlison, and theu at Shilo. Corinth. Stone River. Inca. Vicksburg and Champangon. Hi# second period of service alter re-enlistment was at Big Shanty. Georgia. From there he went into the thick of battle at Keneaaw Mountain, and spent nearly the entire hot month of July in Atlanta, Ga., berore accompanying General John J. Sherman on ms inarch to the sea* Then he went to Columbia. South Carolina, and to Raleigh. North Carolina, and continued north to Washington, D. C., for the grand review. He was in the battles of Thompson’* HIM* Black River Ray non. Jackson. Champion Hill and Upper Black river. He wa* iu the siege of Savannah and during that time he and the other soldiers were forced to shell rice with their hands In order to cat It for food.He ■ftus married to Elizn Gun.on in 1663. and of this union eleven cnll-Ais taZlV.(theandiv*30pre1qmt!oofqult;flffUi:dreu were bom. HIS11 living. They an? Lli^le Steadman, Zanesville. Frances I^e. Zanesville; Blanche Batson, Columbus: Sherman Dilts. George DUta. both of Zanesville, *nd Ethel Woodward andCharles Dllts, both of White Cottage There are fifteen grandchildren anafour great-grandchildren.seven of whom area ftirhin-ve-rjp-IbetIvra.thecatu
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Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sun, Sep 28, 1930
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