The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-07

rho Demise Of one 0f wheeling's oldest
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10 the death Of "MoLhsI" Dillon, whcss
funeral took place Oh esturJsy'ns previously
announced, another one Of Wheeling's aged
mud esteemed citlzsus has passed away.
) Shc vas born near Mount HOLLY In the
State Of New Jersey, November I, 1891. In
1906, hcs father immigratsd 10 The Wus.,
then the Bihls OF Ohio which had BEEN re.
Gently admitted into the uuion, mud located
IN Guernsey county, ou The limo Of the old
road or Hinhs trail" That portion OF tho
State, at thst time, wLa sparsely settled. and
the prlneral forest, which hid been only
here and there disturbed by tue wuoauan's
AKA abounded In All kinks o! wild game, such
no deer. bear, tntkics, pigeuns, etc., upo u
which the piOnrerr were mostly dependent
for tboir nuppli,s OF meat Her recollection
OF those early times was remarkably distinct,
and hergrRphic description { I the adventures
Gf which aha was the heroine, or cf which
others were the Subj. cot, were vary interest.
Inf. When her father came 10 the West,
such was the condition Of the roads, that d
whole day was occupied In travelling from,
s.eenrod'a 10 Bsaniers tavern. D. -'"N.a
When she became resident OF Wheeling
ihy.,lx years sgo, II was than a respec.
table s!z Vi town, containing only d SO or six
Thousand inhabitants. Tho busine,s par! OF
the towr, In fact tho principal part OF the
town is III, lay on Main street, between Union
md Washington streets There wcre q fsw
stores and groceries scattered around the
market h0us,, and II few warehouses and
bookstores on Water street Eat Wheeling
was mostly commons Bhe remembered very
distinctly Of seeing them grading wheat on
the ground where the Cathedral now stands,
South, now Center Wheeling, comprised
about nt.tourth OF the town. while I'LL the
territory forming the site II what Is now
| South Wheeling, was composed OF the farm.
Ing lands OF DR.. E1!T aad Joseph Caldwell.
The bleak, bare hills Surrounding aud over
| looking the city, wefe then covered with oak
and sugar maple, With { cass underground
OF paw paw. Then the valley OF Wheeling
creek wss spread out In romantic beauty and
vas nearly IS wild aa In the days Of Weiz,l,
inrnishiugG grand resort for the idle fisher.
man or the truXIt school boy.
| She lived long enough TO Aee all these old
laud. narks,. reminding one OF the past yield.
Ing, Que after another, before the demands Ul
agrowing city aud au increasing population.
When her fathers family stopped u! Beam
er's tavern in lS0j, the waters OF the river
had never been disturbed nor It's ii2ny tribes
Heightened by the wheel OF steamboat s.
Steam navigation, railroads, Telegraph, tele.
phones, electric lights. with II thousand other
improvements, were yet things OF the future,
and most OK them bad not presented them.
selves 10 tho musi inventive genius ts alnouv
tho poas!bi tiles. Sae lived 10 sec the little
Western village, as she first behtlt 1t, OF a
few hundred Inhabitants, become the Gel,
brated NAL Cily"-lived 10 bury three gen
erAlions. and to corsenpoEd with her great
great.gsand.children
She possessed great vitality ami was q We.
man Of remarkable energy OF character.
Years ago abe determined that she would
never be dependent on her children or any
one elsa for support. To carry cut this puI:
pose, she attended the two markets to dispose
Of her merchandise and, during the thirty
years OF this laborUus services, she Travelled
over the payemsnts Of Wheeling nearly
neveg Thousand miles, scared on honest
living, gave away hundreds OF dollars In
charity. and uayed enough OF her earnings 10
meet MI tho expenses OF he. Last sickne Z.
She lived alone and did all her msndinv,
washing and ironing until the last week Of
her life. "----
She loved the Bible, having resd II through
three and four times n year f)r the last thirty
ye.is: So familiar was she with its contents
that passage could not be named IN the Old
or New testament the place and connec.
lions OF which she could not name and ey.
plain. She carsd for no other book. The
end OF such a,iife WIS jast what ona might
ha7e reason to expect ii to bs-peaceful. joy.
fui, glorious.
Thus ore Whee!iug's old cit;z,ns. whose
PERSONAL history, forms part of the history oil
the city, passing away. Soon the last link
| c3nnectjEg the p9.t with the present will he
broksn-:ihs lsst !anc mcrs rtp'oved.