Surname Saturday - Dillman

I realize I covered the Dillman name in my first Surname Saturday, but I wanted to try it in the style that Randy Seaver of  Genea-Musings does.  I'm not following his whole countdown process, just doing this one post.  Here goes:

My ancestral line back through seven generations is as follows:

1. Daniel G. Dillman.

2. Dana E. Dillman (Living)
3. Eva L. Williams (Living)

4. Estel E. Dillman (1908 - 1982)
5. Alta May Day (1910 - 1992)

8. Clyde Taylor Dillman (1886 - 1967)
9. Arminthia Belle Wiseman (1886 - 1920)

16. Peter Dillman (1833 - 1899)
17. Elizabeth D. Landiss (1834 - 1908)

32. Michael Dillman (1810 - 1879)
33. Cynthia Batman (1809 - 1878)

55. Johann Michael Dillmann (1755 - 1821)
56. Maria Elisabeth Eva Legrand (abt. 1760 - bef. 1830)

I should note that there is a missing level in here as #8 Clyde Taylor Dillman is actually the grandson of #16 Peter Dillman through his daughter  Jemimah Hattie Dillman and her husband John Straughan as noted in this Tombstone Tuesday post.  It's complicated, and I'll do my best to lay out the details when I cover Clyde Taylor Dillman down the road.

This method does have the advantage of presenting the lineage and some timing for the surname.  My original method planned to do one level per post, and that has the disadvantage of only seeing the line in one-level snapshots, but has the added advantage of presenting much more detail on each level.  I think I prefer the added detail of doing one level per post.  Now that I've presented the line as a whole, I will continue with the more detailed posting.

Michael Dillman was born in Ohio on 28 Dec 1810, and died 13 Jun 1879 in Crawford County, Indiana of rheumatism.  He is buried in Dillman Cemetary, Curby, Crawford County, Indiana (Row 9 Plot 4) and his tombstone was featured in an earlier Tombstone Tuesday alongside his wife, Cynthia (Cyntha) Batman.  Cynthia was born 20 Feb 1809 in Harrison County, Indiana and died 16 Jan 1878 in Crawford County, Indiana.  The two were married on 08 Oct 1831 in Harrison County, Indiana.  More details about Michael is in the aforementioned Tombstone Tuesday post.

Tombstone Tuesday - Michael & Cynthia Dillman

Michael & Cynthia (Batman) Dillman are my anchor points in the Dillman line.  Michael was the first born into the line in the United States, born 28 Dec. 1810 in Ohio.  Census records show that he lived for many decades in Crawford County, Indiana.  On 8 Oct 1831 he married Cynthia Batman, and they produced a family of nine children.  Their son Peter Dillman is my link, and I will  feature him in a future Tombstone Tuesday.  Michael died 13 Jun 1879, not too long after Cynthia's death 16 Jan 1878, both in Crawford County.  They are buried together in Dillman Cemetery located just outside the don't blink or you miss it village of Curby, near Marengo in Crawford County.

Update: As I did my next Tombstone Tuesday for Michael & Cynthia's son Peter Dillman, it occurred to me that I really failed to add much detail about Michael & Cynthia in this post.  In the philosophy of Better Late Than Never, I now add some extra information:

Michael appears on the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 Census in Crawford County, Indiana.  He was employed as a Land Agent and farmer, and at some point served as a Justice of the Peace.  From 1862-1870 he was employed as a Surveyor in Crawford County.

Michael lived most of his life in Jennings Township in Crawford County.  The map below has much of Jennings Township, including the little town of Curby in the lower right.  South of Curby is a marking for Dillman Church; Dillman Cemetery where Michael & Cynthia are buried is right across the road from this church.  Many other Dillman and Landiss/Landers graves are there as well.  Michael owned several parcels of land, shown approximately in yellow on this map (map courtesy of USGS, indicated areas taken from Land Patent documents):