Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are provided by Steven Baggs

 

Photo of the gate to the Dillavou Cemetery in Kendrick Twp., Greene County, Iowa.
Photo taken by Merrill Jordan. 

Jerry remembers having family picnics under that big tree on the left.

 

 

 

 

James Dillavou's headstone at the Dillavou Cemetary in Kendrick Township, Greene Co, Iowa

"This is the old James Dillavou home in Kendrick Township, Greene Co, Iowa. Probably built in the 1860s-1870s. This picture was taken by my grandfather, William H. Baggs, in the 1930s or 1940s. I cannot accurately identify the people in the picture, but am certain that they are mostly Dillavou descendants who gathered for one of the many Dillavou reunions. The house has long since been demolished."  Steven Baggs

 

James Dillavou 1825 to 1903 Photo donated by Merrill Jordan James Dillavou was his great-grandfather and father of his grandmother Anise Minerva Dillavou who married William Martin Jordan.	John Dillavou 1790 NJ - 1867 KS He is the progenitor of all the Dillavous in the USA. Steve Baggs has the original photo
	Homemade gravestone in Dennis Family Cemetery in Seneca, Kansas. On top are initials: J. D. On front: JOHN DILLAVOU b. 1790 (Photo by Craig Dillavou, about 1990)
"ol' Uncle Billy" ... William R. Dillavou 1810-1909. Click here to read about him and his descendents   I have to correct a 15-year old error. About 1991, I visited the Seneca, Kansas cemeteries where John Dillavou and his 3rd wife are buried. Sarah's stone (shown at right) was weather-worn and hard to read. I thought it said "Died May 13, 1879. Aged 88 Ys 24 Ds". That calculated to her having been born in 1791, and since John was born 1790, I assumed I was correct. Well --- 15 years later, I realized a big mistake. I just found her before she married ol' John in the 1850 census and she was 38 (meaning b. abt. 1812) and in the 1870 census, she was 69 (meaning 1811)... so I dug out the pic I had of the stone and determined that I mis-read her age and it actually must be "Aged 68 Ys, 24 Ds". So she was about 20 years younger, and that difference works better considering that her son married his granddaughter. So with the re-calculations, Sarah A. (Johnson) Hughes Dillavou was born 19 April 1811 and died 13 May 1879.  -Steve Baggs	Sarah A. (Johnson) Hughes Dillavou 1811 - 1879.

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