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Obituary of Elias Dilfield – Born in Pillow, Died in Reading
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on November 30, 2018
Elias Dilfield, also found in the records as William Elias “Eli” Dilfield, died in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 1 December 1915.
From the Reading Times, 13 December 1915:
ELIAS DILFIELD DEAD
Retired Hotel Keeper Succumbs at 710 North Sixth Street
Elias Dilfield, a retired hotel keeper, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday at his residence, 710 North Sixth Street, of complications following an illness of three weeks. He was born in Uniontown [Pillow], Dauphin County, but resided many years at Gettysburg. He came to this city six years ago. Mr. Dilfield was a member of the First Reformed Church, the Masons, the Elks and Fraternal Order of Eagles, of Gettysburg; the Red Men and I.O.O.F. of Tremont. He was also a member of the G.A.R. There survive his wife, Ellen V. [nee Keiser] Dilfield and these children: John C. Dilfield, Tremont; Elmer E. Dilfield, Mrs. W. G. Wertley, and Mrs. H. G. Dutter, Reading. Two brothers: Riley Dilfield, of Reading; and Joseph Dilfield, of Topeka, Kansas.
Also, from the Adams County Independent (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 17 December 1915:
Elias Dilfield, until six years ago a resident of Gettysburg, and at the time of his death a member of a number of local organizations, died in Reading on Saturday evening after a long illness. He was aged 73 years. Mr. Dilfield was born in Berks [sic] County. About sixteen years ago he came to Gettysburg and for ten years conducted the wholesale liquor store on Baltimore Street. He moved to Reading upon selling out his business here. He was a member of Corporal Stella Post, Good Samaritan Lodge, Gettysburg Lodge of Elks, and an honorary member of the Gettysburg Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral was held in Reading on Wednesday afternoon.
Previously on this blog, a brief mention was made of him and his military service:
Occupation: Saddler and Hotel Keeper.
Service: 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, Private and Saddler. Mustered In: 22 February 1864 Mustered Out: 28 July 1865.
Born in Pillow but Lived in Mifflin Township, Hegins Township, Shamokin, Tremont and Reading. Married: Ellen McClain. Married: Sarah Ellen “Sallie” Hoffa. Married: Ellen V. Keiser.
Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Additional information about him can be found in a Schuylkill County Biography, page 645.
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News clippings from Newspapers.com.
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