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Joseph Lafiratt Dillon

Male 1858 - 1903  (45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joseph Lafiratt Dillon was born on 22 January 1858 in Indiana, United States of America; died on 1 April 1903 in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Joseph married Cynthia Evaline Swaim on 24 May 1884 in Grant, Indiana, USA. Cynthia was born on 24 Aug 1865 in Indiana, USA; died on 22 November 1931 in South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA; was buried in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ethel Elizabeth Dillon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 March 1885 in Indiana, Indiana, USA; died on 9 Jun 1929 in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.
    2. 3. Grace Della Dillon (Brown)  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1887 in Indiana, United States; died in 1978 in Michigan, USA.
    3. 4. Flossie M Dillon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1890 in Marion, Indiana; died on 14 Apr 1907 in Dowagiac, Cass Co., MI; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.
    4. 5. Mabel Victoria Dillon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1891 in Indiana, USA; died in 1972.
    5. 6. Ralph Dillon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1895 in Indiana, USA; died on 18 July 1897 in Indiana, USA.
    6. 7. Mildred Josephine Dillon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1897 in Indiana, USA; died about 1979 in Colorado.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ethel Elizabeth Dillon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 9 March 1885 in Indiana, Indiana, USA; died on 9 Jun 1929 in Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Ethel married Claude A Fisher on 29 Aug 1903 in Keeler, Van Buren, Michigan, USA. Claude was born about 1882 in Keeler, Michigan; died in 1958 in Speer, Stark Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Eugene Fisher?  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1904 in Michigan; died on 03 Oct 1911 in Pasco, Franklin, Washington.

    Ethel married Frederick McCotter, Sr. on 11 Feb 1910 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA. Frederick was born on 20 Jan 1884 in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan, USA; died on 21 May 1942 in South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, United States; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Eugene Fisher?  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1904 in Michigan; died on 03 Oct 1911 in Pasco, Franklin, Washington.
    2. 9. Margueritte Frederica McCotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1905 in Dowagiac, Michigan; died on 15 Dec 1976 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.
    3. 10. Phyllis Caroline McCotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 December 1908 in Michigan, United States of America; died on 28 Aug 1931 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.
    4. 11. Frederick McCotter II, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1924 in Kalamazoo, Michigan; died on 5 May 1980 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Dean Dillon Fisher  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1903; died in Abt. 1911 in Pasco, Washington.

  2. 3.  Grace Della Dillon (Brown) Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in Jul 1887 in Indiana, United States; died in 1978 in Michigan, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Edmund Brown. Edmund was born on 18 Mar 1888 in Dowagiac, Michigan; died on 18 Mar 1938 in Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. E Bruce Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 January 1915 in Michigan; died on 25 Nov 1990 in Citrus, Florida, United States.

  3. 4.  Flossie M Dillon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 13 Jul 1890 in Marion, Indiana; died on 14 Apr 1907 in Dowagiac, Cass Co., MI; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Flossie married John Pethick on 3 Mar 1905 in Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan, USA. John was born on 5 May 1883 in Dowagiac, Michigan, USA; died on 21 May 1955 in Berrien County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Margueritte Frederica McCotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1905 in Dowagiac, Michigan; died on 15 Dec 1976 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

    Family/Spouse: Frederick McCotter, Sr.. Frederick was born on 20 Jan 1884 in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan, USA; died on 21 May 1942 in South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, United States; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Margueritte Frederica McCotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jun 1905 in Dowagiac, Michigan; died on 15 Dec 1976 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

    Family/Spouse: Thomas Pethick. Thomas was born on 9 Nov 1886 in Dowagiac City, Cass, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Mabel Victoria Dillon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in Dec 1891 in Indiana, USA; died in 1972.

    Mabel married Lyman L. Lyons on 16 Mar 1910 in Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan, USA. Lyman was born in Oct 1887 in Michigan; died on 5 Dec 1971 in So Bend, St Jos, Indiana, USA; was buried in Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Charles Lyman Lyons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1910 in La Porte, La Porte, Indiana, USA; died on 17 Jan 1982 in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

  5. 6.  Ralph Dillon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 21 May 1895 in Indiana, USA; died on 18 July 1897 in Indiana, USA.

  6. 7.  Mildred Josephine Dillon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in Sep 1897 in Indiana, USA; died about 1979 in Colorado.

    Mildred married Frank C Cross, Jr on 04 Nov 1912 in Dowagiac, Michigan, and was divorced on 14 Feb 1917 in Cass, Michigan, USA. Frank was born on 17 Nov 1890 in Cass County, Cass, Mich; died on 16 Apr 1983 in Alamo, Kalamazoo, Michigan; was buried in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Sydney Burl Cross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Aug 1913 in Michigan; died on 28 Oct 1983 in Colorado Springs, Colorado; was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America.

    Mildred married James H Judd on 24 Dec 1921 in Kalamazoo, Cass, Michigan, USA. James was born about 1895 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Eugene Fisher? Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born in 1904 in Michigan; died on 03 Oct 1911 in Pasco, Franklin, Washington.

  2. 9.  Margueritte Frederica McCotter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 2 Jun 1905 in Dowagiac, Michigan; died on 15 Dec 1976 in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

    Margueritte married Shannon Winifred Smith on 15 Aug 1925 in Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan, USA. Shannon was born on 15 Jul 1897 in Casey, Clark, Illinois; died on 13 Sep 1984 in Brevard, Florida, United States; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Sharron Winifred Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1930 in St Louis, Missouri, USA; died on October 26, 2011 in Merritt Island, Brevard, Florida, USA; was buried in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America.
    2. 17. Sharlene Marguerite Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Oct 1932 in Chicago Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 18 May 2001 in Florida, USA; was buried in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America.
    3. 18. Shirlee Mae Smith  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1937 in Casey Illinois; died on 18 May 2001.
    4. 19. Shannon W Smith, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1941 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA; died on 15 Jun 1996 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

  3. 10.  Phyllis Caroline McCotter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 30 December 1908 in Michigan, United States of America; died on 28 Aug 1931 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

  4. 11.  Frederick McCotter II, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 25 Nov 1924 in Kalamazoo, Michigan; died on 5 May 1980 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Doris L. Chism. Doris was born in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Michael Dillon McCotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1953 in Montana; died on 2 Oct 1987 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.

  5. 12.  Dean Dillon Fisher Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born in 1903; died in Abt. 1911 in Pasco, Washington.

  6. 13.  E Bruce Brown Descendancy chart to this point (3.Grace2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 8 January 1915 in Michigan; died on 25 Nov 1990 in Citrus, Florida, United States.

    E married Ruth Louise McAloon on 16 Jan 1937 in LaGrange, Indiana, USA. Ruth was born on 14 April 1919 in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois; died on 19 July 1998 in Seven Rivers Community Hospital, Crystal River, Citrus, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Susan L Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 April 1939 in Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, USA; died in 2009 in New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA; was buried in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.
    2. 23. Dennis O Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Aug 1941 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Dec 1990 in Rockaway Beach, Tillamook, Oregon, USA.
    3. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 14.  Charles Lyman Lyons Descendancy chart to this point (5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 19 Nov 1910 in La Porte, La Porte, Indiana, USA; died on 17 Jan 1982 in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

    Family/Spouse: Carrie Ordessa Wilds. Carrie was born on 10 May 1916 in Mill Creek, Fountain, Indiana, USA; died on 16 Jun 1952 in Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 28. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 29. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Bessie Lyons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 28. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 29. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 15.  Sydney Burl Cross Descendancy chart to this point (7.Mildred2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 24 Aug 1913 in Michigan; died on 28 Oct 1983 in Colorado Springs, Colorado; was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America.

    Sydney married Lois E. Piowaty on 05 Dec 1935 in Lake Co., Indiana. Lois (daughter of Fred F Piowaty and Hildur Elisabeth Anderson) was born on 23 April 1910 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana; died on 26 January 1984 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Sharron Winifred Smith Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margueritte3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 1 Nov 1930 in St Louis, Missouri, USA; died on October 26, 2011 in Merritt Island, Brevard, Florida, USA; was buried in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America.

    Sharron married John Ellsworth Wynn on 17 Feb 1952 in Winfield, Henry Co, Iowa. John (son of John Thomas Wynn and Gladys Mary Doty) was born on 10 Dec 1928 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas; died on 12 Jan 1994 in Melbourne, Brevard Co, Florida; was buried in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. William Wynn  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 32. John Ellsworth Wynn  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 17.  Sharlene Marguerite Smith Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margueritte3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 17 Oct 1932 in Chicago Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 18 May 2001 in Florida, USA; was buried in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, United States of America.

    Sharlene married Ennis A Chester in Jul 1959 in Dade, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 18.  Shirlee Mae Smith Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margueritte3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 21 Jun 1937 in Casey Illinois; died on 18 May 2001.

    Shirlee married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Shannon W Smith, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margueritte3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 1 Apr 1941 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA; died on 15 Jun 1996 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

    Shannon married Madeline Marie Staab on 30 Jan 1978 in Brevard, Florida. Madeline was born about 1904 in Illinois, USA; died on 02 Sep 1985 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 34. Kelly Mae Smith  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 35. Ryan Patrick Smith  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 36. Phillip Michael Smith  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 20.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (11.Frederick3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 21.  Michael Dillon McCotter Descendancy chart to this point (11.Frederick3, 2.Ethel2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 20 Jul 1953 in Montana; died on 2 Oct 1987 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.

  7. 22.  Susan L Brown Descendancy chart to this point (13.E3, 3.Grace2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 29 April 1939 in Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, USA; died in 2009 in New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA; was buried in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.

    Susan married Frank Ronald Kral on 10 Aug 1960 in Cook, Illinois, USA. Frank was born on 7 February 1937 in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America; died in October 2019; was buried in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 39. Michael John Kral  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan 1965 in LaGrange Coo, Illinois; died on 17 Feb 2005; was buried in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.
    3. 40. Deborah Kral  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 23.  Dennis O Brown Descendancy chart to this point (13.E3, 3.Grace2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 11 Aug 1941 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 7 Dec 1990 in Rockaway Beach, Tillamook, Oregon, USA.

  9. 24.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (13.E3, 3.Grace2, 1.Joseph1)

  10. 25.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1)

  11. 26.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1)

  12. 27.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1)

  13. 28.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1)

  14. 29.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (14.Charles3, 5.Mabel2, 1.Joseph1)



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