Obituary: DILLION, Jeptha S., Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 23, 1911, page 2
http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/obits/d/dillion_jeptha_1911.txt

Transcribed and Contribted by: Rita Timm  <http://coloradoclues.com>
7 Nov 2002

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JEPTHA S. DILLION IS DEAD; OLD NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE

FOR 30 YEARS IN CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN, PREVIOUSLY WAS WITH THE NEWS.

Jeptha S. Dillon, one of the oldest newspaper employees in Denver, died yesterday at his
home, 1845 S. Sherman, after a week's illness with pneumonia. Dillon, who was 75 years old,
had been for thirty years in the circulation department of the Republican. Prior to that
time he was connected with The News in a similar capacity.

Born in Ohio, Dillon removed to Illinois with his parents when a lad. He enlisted in the
118th Illinois regiment and served four years through the Civil War. In 1872 he came to
Denver from Warsaw, Ill., where he had settled after the war. He had been a resident of
the city since.

Four years ago Mrs. Dillon died, but several children survive. They are: W. T. Dillon of 
Kansas City, Jeptha Dillon of Lafayette, Ind., E. P. Dillon of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Harry
Horham of Denver. Dillon was an active member of Byron L. Carr Post. G. A. R., and one of
the oldest and most active members of the Twenty-third Avenue Presbyterian Church.

The funeral will be conducted from the church at 2 o'clock Tuesday, under the auspices of
the Grand Army.

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