Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: DILL, Paul (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 496, 498
photop. 497



PAUL DILL.

 Paul Dill, a manufacturing optician and optometrist of Greeley, 
was born in Indiana on the 6th of October, 1880, a son of John W. and 
Mary (Tanner) Dill, who are natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio 
respectively. The father is a physician and the mother also became 
actively connected with the profession, both being medical graduates of 
the University of Michigan. They now reside in Franklin, Indiana, where 
Dr. John W. Dill has practiced medicine for many years, ranking with 
the leading physicians and surgeons of that section of the state. 
During the Civil war he served for three years in the Union army as a 
member of an Iowa regiment.

 Paul Dill, whose name introduces this review, spent his youthful 
days in his native state and its public school system afforded him his 
early educational opportunities. He continued his studies in the 
Northern Illinois College at Chicago and in the McCormick Optical 
College, after which he became associated with his father and practiced 
his profession in Franklin, Indiana, for about a year. He then removed 
to Newcastle, Indiana, where he continued in active practice until 
1905, when he heard and heeded the call of the west, removing to Fort 
Collins, Colorado, where he engaged in optical business for two years. 
On the expiration of that period he took up his abode in Greeley, where 
he has since made his home and in the intervening period he has built 
up a large practice scarcely surpassed in the state. He ranks high as 
an optometrist and he manufactures and grinds all of his lenses. His 
marked skill enables him to produce anything in the way of lenses and 
in connection with his work he has three employes assisting him. His 
growing patronage now makes heavy demands upon his time and energies 
and his business is one of very substantial and gratifying proportions. 
He has recently purchased the business of H. C. Roberts and is now 
installed in new and elaborate quarters at 817 Eighth street.

 On the 9th of June, 1909, Mr. Dill was married to Miss Kathryn 
Rice and to them have been born two children: Mary P., whose birth 
occurred February 4, 1913; and Dorothy, born December 3, 1917.

 Fraternally Mr. Dill is connected with the Knights of Pythias and 
politically he maintains an independent course, voting for men and 
measures rather than party. He is a member of the Colorado State 
Optical Society and enjoys the high regard of his professional 
brethren. Something of the volume of his business is indicated in the 
fact that he has about twelve thousand prescriptions on record from 
Weld county alone and he has a splendidly equipped plant, such as is 
otherwise found only in large cities. He thoroughly understands every 
phase and scientific feature of the business and his work has been 
eminently satisfactory.