Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Dillon, Goodcil B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Goodcil B. Dillon, dentist, corner of Third and Locust Streets, Sterling, was 
born in Vinton Co., Ohio, May 27, 1857. His parents, John and Ann E. (Newell) 
Dillon, were natives of Zanesville, that State. His grandfather, also named 
John Dillon, built the first furnace west of the Alleghany Mountains, at 
Zanesville. His father first graduated at the Cincinnati Law School, but 
abandoned the pursuit of the legal profession, at the age of 21, to enter the 
Methodist Episcopal ministry, in which he continued for 40 years, until his 
death, Aug 26, 1876. The subject of this sketch remained at home with his 
parents until 21 years of age, completing his education at the Normal Academy 
at Wilkesville, Ohio, afterward managing his father's farm until 1881, when he 
began the study of dentistry, under the supervision of his brother, Dr. E. H. 
Dillon, at Elmwood, Ill., graduated at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, and 
commenced the practice of his profession at Rock Falls, this county, in 1884. 
After remaining there nearly a year he moved his office to Sterling. He is a 
successful practitioner, has a growing business and is a worthy citizen. He is 
a Republican in his political views, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He, with a sister and three brothers, resides with his mother.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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