OBITS: Sidney Dillon, 17 June 1892; Northampton, Montgomery co., New York

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Source: Davis County Clipper
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Sidney Dillon Dead

Nedw York, June 10, Sidney Dillon dieda t 11:10 a.m.

Sidney Dillon was born 80 years agoin Northamption, Montgomery county, N. Y.,
of parents recently from Ireland and very poor. When 7 years old Dillon found
work as a waterboy on the first railroad ever constructed. His salary was $1
per week and he saved part of it and kept on saving all his life. He became
overseer for the railroad contractors and then a contractor himself, and as
such helped build the Union Pacific railroad, of which he afterward beame
president. At one time he was worth $15,000,000, but lost half of that when
Union Pacific went down in 1884. He was a director of most of the principal
railroads of the country. His wife died in 1883. He leaves several
grandchildren. His nephew, ex-Judge Dillon, is one of Jay Gould's legal
advisers.