Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Dill, M. B., Doctor
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
 Doylestown A-L


DOCTOR M. B. DILL P.O. Doylestown, was born in Rockhill 
township, Bucks county, July 24, 1852, a son of Thomas and 
Sarah (Button) Dill, of German and English descent.  The 
first of the family to come to this county was Frederick 
Dill, in the early part of the 17th century.  Jacob, the 
grandfather, was a tanner and also carried on farming.  Our 
subject's father followed farming and is now living in 
Perkasie.  He is the father of eleven children, six of whom 
are now living:  Maria, Susan, Mahlon B., Irwin B., Sallie 
I., and Selena.  Doctor M. B. Dill was reared on a farm 
until he was 12 years of age, when he moved with his parents 
to Perkasie, where he attended school.  He then clerked in a 
store for four years, and afterward entered a drug store at 
Perkasie, where he studied medicine.  In 1879 he entered 
Jefferson Medical College, where he graduated in the spring 
of 1881.  He began practice at Shimersville, Lehigh county, 
where he remained about one year, when he removed to 
Danborough, Bucks county, where he practiced until the 
spring of 1886.  He then moved to Doylestown, where he has 
since resided and is building up a good practice.  He was 
married in June, 1881, to Ida S. Dirstine, a native of 
Philadelphia, by whom he has two children:  Gertrude B. and 
Nellie I.  Doctor Dill and wife are members of the M. E. 
Church.  He is also a member of the Sons of Progress.  Irwin 
R., brother of Doctor M. B. Dill, who is a baker in 
Sellersville, was born in Rockhill township, Bucks county, 
September 27, 1855.  He was educated at Perkasie, and at the 
age of 23 engaged in dealing in fruit trees, which he 
continued for four years.  In 1883 he engaged in the bakery 
business at Sellersville.  He was married in February, 1880, 
to Lizzie A. Millet, a native of Philadelphia.  He and his 
wife are members of the Evangelical Association. His wife's 
parents were Edward G. and Anna (Zendt) Millet, the former a 
native of England and the latter of Germany.