OBIT: William H. DILL, 1942, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM H. DILL

W. H. Dill Died Here Sunday, Due to Fall on Ice
Was Engaged in Numerous Business Enterprises in This Vicinity

  William H. Dill, well known citizen of Meyersdale, passed away Sunday, Jan. 
25, at 6 a.m., his death due to complications following a fracture of the hip 
which he suffered when he fell on the icy pavement in front of his home as he 
and Mrs. Dill started to church Sunday evening 6 weeks ago.  Since that time he 
was cared for in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital.
  A former accountant and Justice of the Peace, Mr. Dill had retired from active 
business a number of years ago, due to ill health, but there were few days 
during the past year that the familiar figure of Will Dill was not seen as he 
walked downtown to greet friends.
  William Dill was 76 years old, having been born September 27, 1865, in 
Lewisburg, the son of Andrew H. and Kathryn (Sliffer) Dill.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma (Livengood) Dill, and two children, William 
E. Dill, Philadelphia, and Mrs. A. P. Kephart, Blowing Rock, N.C.  There are 
three grandchildren.  These brothers and sisters also survive: S. Blair Dill, 
Hadden Heights, N.J.; Clarence C. Dill, Philadelphia; Edward G. Dill, 
Pittsburgh; Mrs. Walter S. Brown, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. G. V. *
  Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Dill 
home on North Street by Rev. Nelson C. Brown, pastor of the Amity Evangelical 
and Reformed Church.  The following members of the Masonic Lodge served as 
pallbearers: Dr. W. P. Cover, Joseph N. Thomas, W. H. Holzshu, John I. Meyers 
and R. G. Miller.
  The father of W. H. Dill, Hon. Andrew H. Dill, of Lewisburg, Pa., was one of 
the outstanding citizens of Pennsylvania during the latter half of the 19th 
century.  He was for many years one of the most prominent leaders of the 
Democratic party in Pennsylvania, and was honored by his party as a one-time 
nominee for Governor, during the long period after the Civil War when 
Pennsylvania was an overwhelmingly Republican State and no Democrat, however 
able and eminent, could be elected to a state office.
  Andrew H. Dill was the senior member of the firm of Dill, Watson & Co., that 
founded the town of Boynton in Elk Lick Township about the year 1878 and erected 
a large lumber mill there and cut the virgin timber, including much white pine, 
off many acres of forest land in the Piney Run watershed in Elk Lick and 
Greenville Townships.
  It was while the big sawmill at Boynton was at the peak of its operations that 
William H. Dill came to Salisbury as a young man, in the employ of the lumber 
company of which his father was the head.  Soon after the young man arrived in 
Salisbury he met and fell in love with Miss Emma Livengood, one of the town's 
most charming young ladies.  The young couple became betrothed and married and 
lived very happily together for more than half a century.
  Mr. and Mrs. Dill lived in Salisbury until the Boynton sawmill ceased 
operations, and then moved to Meyersdale.  He was an expert bookkeeper and 
accountant and for many years was employed in that capacity by the late Samuel 
A. Kendall in his various business enterprises, including the business 
management of the Meyersdale Republican, under Mr. Kendall's ownership, from 
Oct. 1907 until March 1910.
  Mr. Dill was also employed as a gauger of distillery products in Southwestern 
Pennsylvania.
  He was a genial, sociable, capable and reliable citizen, and had a host of 
friends.  He was a member of Meyersdale Lodge No. 5554 F. & A.M. and of Amity 
Evangelical and Reformed Church.  He was an ardent sportsman and was never 
happier than when in the great outdoors with a good hunting dog and trusty 
shotgun.  He was a good wing shot, his favorite sport during hunting season 
being grouse shooting.

Meyersdale Republican, January 29, 1942

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