Today is March 31 2008. It’s been raining off and on all day….thought it would be a good time to post an update on our research project of Lyman Dillon.
I got the picture of Lyman Dillon (above) from our friends Larry and Kathy. Along with his photo, I also got one of his wife Charlotte, who are both buried in the Protestant section of the Cascade Iowa Cemetery. There will be more photo’s in my book…this one is just a teaser so there will be a photo on the Internet of Lyman Dillon. As far as I know, this is the only one you will find on-line (I’ve looked)
Through a chance conversation with Pam at her antique store, I was able to look through her dad (Gus Norlin’s ) research on Lyman Dillon which as far as I know was never formally published. Gus was the president of the local Historical society for several years…he had several pieces of research I had not seen before. Pam was gracious enough to let me take everything home and scan and make copies before I returned it to her…THANK YOU PAM!!!
Gus had tracked down a Granddaughter believe it or not of Lyman Dillon in California in the 1980’s….She (Florence Cordelia Parrott Lippert) was born 7/3/1885 in Cascade Iowa daughter of Lima Dillon (Parrott)
Florence Lippert eventually donated a highchair to the Jones County Historical Society in Edinburg Iowa where it resides today. The chair was built by Lyman Dillon himself from lumber from his sawmill which used to exist North of Cascade Iowa on the North Fork of the Maquoketa River. The sawmill was located West of Lyman’s home. We have been out there to take pictures..nothing remains of the sawmill which was owned by several people…originally the Delong Brothers, then Dillon, at some point was a paper mill, still later converted into a flouring mill known as Myer’s.
I have additional material from the Norlin papers, which I am hoping to include in my book if the family gives me permission to include it….stay tuned!
