Benjamin
Franklin
"Ben"
Dill
Sr.
Born in Franklin, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Uriah Dill
and Desdemona (Sparks) Dill
Brother of
Jane Dill, Rebecca Dill, Jobaic Partain Dill, Nancy Dill, Clarissa Anthom (Dill) Allen, Calvin Andrew Dill, Elijah Dill, Destmonia Elizabeth (Dill) Pilgrim and Mary F Dill
Husband of
Mary A. (McRight) Dill
— married
about 1854 (to after 1 Jun 1880) in Franklin, Alabama, United States
Husband of
Eliza Jane (Scruggs) Dill
— married
about 1878 (to about 1886) in Franklin, Alabama, United States
Husband of
Lucy Caroline (Galey) Dill
— married
20 Mar 1887 in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Andrew C Dill, Lora Anthem (Dill) Byrd, Laura O. (Dill) Mansell, Benjamin Franklin Dill Jr., Amos Jasper Dill, Nancy M (Dill) Fleming, Josephine Dill, Rebecca Ann (Dill) Owens, William Severe Dill, Alabama (Dill) Kimbrough, Katy (Dill) Willis and Isaac Simpson Dill
Died
at age 73
in Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2014
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Biography
He married (1) Mary A. McRight (his 1st cousin), abt 1854 in Franklin Co., Alabama.
Many researchers say he married (2) Eliza C. Scruggs about 1878 and that she's William's mother due to the 1910 census for William, which shows his family as well as Eliza listed as his mother. However, Mary is still listed as Benjamin's wife on the 1880 census which includes William born in 1879, so it's doubtful that he married Eliza in 1878 or that she's the mother of William S. Dill. More likely is that Benjamin married Eliza after 1880, maybe when William was still young enough that he called Eliza his "mother" when actually she was his "step-mother."
He married (3) Lucy Caroline Galen, March 20, 1887 in Lawrence County, Alabama.
- Military Service: Confederate States of America 1861-1865 - A Soldier in Co. "L" of the 4th Alabama Cavalry under the command of General Phillip David Roddy of Lawrence County, Alabama[1]
- 1880 US Census in Franklin, Alabama, USA[2]
His gravestone and the 1900 census show his birth year as 1833. However, it appears that he was actually born in 1835 per the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census records.
Sources
- ↑ Dill, Gilbert S. "The William Dill Family and Relatives in America". Gregath Publishing Company (1993) http://www.gregathcompany.com/catalog/books/dill/ vol. 3 page 255
- ↑ 1880; Census Place: , Franklin, Alabama; Roll: 13; Family History Film: 1254013; Page: 556A; Enumeration District: 89; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1835 Birth place: Alabama
See also:
- G. Andrew Dill Family Tree
- The William Dill Family and Relatives in America
- Dill, Gilbert S. "The William Dill Family and Relatives in America". Gregath Publishing Company (1993) http://www.gregathcompany.com/catalog/books/dill/
- Find a Grave Memorial #7836646, Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Dill created by "Scrappy" September 5, 2003; maintained by G. Andrew Dill
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Freida Burroughs
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K1a10a, FTDNA kit #252601, MitoYDNA ID T19372 [compare]
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~12.50%
Andrew Dill :
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Kristy Keyes :
23andMe
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~6.25%
Heather (Dill) Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hcdhall
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~6.25%
Frances (Anderson) Sharp :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~3.12%
Andrea Powell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T464716 [compare], Ancestry member apowell42
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F347023 [compare], yourDNAportal ANDd75beadb, FTDNA kit #347023
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Freida Burroughs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A878797 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H494784 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Linda (Sparks) Massia :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MX2334826 [compare], Ancestry member lmassia_gen
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Categories: Franklin County, Alabama | Crooked Oak Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Alabama | 4th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Russell's), United States Civil War
married (1) Mary A. McRight, 1855 in Franklin Co., Alabama married (2) Eliza C. Scruggs, about 1878 married (3) Lucy Caroline Galen, March 20, 1887 in Lawrence County, Alabama