Birth: 04/04/1848
Death: 01/17/1878 Miami County, Indiana
Marriage: 08/06/1872 to Samantha Adaline Hulce in Hooverville, Cass County, Indiana
One grandmother was a Dillman from Van Buren, Grant County, Indiana. The grandfather from the other side of the family was a Hulce and Samantha would be a distant cousin. I do not know how to fit Eli Dillman into the picture.