Absalom Dillingham + Rebecca Foster William Anderson + Martha Elkins
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Thomas Foster Dillingham + Mary "Polly" Anderson
1802 - 1881 bef 1827 1813 - 1878
Big Ivy Bunc Co NC Big Ivy Bunc Co NC
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Absalom Anderson Dillingham (Sarah J. Morris), 1827 - 1914
Alfred B. Dillingham (Martha E. Carter), 1832 - aft 1862
Albert G. Dillingham (Harrient A. Barnard), 1834 - 1888
Martha A. Dillingham (Joseph Young), 1836 - 1914
Rebecca M. Dillingham (James M. Peek, Job D. Barnard), 1838 - 1923
Dorcas M. Dillingham (Martin Harrell), 1840 - ?
William Gardner Dillingham (Frances E. McKinney), 1843 - 1887
Mary E. Dillingham (Elbert F. Dillingham), 1844 - 1929
Sarah C. Dillingham (James H. McKinney), 1854 - ?
Sources: US Census 1850;
NC Death Certificate (Mary E. Dillingham);
Margaret Wallis Haile, "The Thomas F. Dillingham Family", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol I, 1981
(Doris Cline Ward, Editor), p. 197.
"Big Creek, a tributary of Ivy Creek, ran through the Dillingham family property, and after Thomas and
Polly built their home near its banks, it became known as Dillingham Creek. The small community which
developed in the area became "Dillingham", as it is known today.
"Although Thomas inherited a large tract of land from his father, he bought additional acreage in 1843,
and according to Buncombe County tax records of 1862, he was the second largest landowner in the
County, with 8,850 acres."
- Margaret Wallis Haile, "The Thomas F. Dillingham Family", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol I, 1981
(Doris Cline Ward, Editor), p. 197.