Hon. C. L. Dille
Hon. C. L. Dille was born in Ohio in 1816. In ’52 he went to Indiana. In ’53 to the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee, and in ’56 started to Kansas, but on account of the “troubles,” wintered in Iowa, and came to this county, April 5, ’57 with his family; Mrs. Dille being the first white woman to settle in the township. When the county was first organized Mr. Dille was chairman of the board of the county commissioners. He was again elected in ’65. In ’64 he was elected to represent his district in the legislature. In ’74 he was elected township trustee. He has a family of four children, two sons and two daughters.
Atlas Map of Johnson County, Kansas, E. F. Heisler and Co., 1874, p. 48.
