Charles H. Dillingham
Charles H. Dillingham, a native of Ohio, was born February 22, 1834, the fifth of seven children born to Charles F. and Margaret (Smith) Dillingham. The father came to Warrick County, Indiana, about the year 1838, locating in Boonville for a short time, when he bought a farm one and one-half miles south of Boonville, where he followed farming successfully until his death, which occurred in about 1844. His widow died in 1880.
Charles H. was reared on the farm in Boon Township, receiving a common school education. At the age of twenty-five he married, and farmed for himself in this county and in Kentucky., but returned to Warrick County, and in December, 1861 enlisted as private in Company I, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving until March 27, 1865, when he was honorably discharged with his regiment. He was promoted during service to Orderly Sergeant, Second Lieutenant and was commissioned Captain of the company, serving eighteen months, but was never mustered into the office. He was severely wounded in the leg June 27, 1864, at the charge on Kenesaw Mountain.
After the close of the war he returned to Warrick County, and with his family moved to Ohio County, Kentucky, where he remained two years merchandising and handling tobacco. He then returned to his native county, remaining a short time, when he went to Kansas, but returned the same year and bought the farm where he now lives. Mr. Dillingham owns forty acres of good land under fair cultivation.
In 1858 his marriage with Malinda Ashby was solemnized, and by her he was father of four children, three yet living: Thomas W., Rome and Silas. Mrs. Dillingham died February 22, 1876. October 22, 1876, he married Artelia Williams of Ohio County, Kentucky, and the one child born to this union died in infancy. Mr. Dillingham is a member of the G. A. R. and is a Republican. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.
