Lewis Price Dilley

He was a member of the Republican party, and a deacon in the Fairfield Presby­terian Church for many years.

General Notes:

The following was taken from http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tnoye/a-sandie2.html, Dec 02, 2004

EXTRACTS OF WILLS OF DILLEYS & RELATIONS IN MERCER CO., PA (Data from Mrs. Leonard C. Mook)

WIll Book 2 p 4: French Cr. twp, 2 Aug 1833. Will of Rebecca Cooper: I bequeath ten dollars to the Western Foreign Missionary Society. I bequeath to my son Samuel Cooper 50 acres of land of the NE corner of my tract of land, also my mares also to my son John Cooper 50 acres of SW corner of the same tract of land; also to nix son Adam Cooper 50 acres of NW corner of the same tract of land; a1so to my son William R. Cooper 50 acres of SE of same tract of land. I bequeath to my sonin1aw Lewis Dilley the sum of one dollar; also to Samuel Dilley, my grandson, my twoyearold colt, the price of which shall be given to him when he is of age. Also, to Robert Glenn the use of my house as long as he wishes to live in it. Also, the remainder of my property to be divided between my three Sons, John, William and Adam Cooper. A1so, I appoint John Cooper and Adam Cooper my executors. signed: Rebecca X Cooper.

Will Book Will of Samuel Cooper, 10 ~pr 1839, names wife Mary, daus Elizabeth & Rebecca, three sons William, John & Abraham Cooper. (Are these two families the same or related? Obviously, Rebecca Cooper was the mother of Mary Cooper who was the first wife of Lewis Dilley, but what was her husbhand's name?)

Lewis married Mary Cooper, daughter of Cooper and Rebecca, on an unknown date. (Mary Cooper died on 1 May 1819 1 and was buried in Fairfield Cem., New Lebanon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA.)

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Lewis next married Jane Elliott about 1820. (Jane Elliott was born on 4 January 1799,1 died on 8 August 1864 1 and was buried in Fairfield Cem., New Lebanon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA.)