| Axel P. Dille |
| Axel P. Dille, son of Peter and
Christine Dillie, P. O. Dorchester, Waterloo Township,
sec. 16, owns a farm of 200 acres, valued at $25 per
acre; was born in Norway, Dec. 23, 1841, and came with
his parents to America in 1857, and to his present farm
in April, 1859. His brother Abraham served in Co. B, 27th
Iowa Infantry, and died at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Dille
married Sarah E. Snaghoel, Jan. 13, 1862, and they have
four children living, Peter, Anna, Abraham and Martin,
having lost five by death: two named Peter, two named
Emma, and Axel. Mr. Dille has served as justice of the
peace and as assessor ten years, and was an enumerator of
the last U. S. Census. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church. pg 483 |