Shelby Dillman with Sources

My great great uncle has been illusive until this past year when I have been able to find him in multiple records pulling together a lot of information him.

Helen Condon Dillman's death certificate (Missouri State Archives) Shelby's wife.
From the death certifcate I learned: Shelby was 40 years old in 1940, pointing to his birthday in the year 1900.

Shelby's WWII enlistment record (ancestry.com)which gave me the following information:
Name: Shelby Dillman
Birth Year: 1900
Race: White Citizen
Native State: Illinois
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Crawford
Enlistment Date: 16 Sept 1942
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Jefferson Barracks
Branch: Branch Immaterial -Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Terms of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammer School
Civil Occupation: General Farmers
Marital Status: Widower without dependents
Height: 65
Weight: 117

Birth date and Death date from a book I searched at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah:
Cemeteries of Crawford County Missouri 977.862 v3w
Meramec Twp, Pleasant Point Cemetery “this cemetery is located on Highway U”
Dillman:
Shelby Jan 27 1900 – Dec 15 1964
Helen C. 1907-1940

WWI Draft Registration (ancestry.com)

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Name: Shelby Dillman

Permenant Home Address: 1 Oconee, Shelby, Illinois

Age: 18 Date of Birth: Jan 27 1900

Race: White/Indian Citizen

US Citizen: Native Born

Present Occupation: Farming

Employers Name: W.F. Dillman

Place of Employment: 1 Oconee, Shelby, Illinois

Nearest Relative: William F. Dillman Father

Address: 1 Oconee, Shelby, Illinois

Signed: Shelby Dillman

Height: Medium

Build: Slender

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Date of Registration: Sept 12, 1918

If you go to the next image on Ancestry.com it turns out to be Shelby's older brother Russell Dillman born Sept 27, 1897 who registered on the same day. The handwritting on the card is drastically different from that on Shelby's which suggests to me that they filled out the cards themselves but that is just a guess.

1900 Illinois Census Sangamon, Illiopolis twp (from labs.familysearch.org)

Name: Shelby Dilman

Residence: Illiopolis vill., Sangamon, Illinois

Birth date: Jan 1900

Birth place: Illinois

Relationship to head-of-household: Son

Father name: William Dilman

Father birth place: Illinois

Mother name: Anna M Dilman

Mother birth place: Illinois

Race or color (expanded): White

Head-of-household name: William Dilman

Gender: Male

Marital status: Single

Enumeration district: 0112; Sheet number and letter: 2A; Household id: 33; Reference number: 24; GSU film number: 1240343; Image number: 00000843; Collection: 1900 United States Census

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Names of family members:

Name: William Dillman; Relationship to Head: Head; White/Male; Birthdate: Apr 1857; Age: 43; Married; Number of Years Married: 17; Birthplace: Illinois; Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Mother's Birthplace: ---; Occupation: Farmer; Can Read/Write/Speak English: Yes/Yes/Yes; Home Owned or Rented: Rented; Farm or House: Farm

Name: Anna M.; Relationship to Head: Wife; White/Female; Birthdate: Jul 1866; Age: 33; Married; Number of Years Married: 17; Number of Children: 9; Number of Children Living: 9; Birthplace: Illinois; Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Birthplace: ---; Occupation: ---; Can Read/Write/Speak English: Yes/Yes/Yes;

Name: Ollie A; Relationship to Head: Daughter; White/Female; Birthdate: Aug 1884; Age: 15

Name: William M; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: Feb 1886; Age: 14

Name: Harvey; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: March 1888; Age: 12

Name: Carrie; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: May 1890; Age: 10

Name: Fannie; Relationship to Head: Daughter; White/Female; Birthdate: March 1892; Age: 8

Name: Jesse; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: Jan 1894; Age: 6
Name: Hazel; Relationship to Head: Daughter; White/Female; Birthdate: Oct 1896; Age: 3

Name: Russel; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: Oct 1898; Age: 1
Name: Shelby; Relationship to Head: Son; White/Male; Birthdate: Jan 1900; Age: 4/12

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1910 Illinois Census Sangamon, Iliopolis

Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T624_324; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 170; Image: 1144.

Unfortunatly the image quality is very poor and many of the names and dates for the Dillman family are hardly legible. I will keep looking for a better quality image.

Name: Shelby Dillman

Relationship to Head of Household: Son

Male/White

Age:10

Single

Birthplace: Illinois

Father's Birthplace: Illinois

Mother's Birthplace: Illinois

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1920 Illinois Census Shelby, Flat Branch District 201 (extraction availible at labs.familysearch.org image availible from ancestry.com)

1920 Illinois Census Shelby, Flat Branch DILLMAN

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Name: W. F. Dillman; Relationship to Head: Head; Rent or Own Home: Rent; Male/White; Age: 63; Married; Birthplace: Illinois; Father's Birthplace: Virgina; Mother's Birthplace: Virginia; Trade: Farm; Industry: General Farm

Name: Margaret A; Relationship to Head: Wife; Female/White; Age: 53; Married; Birthplace: Illinois; Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Birthplace: Ohio

Name: Russel D.; Relationship to Head: Son; Male/White; Age: 22; Single; Birthplace: Illinois

**Name: Shelby D.; Relationship to Head: Son; Male/White; Age: 19; Single; Birthplace: Illinois

Name: Kellie D.; Relationship to Head: Son; Male/White; Age: 15; Single; Birthplace: Illinois

Name: Benjamin F.; Relationship to Head: Son; Male/White; Age: 13; Single; Birthplace: Illinois

Name: Anna L.; Relationship to Head: Daughter; Female/White; Age: 11; Single; Birthplace: Illinois

Note: The birthplace of Father for all the children is listed ase "Virgina" contrary to the birthplace given for William F. of "Illinois"

Break Through: Dillman

Years ago my grandmother asked me to try and find information on her uncle, Shelby Dillman. Specifically to see if his temple work had been done and if he had been sealed to her dear aunt Helen. When she asked me I was unable to find anything about uncle Shelby for reasons I don't remember. Yesterday I had a break through though!

I was resting and thinking during our quiet time and it occured to me that there was one more death certificate I hadn't looked up in the Missouri State Archives (see my previous post on what I did find). It was the death certificate of my great great aunt Helen Dillman. I went back to look yesterday and low and behold it was there!The death certificate gave me some good leads to follow in finding her husband and other details including where they were living, Meramec twp; what cemetery she was buried in, Pleasant Point (which I can not find on the internet except on one genealogy site); how old Shelby was leading to a birth year, 1900; and details about Helen's accident which resulted in her death.
With the addition of a birth year I was then able to find the WWII enlistment record for Shelby Dillman. This record transcription (which you can't see unless you have an ancestry subscription) gave me more information. It gives his birth state as Illinois, his residence as Crawford County, Missouri (which checks out), his enlistment date as 16 Sept 1942, education as grammer school level, civil occupation as geographer, marital status as widower without dependents (which checks out), height 65, weight 117 (a small man). I had known that he served in WWII and my grandma had thought he was born in Illinois and this record confirms this information.

I also found, but haven't proven the connection yet, two more records for a Shelby Dillman in Illinois. One is the 1930 census for Flat Branch, Shelby, Illinois. The other is a WWI Draft Registration. The census includes a mother and brother; the Draft card includes a father and exact birthdate as well as a mark under Indian Citizen (which confirms another tidbit of information from my grandma). Hey, I just uploaded this image and was looking for the second page on ancestry, but it doesn't show except when you save the file. Anyway, the next entry is for a Russel Dillman with the same father!

I'm excited (can you tell?)!

I also found film numbers for cemetery records for Pleasant Point and St. Louis marriage records. I guess I'm planning a trip up to the Family History Library while I'm in Utah.
I love it when things come together! I'll keep you posted!