You can find many references in online family trees to Daniel Dill’s supposed death in 1843. I don’t know where that date came from, because it’s wrong. Daniel Dill died on May 29, 1855.

Last time we were introduced to Daniel Dill’s household, his occupation and his property. In this installment, we are introduced to his friends and neighbors. Daniel needed friends during the last years of his life. Beginning sometime in the 1840’s, Daniel began suffering from the increasingly painful effects of either gout or rheumatism. By 1850 […]

Daniel Dill’s probate file and the State and Federal census records can be combined to paint a vivid picture of Daniel Dill’s life in Mobile, Alabama. A candy store, a fancy house and more…

We know for sure that Daniel Dill was in Mobile, Alabama by 1839. Between census records and his probate file, it’s clear that he had established a business, bought a home, owned slaves, and cultivated a network of friends and associates. 

We can’t fully account for Daniel’s whereabouts between 1805 and 1839. This is frustrating because during this period, he may have been married and he clearly came into some wealth. Whether the wealth was inherited or from the fruits of his own labor we don’t really know.