Biography

08/03/1791 - 12/11/1854

DILLINGHAM, William H., a Representative from Chester County; born, August 3, 1791 in Lee, Berkshire County, Ma.; attended, Lenox Academy; attended, Williams College; studied law, Charles Chauncey; honorary masters of arts, Williams College, 1815; attorney (1811-1852); appointed, prosecuting attorney, Chester County (1821- 1823); counsel, Bank of Chester County (15 years); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1837-1838 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1839); trustee, West Chester Academy (now West Chester University of Pennsylvania), (17 years); counsel, Bank of Pennsylvania (1846-1852); died, December 11, 1854 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.