- Jacob William Dill
Jacob William Dill (
September 3 1840 – ) was anOntario merchant and political figure. He representedMuskoka and Parry Sound in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1884 to 1886.He was born in Preston,
Waterloo County, Ontario in 1840. He worked for Mr. Hespeler in Preston before moving to Pembroke where he worked for a firm of general merchants. In 1868, he married Mary Annie Wright. Dill later moved to Bracebridge where he went into business for himself. He served on the village council and was reeve from 1878 to 1879 and from 1882 to 1883. In 1882, he served as warden for Victoria County. Dill was elected to the Ontario assembly afterFrederick G. Fauquier was disqualified in 1884. He was treasurer for the Muskoka District Agricultural Society and was also secretary for the Muskoka lodge of theFreemason s.External links
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1077 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32958 "The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1885" JA Gemmill]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=91595 "A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ..." GM Rose (1886)]
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