Mrs. Dille
Mrs. Dille was born in Berks County, Pa., March 16, 1826, and is, therefore, in her 88th. year. When she was only four years old her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Seltzer, removed to Ohio, making the trip in wagons. They first settled east of Crestline, in Richland County, on what is now the Ralston farm, where they cleared considerable land an became prosperous. Later they removed to the Peppard farm, near East Crestline. Seltzer Street was named for Mrs. Dille's father. When the Big Four road was opened for travel, Mr. and Mrs. Dille started a dining hall at the station, and trains stopped there for meals, and Mrs. Dille has fed as many as a hundred and fifty passengers at one meal. After leaving this stand they kept the Olive House. Mr. Dille died in 1885. Mrs. Dille has five children living, fifteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
From Bellville Messenger: November 20, 1903, Vol. 11, No. 46