O. W. Dillon As we culminate Black History Month, I’d like to take a moment to salute the contributions of a few great men and women in my family. The 13 sons and daughters of my great great grandparents, Thomas J and Angeline Dillon of Pike County, Mississippi. Thomas J and Angeline raised a family of visionaries and leaders, equipped with a desire to make a meaningful impact on the lives of all those they came in contact with. In the early 1900’s they began to venture out on a quest to obtain a higher education at some of the most notable institutions available to them at the time. Alcorn State University, Tuskegee Institute, Hampton Institute, Southern University, Dillard University and Grambling State University to name a few. Returning one by one, determined to extend the opportunity of an education to the rural south. Under the leadership of their oldest brother, Professor Oliver Wendell Dillon, they were sent out into the rural areas of Louisiana and Mississip
African American and Creole Louisiana Geneological Research dedicated to the Dillon, Redden, Montgomery, Vaughn, Fluker, Nelson, Pierson, Albert, Reed, Knighten, Cryer, Taylor, and St. Louis Families with roots in Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Iberville Parishes and Pike County, Mississippi