Source: F.A. Weast:
Married at South Mound, Neosho County, Kansas, 2 April 1879. Migrated with his parents from Indiana to Kansas about 1877 and settled on a farm a few miles east of Galesburg. The Old Santa Fe Trail ran through their farm and just a few miles away was Osage Mission (now Saint Paul) but was then the Catholic Mission to the Osage Indians. William and his wife are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Source: Joanne Truitt:

1860 Federal Census.

1870 Federal Census. Parents Ralph and Catherine Dildine, living in Neosha Twp, Neosha, Kansas and 8 siblings.

1880 Federal Census. Age 24, living with wife Carrie 20, and daughter Willa 7 months, in Centerville Twp, Neosha, Kansas. he states he was born Indiana, Father born Ohio and Mother Virginia. Wm is a farmer.

1900 Federal Census. Age 43, living in Walter Twp, LaBette, Kansas with wife Carrie age 39 and sons Fletcher age 15, and Ernest 9. Wm is a farmer. Census states Carrie has had 3 children, 3 living.

1910 Federal Census. Age 55, living with wife Carrie 50, and son Ernest Dildine in Delta, Shasta, CA. He is a laborer as a smelter. Ernest works in a dry goods store.

1930 Federal Census. Wm and Carrie Dildine, age 64, living with son Fletcher & Nina Dildine in Oakland, Alameda County, Ca.

Death Certificate indicates he was living with son Charles Fletcher Dildine at 1521 79th Ave., Oakland, Alameda, Ca. He was 75 yrs, 10 mo. & 3 days at time of death. he had been a carpenter but retired for 3 years. He died of Hemiplegia, Artersclerosis and high blood pressure. He had lived at this residence 12 years and in Ca. 25 years. Charles Dildine offered the information and signed the death certificate.

2 households away from father, Ralph, in 1880 census
Wm. DILDINE    Self  M   Male  W  24  IN  Farmer  OH  VA 
Carrie DILDINE   Wife  M  Female  W  20  IL  Keeping House   KY  KY 
Willa DILDINE    Dau   S   Female   W  7M  KS  IN  IL
Source Information: Census Place Centerville, Neosho, Kansas
Family History Library Film    1254390 NA Film Number    T9-0390 Page Number    171B