Biography of Cyrus B. Dirrim, pages 242 / 243.  History of Northeast 
Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 
1920. 

   Cryus B. Dirrim, who has long played an important part in the business 
affairs of Hamilton, represents one of the oldest and most widely known 
families in Northeast Indiana.
   He was born in Franklin Township of DeKalb County June 11, 1873, a son of 
Peter R. and Hannah (Myers) Dirrim and a grandson of Isaac and Helen (Wycoff) 
Dirrim.  Isaac Dirrim was born in April 11, 1812, and settled in DeKalb 
County in 1844.  He died in August, 1891, at Hamilton.  He had moved to 
Steuben County in 1858.  His wife survived him until 1901.
   Peter R. Dirrim was born in DeKalb County, October 12, 1851, and his 
wife on April 20, 1852.  He has spent his active career as a farmer and is 
owner of a place of 132 acres in Otsego Township.  He and his wife are 
members of the United Brethren Church. Their three sons are Cyrus B., 
Frank E. and Bert.
   Cyrus B. Dirrim was educated in the public schools and for twenty-one 
years has been a successful jeweler at Hamilton.  He also filled the 
office of postmaster thirteen years and was a member of the Towns Board 
when it was first organized and was the first president of the Village 
of Hamilton.  He is connected with the Steuben Oil Company, is a 
republican, a member of the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias and the 
Christian Church.
   In 1895 he married Miss Mary L. Nichols, of DeKalb County, daughter of 
Norman and Sarah (Holton) Nichols. They have one daughter, Vella May, born 
August 19, 1901, a student in the Hamilton High School.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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