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W.H. DILSAVER FAMILY W.H. DILSAVER AND SON GILMORE CAME FROM IOWA TO LOUP COUNTY IN THE SPRING OF 1883. W..H. FILED ON A HOMESTEAD IN THE MADISON SQUARE COMMUNITY. FATHER AND SON BUILT A SOD HOUSE THE SUMMER OF 1883 AND IN THE SPRING OF 1884 WENT BACK TO IOWA AND BROUGH MRS. EMILY (MCVEY) DILSAVER AND DAUGHTERS GERTRUDE AND NORA TO MAKE A NEW HOME. MRS. OLIVER (MELINDA MCVEY) MOYER, AND MRS. JAMES (COLUMBIA MCVEY) ALEXANDER WERE SISTERS OF MRS. DILSAVER. THESE TWO FAMILIES WERE ALSO "HOMESTEADERS" IN THE MADISON SQUARE COMMUNITY,WITH ADJOINING CLAIMS. THESE TWO HOMESTEADS LATER BECAME THE HOME OF MR.AND MRS. BEN (INEZ DILSAVER) MOLESWORTH. THE W..H. DILSAVER'S LATER BUILT A BRICK HOME, FROM BRICK MADE IN THE BRICK KILN, OPERATED BY FATHER AND ASON, LONNIE OWEN, A GREAT GRANDSON OF W.H. DILSAVER IS NOW RESIDING IN THIS HOUSE. GILMORE, "GIL" DILSAVER MARRIED ALBERTHA THOMPSON AND LIVED ON "GIL'S" HOMESTEAD IN MADISON SQUARE. THIS HOMESTEAD IS NOW OWNED BY A GRANDDAUGHTER OF "GILS". GERTURED MARRIED FRANK HILL, AND THEIR SON WARD AND DAUGHTER MYRTLE ARE RESIDING ON THEIR PARENTS HOMESTEAD IN MADISON SQUARE. NORA MARRIED JOHN BYERLY AND THEIR HOMESTEAD IS NOW OWNED BY HAROLD "PEP" GARSKA. THESE THREE PIONEER FAMILIES WERE ACTIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MADISON SQUARE COMMUNITY. MR. W.H. DILSAVER DONATED HALF OF THE LAND WHICH WAS A PART OF HIS HOMESTEAD FOR THE MADISON SQUARE CEMETERY. BACK TO THE LOUP
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