Ricky Dillon

Dillon in 2015, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Richard Porter Dillon, Jr.

Place of Birth: Pitt, North Carolina, United States

Date of Birth: April 4, 1992

Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, possibly other

Ricky Dillon is an American Youtube personality, comedian, singer, and songwriter.

Ricky is the son of Janice and Richard Dillon. He was raised in Tuscumbia, Alabama, from the age of one.

Ricky’s paternal grandfather was Porter Bryant Dillon (the son of Boyd Esco Dillon and Alta Magee). Porter was born in Mississippi. Boyd was the son of Lucius T. Dillon and Emma Magee. Alta was the daughter of Fred Alton Magee and Ida Miller. Porter’s ancestor James Theopholis/Theophilus Dillon was likely born, c. 1720, in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His wife, Mary Smith/Logue, was born, c. 1723, in Northern Ireland.

Ricky’s paternal grandmother was Mildred C. Gardner (the daughter of Walter J. Gardner and Lida Elizabeth Hardison).

Ricky’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Newgent.

Sources: Ricky’s paternal grandfather, Porter Bryant Dillon, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Ricky’s paternal grandfather, Porter Bryant Dillon – http://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Ricky’s paternal great-grandmother, Alta (Magee) Dillon – https://findagrave.com

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