Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families, Volume I, Part 146

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1018

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(IV) DANIEL P. DIETRICH, the second oldest son of Daniel, was born in Albany township, June 12, 1836. He was educated in the schools of Albany and Green- Sophia Brunner, wife of Johann Michael Dietrich, was a devout Christian. She read her Bible daily and taught her children the love of the Master. She liked to collect relics, and had many old dishes, coins, etc. The children of Michael and Sophia Dietrich were as follows: (1) Maria Barbara (Polly), born Jan. 2, 1799, died June 11, 1877, m. Christian Braucher. (2) Michael, born May 12, 1801. died July 14, 1880, married Hannah Will. They had these children: Catharyn, Mary, Wil- loughby, Caroline, Benneville, Abby, Anna Caroline and Eli. (3) Daniel is mentioned later. (4) Lydia, 1805- 1863, m. Daniel Stump. (5) Betsy m. John Kistler. (6) Hannah, 1808-1886, m. Samuel Kunkel. (7) Sallie, 1810-1895, m. Jonas Wiesner. (8) Catharine m. Nathan Kistler. (9) Heinrich ("Harry"). . wich townships, and when fourteen years of age was sent to Columbia county by his father to obtain an English education. While at this place he made his home with his uncle, Gideon Dietrich, and he attended school until eighteen years of age. He remained with his uncle eight years, the last four at work on his uncle's farm. At the age of twenty-two years he went to. Montour county, and there in Derry township worked on a farm. In 1859 and 1860 he operated a farm for his father-in-law, Leonard Raub, and he later became foreman for a large lumber company in Cameron coun- ty, Pa., remaining there four years. He again worked at farming, following this occupation for ten years, when he removed to Richardson county, Neb., where he worked on a farm for three years. He then purchased (IV) Benneville Dietrich was born in Greenwich township June 15, 1836, son of (III) Michael, Jr., son of (II) Johann Michael, son of (I) Adam the emi- a farm which he operated for nine years, and then bought 440 acres in Buffalo county, Neb .. and 360 acres in Phillips county, Kans. These large farms he oper- grant. He was reared to farm life in his native town- ated successfully for sixteen years, selling them at ship. In 1868 he came to Albany township, where a very large profit. He understood the nature of the he purchased the farm of ninety-five acres on Pine

In 1900 Mr. Dietrich married (second) Lizzie Hoff, of Hamburg, daughter of John and Ellen (Gehris) Hoff, of Reading.

(II) Johann Michael Dietrich, the sixth child of Adam the emigrant, was born April 6. 1775, and died near Klinesville, on his large farm in Greenwich town- ship now owned by Daniel J. Fraunfelder, June 19, 1861, aged eighty-six years, two months, thirteen days. He married Sophia Brunner, born in Greenwich, Nov. 8, 1779, died Sept. 23, 1863, aged eighty-three years, ten months, fifteen days. They are buried beside each other in the graveyard at Lenhartsville. They were devout Lutherans, and he was a foremost member of the Lenhartsville church, serving the congregation faithfully as an official many years. He helped to build the church in 1856 and gave liberally toward its erection. Michael Dietrich, as he was known, began farming on a large tract located midway between Len- hartsville and Virginville, on the Ontelannee. This farm is now owned by a Luckenbill. On April 14, 1814, he bought a 156-acre tract from George and Eva Heinly, located in Greenwich, one mile east of Klines- ville. Here he built a big stone house and greatly improved the land. On Aug. 15, 1853, he sold this farm to his son Michael for $3,600 in gold or silver. Michael Dietrich and wife remained on this farm until they died. Some of their children were born at this place.

After the father's death Michael Dietrich, Jr., lived on the farm, and on April 17, 1867. sold it to his son Eli for $6,660. Eli Dietrich in 1882 traded the farm to Henry Fraunfelder, for a 117-acre farm in Maxa- tawny. located to the right of the main road leading from Eagle Point to Kutztown. Here Eli has since lived and prospered. The "Dietrich Farm," as .it is still known locally, is one of the best farms in the township, and is bounded by lands of other Dietrichs.

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creek now owned by Mrs. Braucher. This farm he cultivated some twenty-four years, operating at the same time a sawmill. Benneville Dietrich was a vet- eran of the Civil War. going forth to do battle under the flag in Company K. 179th Pa. V. I. With his family he belonged to New Bethel Lutheran and Re- formed (Corner) church. He is described as of sturdy build. and wore his red beard long and flowing. He married Matilda, daughter of Christian Braucher. Mrs. Dietrich was born March 22, 1835, and died Feb. 13. 1907. aged seventy-one years, eleven months, twenty- two days. To her were born six children, noted as follows: Mary m. Clayton Smith of Sellersville, Pa .; William L., of Sittlers, Schuylkill county, m. Emma Smith. who died in 1907, the mother of Jennie, Mamie. Annie and Sallie (twins). Irene and Frank: Daniel O., of Watkins, N. Y .. m. Esther Robinson, and they have Samuel, Oliver and Clayton: Charles W .; Sarah Jane, born 1871, died when less than a year old; Jon- athan F., a blacksmith at Tamaqua. Pa., m. Clara Ely ( no issue). The father of this family died July 26, 1887, at the comparatively early age of fifty-one years. (V) CHARLES W. DIETRICH was s born March 22, 1868. in Albany township. He passed his life to the time of his majority on the home farm, acquiring such education as the country schools afforded. Upon attaining his majority. he served the farmers about the neighborhood for five years, and then took up residence on his present farm in 1894. The farm had been owned by his father-in-law, David S. Kamp. and consists of seventy-nine acres, twenty-nine of which is woodland. To this Mr. Dietrich has added a tract of 136 acres of wooded land adjacent. One of the particularly strong points of this farm is the excellent and abundant water supply. Mr. Dietrich built a barn in 1889, and in 1896 a substantial frame farm-house. These, together with other minor improvements, have greatly increased the value of the farm. General farming is carried on by Mr. Dietrich and with a success which always attends earnest and persistent agricultural effort in Berks county. He is an influential member of the Democratic party in his locality, and has at different times served as delegate to county conventions. He is now serving as registry assessor of the district, having been elected at the spring elec- tion of 1909. In a social way he affiliates with Wash- ington Camp No. 288, P. O. S. of A .. at Steinsville, and the Independent Order of Americans, Lodge No. 544, at Kempton. He and his family are members of the New "Bethel (Corner) church, which Mr. Dietrich has served three terins as deacon.

Mr. Dietrich married. Oct. 10, 1891. Amanda E. Kamp. only child of David S. and Fianna ( Berk) Kamp, of Albany township. Their children are: Ida N., who graduated from the public school of Albany at the age of twelve: Oscar J., Mabel F. and Edna M. (III) Daniel Dietrich, son of Johann Michael, was born in Greenwich township, one mile northeast of Klinesville Jan. 2. 1803, and died March 22. 1884. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery at the United Brethren Church in Tilden township. He was edu- cated in the pay schools of his native township, and was trained to farming, remaining at home until his marriage, in 1828, after which he located in Albany township, on a farm belonging to his father. There he lived for three years. In 1834 he located in Bern (now Centre) township, where he purchased a farm of 121 acres from the Kauffmans. This was extremely fertile land, and was located along Irish creek about two miles west of Centreport, and the cultivation of this farm engrossed his attention until his death. In politics he was a Democrat, and he was a man of high repute and of great influence in his district. In his earlier life he was a Lutheran member of Belleman's Church, serv- ing as an official, but later he became active in Salem United Brethren Church of Tilden township. He was liberal in his contributions toward religious and chari- table objects. At the time of his death his estate was valued at $32,000.

In 1828 Mr. Dietrich married Salome Fisher, born Sept. 29, 1808, daughter of Philip and -- (Weaver) Fisher, of Windsor township, and she died July 10, 1878. They had children as follows: Levi F. is men- tioned below. Daniel F. is mentioned below. Hen- ry died age sixteen years. Samuel died unmarried. Eliza m. Isaac Rhoads and lives at Shoemakersville.

(IV) LEVI F. DIETRICH, son of Daniel and Salome, was born in Windsor township July 23. 1832, and was educated in the common schools of his district and at White Hall Academy, in Cumberland county, Pa. He taught school in Centre township three terms. In 1855 he became a practical farmer, and has attained consider- able success in that line. His home farm consists of 165 acres of the best land in the township (Centre) and is kept in excellent condition; the buildings and general condition of farm and live stock could not be improved upon. He also owns a farm of 103 acres elsewhere in the same township, and this he has rented. About 1897 he sold a half interest in the old Centre township Dietrich homestead to his brother. Daniel F. Mr. Diet- rich has ever been prominently identified with the pro- gressive movements of the district. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as school director seven years and as assessor nine years. In 1884 he was elected prothonotary of Berks county, serving most efficiently from Jan. 1. 1885, until Jan. 1, 1888. He and his family are faithful members of Belleman's Lutheran Church, where Mr. Dietrich has served as a deacon for many years. On Nov. 10, 1854, he married Louisa Moser. and they have ten children: (1) Henrietta m. George B. Miller, of Hamburg, who for seven years was a leader in the Democratic party, and who for three years was register of wills. (2) Salome m. William E. Gruber. a carriage manufacturer of Mt. Pleasant, Berks county. (3) Howard M. lives at Bernville. (4) Valeria m. James H. Hollenbach, cabinet-maker and undertaker at Bernville. (5) Emma m. Jeremiah Heckman, hosiery manufacturer at Shoemakersville. (6) Levi H. is a prosperous farmer in Centre township. (7) Nelson C. lives in Centre township. (8) Wilson P. lives in Centre township. (9) Irwin R. resides in Philadelphia. (10) Horace is a farmer in Centre township.

(IV) DANIEL F. DIETRICH, son of Daniel and Salome. was born Sept. 6, 1834, and is now a prominent citizen of Reading. He attended pay schools four win- ters. and then the public schools of his district, later for three months a boarding-school at Amityville. and lastly the Freeland Seminary, at the Trappe, in Mont- gomery county. Until he was twenty-four years of age he assisted his father on the home farm. At that time he was married and began for himself on one of his father's farms in Centre township, where he remained four years, and then moved to a farm in Exeter town- ship, near Jacksonwald, belonging to his father-in-law. For one year he lived there as a tenant and then pur- chased the farm. cultivating it four years. In 1868 he moved to Reading. where the previous year (Nov. 7, 1867) he had bought out the mercantile firm of Lein- bach & Brother, then located at No. 325 Penn street. Mr. Dietrich formed a partnership with Peter A. Alt- house, under the firm name of Dietrich & Althouse, general merchants and merchant tailors, and this lasted eighteen months. when Mr. Dietrich took in Elijah Am- mon, who bought out Mr. Althouse, and for twelve years the firm of Dietrich & Ammon had one of the largest and best known stores in the city and county. Mr. Dietrich continued the extensive business alone from 1882 until his retirement in 1902, when he was suc- ceeded by his eldest son, Elmer W. The Dietrich store at No. 325 Penn has been a well-known stand since 1868.

Mr. Dietrich is a director and large stockholder of the Reading Real Estate Exchange, with offices at No. 612 Washington street. Before he became a member of the Real Estate Company he built nineteen houses in the city. He owns the Dietrich farin of 160 acres in Centre township. Since 1864 he has been the owner of the

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farm on which he formerly lived in Exeter township. for this pleasant event. He told the gathering that this He has made his residence since 1868 at No. 203 South Fourth street. While engaged in farming he took a fancy to fine horses and cattle, his herd of Holsteins being the finest in the county.

In politics Mr. Dietrich is a Democrat. While living in Exeter township he served as school director. In 1897 he was a candidate for register of wills, and had ninety-seven delegates in the convention. In 1888 he 6, 1850, m. Sallie Buchman, and they live at Ricketts, Pa.

was a delegate to the State Convention. and at the same time his brother was a delegate to the same con- vention from the country. He and his family are faith- ful members of the First Reformed Church in Reading, and he has served for more than a quarter of a century as elder. He is prominent in the Classis of the Re- formed Church of Eastern Pennsylvania, serving fre- quently as a delegate and in various other important capacities.

On Nov. 6, 1858, Mr. Dietrich married Catherine A. Althouse, daughter of Henry and Mary (Kissinger) Althouse, of Bern township. They had children: (1) Clara A. m. William A. Heilig, of Cleveland, Ohio. (2) Ida m. Joseph W. Holmes, a coal merchant at Reading. (3) Irvin died in infancy. (4) Elmer W. succeeded his father in business; he m. Laura Ermentrout. (5) D. Wellington is unmarried and is president of the Sea- board Milling Company, West Reading. (6) Harry W., manager of Seaboard Milling Company, m. Ella Showalter.

(III) Heinrich Dietrich (son of Johann Michael and grandson of Adam the emigrant) was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, April 16, 1816, and died sud- denly of apoplexy near New Smithville, in Maxatawny township (where he had his home), on May 27, 1901, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He is buried at Grimville, by the side of his wife Judith (nee Kutz), a daughter of the late Joseph Kutz, who lived on the Sacony near Kutztown, and was nearly one hundred years old when he died. Heinrich Dietrich was reared upon the farm, and after he became of age rode on horseback to Ohio, where he lived two years and worked upon a farm. In 1842 he married and for some years was a farmer at Kohler's Hill, in Greenwich. Here one

of his horses which had been bitten by a mad dog had admonition of God, and her last spoken word was

hydrophobia, which caused a great sensation in the dis- trict. Later Heinrich Dietrich bought a large farm lo-

he lived until, becoming too old, he was requested by his daughter Isabella, wife of Henry Fenstermacher, to make his home with them. This he did, and he died at their home, ripe in years, a highly esteemed man. Heinrich Dietrich was better known as "Harry Diet- rich." He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and throughout his lifetime a constant reader. He is remembered with profound reverence by his many of strong convictions and a strict disciplinarian in the family. He had one favorite ejaculation, "By Judas."

was his last birthday on earth, and his prediction proved true. In the late afternoon of the last Monday in May, the following month, his spirit took its flight. His wife Judith had preceded him in death about twenty-five ycars. The following were their children: William J., 1843-1876; Susan, born April 7, 1845, is unmarried; Isa- belle m. Henry Fenstermacher; Henry A., born Feb.

(they have Franklin, Louisa, and Emma); Hettie E., born July 14, 1853, m. Amos Loch; Alfred, 1855-1856; Emma, born Aug. 1, 1857, m. Amos Loch; Annie M., 1860-1882; Sarah, born 1862, is the widow of Sylvester Weil.

(IV) William J. Dietrich (son of Heinrich) was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, Dec. 9, 1843, and died at Hamburg, from typhoid pneumonia, July 19, 1876, in the thirty-third year of his life. He was reared upon his father's farm, and in his youth attended the public schools with regularity. He had a bright mind and was a student. He was made administrator of an estate before he was thirty years old, and was helpful in many ways in his community. He owned a small farm one- quarter of a mile from where' his father lived, located in Greenwich township, now owned by Lewis Behler. This he operated until the latter part of 1874. when it was sold and he moved to Hamburg, where his death occurred. He worked in the ore mines in Maxatawny township in 1873 and 1874, during the spring and fall. At Hamburg he followed huckstering and butchering, and for a short time worked in the rolling-mill, which is now abandoned. He and his family were devout Lutherans, and constant in their attendance at worship. Mr. Dietrich was a man of fine appearance. On July 11, 1868, he married Susanna F. Seaman, youngest daugh- ter of Jonathan Seaman, a foremost man of Tilden township. She was born Dec. 24, 1844, and died sud- denly of apoplexy Sunday night, June 4, 1899, in her fifty-fifth year. Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich are buried in the Dietrich family plot at Hamburg. Mrs. Dietrich was a woman of noble character and high intelligence. She had many virtues, and was a pious woman. Being left a widow with six children, the youngest a posthumous son, she reared them in the fear and "God." She was esteemed by all who knew her.

William J. and Susanna F. Dietrich had the follow-

cated in Maxatawny township, across the line of ing children: (1) Lizzie C., 1868-1881. (2) Agnes V., Greenwich, and along Weisenburg township, Lehigh born Feb. 1, 1870, m. G. J. Heintzelman, the financial county. This farm he operated for many years. He manager and general superintendent of the Trexler & also operated a clover mill located on this place, in the Turrell Lumber Company, Ricketts, Pa. They have a Mill Creek valley. Early in the seventies he retired to daughter, Carrie May, and a son, Henry Clay. (3) Zi- a 40-acre tract lying adjacent to his large farm, which villa J., 1871-1872. (4) Oscar H., born July 23. 1872. m. he sold to his son-in-law. Henry Fenstermacher. Here Aquilla Kostenbader, and has daughters. Mabel and Su-

san. He is the secretary and treasurer and business manager of the Dietrich Motor Car Company (Inc.) of Allentown, Pa. He is a successful and prosperous bus- iness man of Allentown. (5) David J., born March 1, 1874. (6) William J., is mentioned further on. (7) Al- fred M., born Nov. 30, 1876, is married and has one son, Alfred.

(V) WILLIAM J. DIETRICH, of Reading, is a represent- grandchildren. He read the Bible often. He was a man ative and native citizen of Berks county, Pa. He was born at West Hamburg, Tilden township, May 12, 1875, son of William J. and Susanna F. (Seaman) Dietrich, He He was never heard to use God's name in vain. was tall, about six feet in height, and erect in his bear- ing until he was seventy-five years old, when he became very stooped and walked with a cane, but he was well preserved, had good teeth, eyes and ears, and retained all his faculties to the last. His thick hair was black until he was sixty-five years old. Altogether he was a man of fine appearance. He was a pleasant talker and loved company. On his eighty-fifth birthday his child- ren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren held a birth- day party in his honor. They had an elaborate dinner, and he was given the seat of honor at the table, and with happy tears streaming down his cheeks praised God both deceased. When he was five years old his mother moved to Hamburg, and in 1884 they moved to the home of his grandfather, Harry B. Dietrich, in Maxatawny township. From 1885 to 1894 he was hired to farmers in Maxatawny and Greenwich townships, and for one year (1891) he lived in Lynn township, Lehigh county. The young man even in those boyhood days showed the same conscientiousness in the performance of duty that has char- acterized all his later years. In 1894 he worked in the lum- ber-mill at Ricketts, in Wyoming and Sullivan counties, Pa., and in seven months saved $112. Mr. Dietrich is a self-made man. The public schools afforded him his mental training, and he early showed a fondness for

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books, coupled with an investigating mind-a desire for 236, R. A. M .; Reading Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth thorough understanding of every subject within his degree; and Reading Commandery, No. 42, K. T. sphere of observation. In the winter of 1894-95 he On May 20, 1899, Mr. Dietrich married Miss Sallie M. Merkel. daughter of James K. Merkel, of Berne Station, Tilden township. To this union have been born three children: Naomi Evangeline, Ruth Emily and William Joseph, Jr. The two daughters became members of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution in 1909. Mr. Dietrich is much devoted to his family, all of whom are members of the United Evangelical Church, in which Mr. Dietrich has served as an official, and for some years has been teacher of the Men's Bible Class. last attended public school as a pupil, and in the spring of 1895 he entered the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, with four teachers from Tilden township. In the examination that was required for their admission M'r. Dietrich made a high average. In the same spring he was also examined by the county superintendent, receiving a creditable certificate, en- titling him to teach in the public schools. In Septem- ber, 1895, he went to Philadelphia, and remained until March, 1896, working during the holiday season for John Wanamaker, and afterward in a wholesale dry goods house. On his return from Philadelphia he again entered the Normal School, at Kutztown, and con- tinued there until June, 1898, when he graduated. The school board of Tilden township then tendered him the West Hamburg school at a salary of thirty dollars a month, for seven months, which he accepted. In the fall of 1899 he began teaching the Five Mile House school in Cumru township, at forty dollars a month, teaching this school one term, when the board offered him his preference of six schools in Mohnton, where he resided. He accented the grammar school, and taught there three terms; and later. during 1905-06, he taught Yocom's school one term in the same township. He was original in many of his methods to interest the pupils, which won their attention, respect and good. will. He considered order and discipline necessary for effective work, and few teachers in the county stood equally high with patrons and pupils. Mr. Dietrich also taught night school in Reading for a number of terms, winning commendation for the success of his efforts.

(II) Johann Heinrich Dietrich, son of Adam the emigrant, was born in 1777, and was brought up as a farmer. After his marriage he lived a half mile north- east of Klinesville. He owned the farm now the prop- erty of Albert D. Kunkel, and the adjoining farm now owned by Peter Stump. In addition to farming "Hein- rich" Dietrich, as he was known, conducted a sawmill. He was a fairly prosperous man, but was drawn into an unfortunate piece of litigation. One Jacob Stein stole some clover seed from him. but through some technicality of the law Dietrich could not obtain his con- viction. He spent his small fortune, and died in Aug- ust, 1857 or 1858, a poor man, in Albany township, where he was nevertheless respected by all knew him. In subsequent years Stein confessed, but the evil was done. Heinrich Dietrich in the later years of his life lived along the Ontelaunee, below the Albany Station, near the railroad. He was a man of dark complexion, of medium height and weight. He is buried at Dunkel's Church. He married Hannah Kraemer. who is buried at Grimville, and had the following children: (1) John m. Christiana Bautsch. (2) Adam, who left Berks county when he was about twenty years of age and still unmarried. located in Mercer county, Pa., where he married and reared a family. (3) Hannah. (4) Sallie m. Joseph Greenawald and they moved to Emporia, Lyon Co., Kans. (5) Henry K., born March 16, 1817, died of smallpox Feb. 20, 1862. aged forty- four years, eleven months. four days. He lived in Greenwich on the farm now owned by Peter Stump. He was known as "Der Wake Mashter Henny" ("The supervisor Henry Dietrich"), holding this office many years. His wife was Sarah (Sally) Opp. They had the following children: Willoughby. Samuel, Peter, Mary and Wallace A. (6) Polly m. Samuel Ernest. They are buried at Paradise Church. in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania.

In October, 1904, Mr. Dietrich was appointed a clerk in the Philadelphia post-office, but this position he re- signed in March of the following year because of fam- ily ties. his wife and children having continued at their home in Reading. Postmaster Clayton McMichael en- deavored to dissuade Mr. Dietrich from resigning, say- ing that "he had a future in the government postal service," but he persisted, and during 1904-05 worked at life insurance in Reading and Berks county-a business that he had followed to some extent in 1902. Mr. Diet- rich is of the temperament that does not permit of idle- ness, and when he was engaged in teaching, as soon as the vacation season approached he found something to engage his time and attention profitably. During the summer of 1900 he was engaged as a conductor on the trolley. During 1901 he represented a New York pub- lishing house before school boards and succeeded in se- (IV) Willoughby Dietrich (son of Henry K .. son of Johann Heinrich, son of Adam the emigrant) married Ellen Gorman. They had four sons and one daugh- ter. Two of the sons and the daughter reside at New Orleans, La. They are highly educated and are prom- inent in the social and business world. After the Civil war Willoughby Dietrich located at New Orleans, where he is buried. He was a soldier in the Union army from Oct. 5. 1861, to the end of the war, being the first volunteer soldier on record from Greenwich town- ship. He was a graduate of the Government Military School. and was an officer in the army. His brother. Samuel O. Dietrich, was also a soldier in the Union ar- my, and died on the field of battle at Vicksburg, Miss .. where he is buried. Peter Dietrich, brother of Samuel O. and Willoughby, was a soldier in the Union army, enlisting when only seventeen years old, and served with honor from the beginning to the end of the war. He returned to Berks county and married Sarah Hun- sicker. They have a son Charles, and two daughters living at Seigersville. Pennsylvania. curing the adoption of their text-books in a number of school districts. Since the early spring of 1906 Mr. Dietrich has been in the employ of J. H. Beers & Co .. publishers of Chicago. collecting much of the gen- ealogical material used in their Historical and Bio- graphical Annals of Berks County, Pa. M.r. Dietrich ' has a valuable collection of coins, stamps and china- ware. He has a large acquaintance among profession- al men and those in public life, and has traveled the en- tire county by political districts a number of times. He is well read, and posted on public questions. His library of standard works has been carefully selected. and contains all the works on local history (Berks county) ever published. He is especially fond of his- tory and has collected much information pertaining to the county. He is a member of the Pennsylvania German Society; and of the Berks County Historical Society, and has contributed articles to both. In the latter his "Caves of Richmond and Perry Townships, Berks County," was published in permanent form and is preserved in the archives of the Society. In 1903 he organized along original lines the Dietrich (II) Johann Dietrich. son of Adam the emigrant, was born on his father's farm in Greenwich township. Family Association, which held successful reunions in 1903. 1904 and 1906. He is also a member of the Jan. 7, 1779. He engaged in farming in that same P. O. S. of A .; K. of P .; I. O. O. F .; and Chandler Lodge, No. 227, F. & A. M .: Excelsior Chapter, No. district, not far from Dietrich's mill, on a farm con- sisting of upward of 100 acres. He died upon his

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Historical and biographical annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, embracing a concise history of the county and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families, Volume I, Part 146

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1018

Author: Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther), b. 1846; J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago : J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1018