History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 53

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948


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In the year 1913 he discontinued the agency of the Franklin car, but continued as the distribu- tor of the Cadillac cars for the counties of Le- high, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill, and Berks.


Mr. Dietrich, in the fall of 1903, purchased the ground, Nos. 24-26 North Tenth street, and upon it built a modern garage of two stories, 40XIIO feet. He continued business there until Feb. 1, 1910, then removed into his present quar- ters, 948, 950 and 952 Linden street. The Diet- rich garage is a three-story building with base- ment. Its dimensions are 52x230 feet, open on four sides and fronts on three streets. The build- ing is fire proof. It is constructed of reinforced concrete and is modern in every respect, reputed to be one of the finest garages in the country.


The Dietrich Motor Car Company employs forty skilled mechanics, and has sold nearly sev- eral thousand machines to satisfied patrons. By his industry, ability, and enterprise, Mr. Dietrich has built up a most successful business, establish- ing in 1910, a branch at Reading, Pa, and in that year he erected a modern garage on South Eighth near Chestnut street. In 1911, he pur- chased a 120-acre farm near Grimville, Berks county, and there he established a summer home. In 1914, he purchased a fine residence on Park street, Kutztown, which he now occupies.


Mr. Dietrich is identified with the Masoni- Fraternity, the Elks, and the Odd Fellows. He


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and family worship in Christ Evangelical Lu- theran church.


On Oct. 27, 1895, he married Lizzie Aquila Kostenbader, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Roth) Kostenbader, of Fullerton. They have two children, Mabel H. and Erma.


David Jonathan Dietrich, the second son of William J. and Susanna (Seaman) Dietrich, was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, March 1, 1874. In 1880, owing to the death of his father, he was admitted into the Lutheran Orphans' Home, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, where he remained about ten years. In 1893, after attending the World's Fair, at Chicago, he located in the West, until the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, when he enlisted in the regular army, serving in the Cuba and Porto Rico campaigns, also in the Philippine Islands, where he was stationed for several years. After his re- turn to his native country, and living in Michigan for several years, he came to Allentown in 1910, and was employed as a machinist with the Diet- rich Motor Car Company. He was fatally stricken with apoplexy, dying at the Allentown Hospital, on Nov. 28, 1911, aged 37 years, 8 months and 27 days. He is buried on the Diet- rich plot, in Greenwood cemetery, Allentown.


William Joseph Dietrich, the third son of Wil- liam J. and Susanna F. (Seaman) Dietrich, was born May 12, 1875; was educated in the public schools, graduated from the Keystone State Nor- mal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, in 1898; taught school in Tilden and Cumru townships, Berks county; and in the city of Reading; and since April, 1906, is engaged in historical and genealogical research, having assisted in compiling the histories of Berks, Northumberland and Le- high counties. He has contributed papers to a number of historical societies, magazines and newspapers. In 1914 he edited and compiled the Dietrich Families in America, which includes the records of years of research, both in this country and abroad. Mr. Dietrich has membership in a number of county historical societies, the Pennsyl- vania German Society, and the National Geo- graphic Society. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and the Odd Fellows. He and fam- ily are members of the United Evangelical church and Sunday school.


William J. Dietrich was married on May 20, 1899, to Sarah M. Merkel, daughter of James K. and Sarah (Schuman) Merkel, of Reading, Pa. Unto them are born four children, as fol- lows: Naomi Evangeline, Ruth Emily, William Joseph, and Esther Agnes. They reside at No. 242 North Sixth street, Allentown.


Alfred Milton Dietrich, the posthumous son of the late William and Susanna (Seaman) Diet-


rich, was born at West Hamburg, Berks county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 30, 1876. Like his older brothers, he was reared upon the farm and at- tended the public schools. On April 28, 1898, he enlisted as a private in the Spanish-American War, having participated in General Miles' cam- paign in Porto Rico, and after the Peace Jubilee, at Philadelphia, was mustered out Nov. 16, 1898. Early in 1899 he located at Allentown, Pa., where he was married in the fall of that year, after which he was engaged in the life insurance business for a number of years. Afterward he lived at Rick- etts, Pa., upwards of a year, when he located at Reading, where he again followed the insurance business. During 1910-II he was employed by a large iron concern at York, Pa., and had charge of a construction crew in the South, and in 1912, '13 and '14, he toured the entire West, having climbed to the top of Pike's Peak, and sailed through the Golden Gate. He has membership in a number of fraternal societies. He has one son, Alfred M., Jr.


(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 northeast of Klinesville. He owned the farm now the property of Albert D. Kunkel, and the adjoining farm now owned by Peter Stump. In addition to farming "Heinrich" Dietrich, as he was known, conducted a saw-mill. He was a fairly prosperous man, but was drawn into ar. unfortunate piece of litigation. One J. S. stole some clover seed from him but through some tech- nicality of the law Dietrich could not obtain his conviction. He spent his small fortune, and died in August 1857 or 1858, a poor man, in Albany township, where he was nevertheless respected by all who knew him. In subsequent years S. con- fessed, but the evil was done. Heinrich Dietrich in the later years of his life lived along the Onte- launee, below the Albany station, near the rail- road. He was a man of dark complexion, and of medium height and weight. He is buried at Dun- kel's church. He married Hannah Kraemer, who is buried at Grimville, and had the following children : (1) John, married Christiana Bautsch. (2) Adam, who left Berks county when he was about twenty years of age and still unmarried, lo- cated in Mercer county, Pa., where he married and reared a family. (3) Hannah. (4) Sallie, married Joseph Greenawald and they moved to Emporia, Lyon county, Kan. (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


HENRY B. DIETRICH. 1816-1901.


WILLIAM J. DIETRICH. 1843-1876.


WILLIAM J. DIETRICH. Born 1875.


WILLIAM J. DIETRICH, JR. Born 1905.


FOUR GENERATIONS.


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Dietrich"), holding this office many years. His wife was Sarah (Sally) Opp. They had the fol- lowing children: Willoughby, Samuel, Peter, Mary, and Wallace A. (6) Polly, married Sam- uel Ernest. They are buried at Paradise Church, in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania.


(IV) Willoughby Dietrich, son of Henry K., son of Johann Heinrich, son of Adam, the emi- grant, married Ellen Gorman. They had four sons and one daughter. Two of the sons and the daughter reside at New Orleans, La. They are highly educated and are prominent in the social and business world. After the Civil War Wil- loughby 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 township. 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 army, 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 Hunsicker. They have a son, Charles, and two daughters.


(II) Johann Dietrich, son of Adam, the emi- grant, was born on his father's farm in Green- wich township, Jan. 7, 1779. He engaged in farming in that same district, not far froni Diet- rich's mill, on a farm consisting of upward of 100 acres. He died upon his place July 28, 1830, aged fifty-one years, six months, twenty-one days, and is buried at the Grimville church. In 1807 he married Elizabeth Ohl, who survived him many years, and they became the parents of thir- teen children, as follows: John, Reuben, Samuel, Anna Maria, born 1809; Jonas; Hanna, born 1812; Benjamin, born 1813; David, Eva, Dan- iel ( 1828-1834) ; Joseph, Esther, and Catharine.


(II) Johann Christian Dietrich, son of Adam, the emigrant, was born on the Dietrich home- stead in Greenwich township, Jan. 13, 1783. This farm he purchased from his father in 1812, and on it all his life was spent. He was a farmer, and by industry and frugality accummulated a small fortune. He was a short-set, strong and robust man, very fond of horseback riding. Like most of the family, he was full faced and had very black hair. He was kind-hearted and affable, but firm in his convictions. He was very prominent in his community, and was an official member of the Lutheran congregation at Dunkel's church,


where he and the members of his family are bur- ied. He died Nov. 21, 1873, aged ninety years, ten months, eight days. He married Elizabeth Georg, born Jan. 27, 1786, who died Jan. 17, 1846, aged nearly sixty years. They were the parents of twelve children, namely: (1) Benja- min, born 1806, died 1894, married Anna Wil- trout. (2) Solomon, born 1807, died 1874, mar- ried Beckie Will. (3) Jonathan (Jonas), born 1808, died 1862, married Betsy Shearer. (4) George B., born 1811, died 1887, married Polly Heinly. (5) Beckie, married Jacob Heinly. (6) Samuel, born 1817, died 1893, married Juliannus Schollenberger. (7) Anna, married Daniel Spohn. (8) Hettie, born 1822, died 1904, mar- ried John Moyer. (9) Daniel, born 1824, died 1898, married Sally Ann Christ. (10) Jeremiah, born 1826, died 1901. (II) Nathan, born 1827, died 1880, married Elizabeth Stump. (12) Henry, born 1832, died 1905, married Lydia Merkel.


(III) Benjamin Dietrich, son of Johann Chris- tian, was born in 1806, and died Aug. 26, 1894, at the age of eighty-eight years. He was a promi- nent citizen and large taxpayer of Greenwich township, owning 375 acres lying between Dun- kel's church and the Three Mile House. He married Anna Wiltrout, and they enjoyed a happy wedded life of more than fifty years. They were the parents of children, as follows: Magdalena ; Levi; Daniel W., married Sally Ann Merkel; Benjamin; Lewis; James W., married Elizabeth Fetherolf; Henry W., married Amelia Heinly; Samuel A .; Adam; Susanna; and Eliza, married Rolandus Dreibelbis.


(IV) Samuel A. Dietrich, son of Benjamin, was born in 1848, and his death occurred in 1894. He was a farmer by occupation, and his land was located in Greenwich township, about one and one-half miles southwest of the Three Mile House. In the year 1870 he married Susanna Spohn, only child of Daniel and Anna ( Dietrich ) Spohn, the former a farmer in Greenwich town- ship. Eleven children blessed this union, viz :


(1) Clara A., born March 2, 1871, married Samuel S. Mengel, and lives in Maiden Creek township. They have had children: Katie M., born in 1891 ; Flossie A., born in 1897 ; Elsie L., born in 1899; and Lizzie I., born in 1903. (2) Wilson L., born July 29, 1872, lives with his family at the old Dietrich homestead. He mar- ried (first) Kate Adam, by whom he had one son, Clarence S., born in 1893, and married (sec- ond) Cora Dietrich. (3) Robert Daniel, born Oct. 14, 1874, is mentioned below. (4) Henry B., born Sept. 17, 1876, died Dec. 8, 1876. (5) Louisa Kate, born Jan. 31, 1878, married Charles H. Fegley, of Maiden Creek township, and has


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had three children: Edna, born in 1896; John S., born in 1899; and Jennie S., born in 1903, died in 1905. (6) Elmer Samuel, born June 14, 1880, died July 7, 1880. (7) Charles L., born Aug. 26, 1883, married Sallie Leob, and has two children: Elda, born Jan. 31, 1907 ; and Florence S., born Sept. 21, 1908. (8) George Herbert, born Nov. 7, 1885. (9) Jennie Susan, born Dec. 21, 1887. (10) Calvin Andrew, born Aug. 26, 1890, and ( 11) Edward Christian, born April 8, 1892, are all at home.


(V) Robert D. Dietrich, a farmer in eastern Richmond township, where he owns a fertile farm of fifty-seven acres, was born Oct. 14, 1874, near Dunkel's church, in Greenwich township, son of Samuel A. He was reared on a farm, and re- ceived his early education in the common schools, later attending the state normal school at Kutz- town, Pa. He is very industrious and by his own energy has acquired his present property. He is a Lutheran member of the Dunkel's Union church in Greenwich township.


Mr. Dietrich married Laura S. Fraunfelder, daughter of W. Adam and Catharine ( Lenhart) Fraunfelder, prominent farming people of Wind- sor township. Five children have blessed this union, namely: Susanna May, born in 1896; Harry Adam, born in 1898; Raymond Daniel, born in 1899; Paul Leroy, born in 1900; and Helen Fannie, born in 1902.


(III) Jonathan (or Jonas) ) Dietrich, son of Johann Christian, born Dec. 2, 1808, died Jan. 29, 1862. When a young man he followed black- smithing and later in life became a farmer in Greenwich township where he lived all his life. He is buried at Moselem church. In 1831 he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Schearer, born Sept. 25, 1810, who died June 7, 1897. The following children were born to this union: Ephraim, died at Silver Lake, Kan., in 1905, aged seventy years, leaving a large family, and is buried in Kansas ; Jonathan, died in 1870; Joel, born in 1837; Wil- liam, born in 1838, died in 1906; Daniel S., born Sept. 20, 1840, died in Baltimore, Md., May 11, 1907; Henry; Samuel; Edwin; Sarah Ann, married Cyrus Lesher, of Reading.


(IV) Daniel S. Dietrich, son of Jonathan (or Jonas), was born in Berks county, Sept. 20, 1840. While a young man he moved to Montour county, Pa., where he married Catherine B., daughter of Jacob and Justina (Boyer) Moser. Her fa- ther was born in Montgomery county, Pa., oldest son of Peter and Anna ( Steinbruch) Moser. Peter Moser was the son of S. P. Moser, who lived in Pottstown, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich were the parents of four sons: S. P., Jacob M., Ed- win M., and J. Calvin. Jacob M. and J. Calvin died young. Edwin M. married Susan C., daugh-


ter of Samuel and Margaret Mauger. They have two sons, Mark S., and Kenneth, and live in Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Catherine B. (Moser) Dietrich died at Milton, Pa., March 14, 1897. The father then moved to Baltimore, where he followed building and contracting until the time of his death, which occurred May 8, 1907. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich are buried at Oak Grove cemetery, in Montour county, Pennsylvania.


(III) George B. Dietrich, son of Johann Chris- tion, was born Jan. 20, 1811, and died May 2, 1887. He owned land 'in Richmond township, along the Easton road, two miles west of Kutz- town, and while he always followed his trade of carpenter, he also worked at farming. He married Polly Heinly, and they became the par- ents of three children : James H., born Nov. 22, 1840, died Aug. 26, 1893; Maria, who is un- married, lives on the old homestead, which she now owns; Katie, married Enoch J. Heinly, mentioned elsewhere in this work.


(IV) James H. Dietrich, son of George B., was born in Greenwich township, Nov. 22, 1840, and was there reared and educated, making his home throughout life in the same township. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and this he followed in connection with farming all of his active years. He died Aug. 26, 1893. He married Mary Behler, who survives him and lives with 'her sons on their farm in Richmond township. Three sons blessed the marriage of James H., and Mary ( Behler) Dietrich, as fol- lows: Lawson G., Llewellyn J., died 'in 1890, aged twenty-two years; and Calvin J.


DILLIARD FAMILY.


The progenitor of the Dilliard family settled in Moore township, Northampton county, at an early period in its history, and a son, Conrad, ac- quired a large tract of land there, which came to be divided into three farms. He left ten surviving children.


One of his sons, Joshua, was born near Peters- ville, and became a tailor by trade. He was married to Hester, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Dieter, and they had eight children: Rich- ard C., John A., Benjamin F., Alavesta, Diana, Susanna, Mary A., and Rebecca.


Jacob Dilliard, another son of Conrad, was born in Moore township and brought up on a farm. He learned the trade of a stone mason, and carried it on in connection with farming. He was married twice. His first wife was Eliza- beth Wanner, with whom he had five children: William, Peter, Jacob, James, and Sallie, m. to Levi Schaneberger. His second wife was named Hannah, and they had a daughter, Harriet, m. to Adam Laub.


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William, the eldest son of Jacob, was born in 1826, in Moore township. He was a stone mason by trade, and served as supervisor of the township for many years. He was married to Leah, a daughter of John Schaeffer, of that township, and they had nine children: William H. M., Gideon, Amandus, Dinah, m. to Michael Summers; Franklin, Israel, Maria, Jane, and Emma. They were members of the Reformed church at Moorestown, which he served as a deacon. He died July 12, 1898, and she died August, 1905.


William H. M. Dilliard, eldest son of Wil- liam, was born in the same township in 1840, and brought up on a farm, and followed farming until he was twenty-seven years old. Afterward he was employed in slate quarries in Washing- ton township, until 1909, when he retired. In 1867 he was married to Elemina Susanna, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Rex) Weiss, and they had ten children: Edward T .; Wil- liam H .; Edna L .; Lizzie, m. Richard Williams ; Carolina, m. Richard Kern; Ursula, m. A. H. Kline; Minnie, m. P. J. Hockey; Ella, m. James Mack; Albert E., and Charles. His wife was born May 20, 1847, and died Jan. 7, 1912.


EDWARD T. DILLIARD, the eldest son of Wil- liam H. M., was born at Slatedale, in Wash- ington township, on June 25, 1867, and reared on a farm. At an early age he began to work in slate operations and he has continued to do so until the present time, having for many years filled the position of foreman for the Empire Slate Co. He is a member of the American Me- chanics, and the Knights of Friendship, at Slat- ington. On May 30, 1887, he was married to Jane, a daughter of Henry and Sallie (Ger- man) Fenstermacher, and they have three chil- dren : Daisy M., Mamie A., and Sallie E. They are members of the Reformed congregation at Frieden's church.


WILLIAM H. DILLIARD, the second son of William H. M., was born at Slatedale, Feb. 26, 1869. After attending school until he was twelve years old, he was put to work in the slate opera- tions. He worked there for ten years, then be- came superintendent of the Peter quarry and filled this position there and at other large opera- tions until 1904. Then he assisted in organiz- ing the Empire Slate Co., and served as manager for six years, when he became the sole owner, and he has since carried on the plant in a successful manner. He produces large quantities of roofing slate and blackboards, and employs thirty hands. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and Amer- ican Mechanics. On Nov. 26, 1895, he was married to Gussie B., a daughter of Lewis and


Marie (Dorward) Fink, and they have four children : Olive, Emma, Blanche, and Harrison.


DILLINGER FAMILY.


Heinrich Wilhelm Dillinger, the ancestor of the Dillinger family immigrated to this country in 1728 from Wurtemberg, Germany, in the ship "Mortonhouse" (Penna. State Archives 2d Series, Vol. 17, Page 12), and settled near and below the present Dillingersville, in Lower Milford town- ship, Lehigh county, and located one hundred and fifty acres of land, on which he erected a dwelling house where he lived until his death- the house is still standing and is in a habitable condition. It is the oldest landmark in the whole of the lower section of the county. - He subse- quently acquired other adjoining lands, making a total acreage of two hundred and thirty. He divided the lands between his two sons: John George and John Jacob. He was a Lutheran and took a leading part in building the original Lutheran Church in the lower section of the county. He died between the years 1765 and 1770. His wife preceded him in death in 1761. They had seven children: Valentine, John George, John Jacob, Johannes, Anna Catharina (married Mathias Bastian), Anna Elizabeth (married George Welter), Anna Maria (mar- ried John Martin Schwenk).


Valentine is known to have had a daughter named Anna Rosina, born March 15, 1751.


Johannes probably died unmarried.


John George had eight children: John Pe er, John Henry, John George, Daniel, Eva Rosina, Eva Catharina (married Jacob Bertz), Ger- trude and Anna Maria. He sold his real proper- ty in the year 1787 to his son John Henry, who resold it in 1792 and the same year John Henry purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty-two acres in Lower Milford township from his father-in-law, Mathias Ochs, Jr. John Henry died in 1839 and left four children: William, Henry, John and Elizabeth.


John Jacob in 1788 purchased one hundred acres of land, on which the present Dillingers- ville is situated and upon which he erected an oil mill which he operated in addition to his tilling the soil of this and his other lands until his death on December 5, 1803, aged seventy-one years. He married Catharina, daughter of Mathias Ochs, Sr., by whom he had four children: Ma- thias, born March 28, 1763; John, born Novem- ber 13, 1767; Eve Christina born August 26, 1764, and Maria Catharina, born September 3, 1773. His wife died about 1774. He married a second time, Anna Maria, daughter of Jacob Dubs, by whom he had three children: Catha-


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rine (married Peter Rothenberger), Daniel, born May 24, 1779, and John George, born Oc- tober 7, 1780.


John, the son of John Jacob and his first wife, Catharine, in 1805, established a general mer- chandise store in Dillingersville, and carried on the business for several years. He then sold the store and his other properties and removed with his family to Philadelphia where he established himself in the wholesale dry goods business, which he carried on successfully up to his death. He had three children: David, Jacob and Mar- garet. All three were born at Dillingersville.


DAVID DILLINGER.


David, the eldest son of John, remained in Philadelphia and engaged in the mercantile busi- ness until his death-he is, however, buried in the Allentown cemetery on his brother Jacob's plot. His wife was Christiana Memminger, sister of Hon. C. G. Memminger, of Charleston, S. C., who was one of the leading contemporary law- yers of the south, and was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the Southern Confederacy.


MARGARET DILLINGER.


Margaret, the only daughter of John Dilling- er, was married in Philadelphia to Hon. William G. Hawkins, a lawyer of Greene county, Pa., where he practiced his profession at the time, and had represented the Senatorial District, of which Greene county was a part, in the State Senate of Pennsylvania for a period of six years and in 1828 was the speaker of the senate. He subsequently removed to Allegheny county where he and she died.


JUDGE JACOB DILLINGER, the other son of John, remained with his father's family in Phila- delphia upwards of two years, during which time he was in a drug store learning the art of com- pounding drugs, when he came back to Lehigh county, and remained until his death. He was en- gaged in the mercantile business, respectively at Ironton, Ballietsville, Ruchsville and Allentown, and continued in mercantile pursuit until within several years of his death together with the many trusts he performed in filling important offices, surveying, settling decedent's estates, etc. During his life time no better known and more respected man lived in this section of the state. His name was synonymous with virtue, honesty and justice, and among many hundreds of people he was re- garded as a Nestor; constantly his advice was sought and his counsel followed, for it never failed to lead to ends most satisfactory. He received his education in the schools of the neighborhood where he was born and at Philadelphia, and was a scholar in German, English and French, having intendent. He, of course, never acted, preferring


a special taste for mathematics. He excelled most people in solving the mysteries held by figures in various puzzling combinations.




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