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George
Diehl Mr.
George Diehl was born in Oneida County, New York, April 24, 1859.
He was the son of Julius and Elizabeth (Aultman) Diehl, the father born
in Germany and the mother in New
York. The former immigrated to America early in life, located in the State of New York
and there met and married the subject's mother.
They spent their early lives there and about a year after the closing of
the Civil war they joined the tide of emigration to the West, locating in Malaka
Township, Jasper County, Iowa, when their son George, of this review, was seven
years of age. There they worked
hard to get a start in the new country, and in due course of time had a good
home and an excellent farm and there they still reside, the father now nearly
eighty years of age. To Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Diehl ten children have been born, four sons and six daughters, namely:
Mrs. Dora Riley lives in Des Moines; Mrs. Alice Butler lives in Newton; Mrs.
Laura Von Hagen lives near Ira, this County; Mrs. Florence Petermeier and Mrs.
Henrietta Butler both live at Newton; Mrs. Maggie Poole lives at Baxter; George,
of this sketch; Nicodemus is a resident of the state of Kansas; Charles lives at
Turner, Iowa; Harry lives with his parents on the old home farm in Malaka
Township. George Diehl
grew to manhood on the home farm in Malaka Township and there assisted with the
general work during the crop seasons, attending the neighboring district
schools. In 1899 he was married to Minnie Geise, who was born, reared and
educated in Malaka Township, this County. She
is the daughter of Henry and Louisa (Wegner) Geise, the father born in Germany
in 1828, and the mother was also born in the fatherland, in 1829. They spent
their childhood in that country, immigrating to America and located in Jasper
County, Iowa, in pioneer days, residing at Newton the first two years. They came
without capital, but being thrifty had a good home in later years and here they
spent the remainder of their lives, both dying at Baxter, he in January 1907,
she having preceded him to the grave in 1902, when seventy years of age.
They were the parents of six children, named as follows: Mrs. Etta Shirk,
of Iowa City; H. A. lives at Baxter, this County; Fred also resides there;
Adolph lives on the home farm in Malaka Township; Minnie, wife of the subject of
this sketch; Edward makes his home in Newton.
To Mr. and Mrs. Diehl has been born one son, Harlan, whose birth occurred
on January 28, 1905; he is attending school in Baxter. Mr. Diehl was very successful
in a business way. He followed
farming until 1891, when he moved to Baxter and identified himself with the
implement business, in which he continued, having built up a large and
ever-growing trade with the towns and rural districts of the County, always
carrying a full, up-to-date arid very carefully selected stock of farming
machinery, automobiles, gas-engines, etc. He
was the organizer of the Baxter Co-Operative Implement Company.
He also owned a number of shares in the State Savings Bank of Baxter. Mr. Diehl was a
member of Baxter Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias. He served his second term on
the town council in which he made his influence felt for the general good of the
community. He died at Baxter on the
28th of December 1911, leaving his wife, child and many friends to
mourn his departure. The Past and Present of Jasper County,
Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p.
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