Diehl, John
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Diehl, John
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 22 May 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Diehl, Good, Boadle, Carnahan, Adams
from reprint of “Clarke Co. History”, Lewis Pub., Chicago, 1886. p. 81
JOHN DIEHL, of Osceola Township, was born near Eaton, in Preble County, Ohio, February 27, 1835, a son of Jacob and Nancy (Good) DIEHL, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They had a family of ten children, of whom six still survive, John being the fifth child. His father went to Ohio in his youth, and was married near Germantown in that State, the mother dying in her native State in 1852. The father subsequently married again, and moved to Illinois, where his death occurred in 1873.
John DIEHL was reared on a farm till his fifteenth year, when he began learning the blacksmithÂ’s trade, which he followed until coming West in 1860. Mr. Diehl has been twice married. His first wife, Lydia A. Boadle, was a native of Montgomery County, Ohio. She died at the age of twenty-four years, leaving one daughter, Mary. Mr. Diehl was again married in 1859, to Sarah A. Carnahan, of Darke County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Sarah (Adams) Carnahan. They have four children living--Charley B., Minnie E., Dellie V., and John Richard.
In 1860 Mr. Diehl left Ohio, coming to Clarke County, Iowa, when he located on his present farm on section 4, Osceola Township, on the Knoxville Road. In July 1861, he enlisted in Company F., Sixth Iowa Infantry, in the three yearsÂ’ service, and was in the Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, after which he was transferred to Battery D of the Fourth Missouri Artillery, in which he served six months, when he was detailed head blacksmith in the Fourth Division, in which capacity he served till he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in July, 1864. Soon after his discharge he recruited a company, of which he was appointed First Lieutenant, and later promoted to Captain, but his company did not go into active service.
Since his return from the war, Mr. Diehl has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with success, and is now the owner of 400 acres of choice land, which is well improved and under fine cultivation. He is now classed among the prosperous and enterprising citizens of Clarke County, most of his property being made by his stock-raising, he having been very successful in the raising of cattle and hogs. Mr. Diehl has been president of the Clarke County Agricultural Society, and has served his township as trustee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a comrade of the Grand Army post, of which he is at present senior vice-commander. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, attending Union Chapel, and are respected members of society.
JOHN DIEHL, of Osceola Township, was born near Eaton, in Preble County, Ohio, February 27, 1835, a son of Jacob and Nancy (Good) DIEHL, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They had a family of ten children, of whom six still survive, John being the fifth child. His father went to Ohio in his youth, and was married near Germantown in that State, the mother dying in her native State in 1852. The father subsequently married again, and moved to Illinois, where his death occurred in 1873.
John DIEHL was reared on a farm till his fifteenth year, when he began learning the blacksmithÂ’s trade, which he followed until coming West in 1860. Mr. Diehl has been twice married. His first wife, Lydia A. Boadle, was a native of Montgomery County, Ohio. She died at the age of twenty-four years, leaving one daughter, Mary. Mr. Diehl was again married in 1859, to Sarah A. Carnahan, of Darke County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Sarah (Adams) Carnahan. They have four children living--Charley B., Minnie E., Dellie V., and John Richard.
In 1860 Mr. Diehl left Ohio, coming to Clarke County, Iowa, when he located on his present farm on section 4, Osceola Township, on the Knoxville Road. In July 1861, he enlisted in Company F., Sixth Iowa Infantry, in the three yearsÂ’ service, and was in the Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, after which he was transferred to Battery D of the Fourth Missouri Artillery, in which he served six months, when he was detailed head blacksmith in the Fourth Division, in which capacity he served till he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in July, 1864. Soon after his discharge he recruited a company, of which he was appointed First Lieutenant, and later promoted to Captain, but his company did not go into active service.
Since his return from the war, Mr. Diehl has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with success, and is now the owner of 400 acres of choice land, which is well improved and under fine cultivation. He is now classed among the prosperous and enterprising citizens of Clarke County, most of his property being made by his stock-raising, he having been very successful in the raising of cattle and hogs. Mr. Diehl has been president of the Clarke County Agricultural Society, and has served his township as trustee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a comrade of the Grand Army post, of which he is at present senior vice-commander. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, attending Union Chapel, and are respected members of society.