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- JACOB DIETZLER, one of the old and honored residents of Buchanan township, who is now living practically retired from farming activities, is the owner of ninety acres of land in section 34, which are being operated by his sons. He was born March 10, 1836, in Prussia, and is a son of John J. and Magdalena Dietzler, who came to America in 1842 and settled in Buchanan township, buying twenty-three acres of wild land, on which Mr. Dietzler built a log cabin that was the family home for six years. He then traded this tract for one of twenty-five acres in another part of the township, and about two years later sold this property and purchased forty acres more, on which he resided until his death in 1882, when he was seventy-three years of age. His widow survived him until 1903, and was eighty-seven years old at the time of her demise. Jacob Dietzler was the eldest of a family of fourteen children, of whom ten are now living, and he remained at home until he was married, in 1863, to Miss Eva Shoemaker, daughter of John P. and Rosa Shoemaker. They were natives of Prussia, who came to America at the same time as the Dietzlers, and they purchased the property now owned by Mr. Dietzler and resided here the balance of their lives, the father passing away in 1851 and the mother about 1900, aged eighty-four years. Mrs. Dietzler was the second of a family of four children, and was born January 5, 1841. Thirteen children were born to Mr, and Mrs. Dietzler, of whom seven survive, as follows: Anton, of Green Bay, who is married and has two children; Michael, living in Taylor county, who is married and has four children; John, who is single and living at home; Lena, who married J. P. Hass of Canada and has three children; Annie, who is the wife of Joseph Hendricks of Kaukauna and has two children; and Stephen and Martin, who are single and living on the homestead. After his marriage Mr. Dietzler engaged in farming on the present property, which he continued to operate for some timne, when his sons, Stephen and Martin, purchased all of the farm personal property and rented the land from him. Mr. and Mrs. Dietzler are building a home in Darboy in which they expect to round out their lives in quiet retirement. They are members of the Holy Angel Church of Darboy, and Mr. Dietzler is a Democrat in his political views, having served as assessor of Buchanan township for three terms.
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1836 - 1918 (81 years)