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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.   These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JACOB DIETERICH, mechanic, Etna, was born Oct. 11, 1842, in Hitzerode Kurhessen, Germany, a son of John C. and Elizabeth (Rock) Dieterich, who came to America with three of their children, Catherine, John E. and Jacob, in 1856, their two elder children, John and Henry, having preceded them. They settled in Etna, Pa., where the parents died. Jacob entered the rolling-mill the same year he arrived in Etna; was employed eight years at the mock shears, and performed the same work in the Bennett mills. Subsequently he worked in the oil-refinery several years, and for Lewis, Dalzell & Co., as nail-shearer. From 1867 until 1870 he was manufacturer of matches and brushes; in 1871 he was employed in the wholesale and retail notion business; in September, 1871, he lost all by fire, and in the spring 1872 he returned to Lewis, Dalzell & Co.’s rolling-mill, where he sheared nail-iron until the company retired from business; he then worked for John D. Morehead & Bros, as bricklayer and mason until 1883. He owns considerable real estate in Etna and Sharpsburg. Mr. Dieterich married Henrietta C., daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Heiber) Morlock. They had six children, only one living, Emma M. Mr. and Mrs. Dieterich are members of the U. P. Church. Politically he is a republican. During the last nine years he has been a member of the city council.

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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.

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