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CHARLES DEITCH, a retired farmer now living in Carlisle, is one of the most respected residents of that place. During his active years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits not many miles from Carlisle, and he is well known as an industrious, progressive citizen throughout that locality.

Mr. Deitch was born Sept. 22, 1844, in North Middleton township, Cumberland county, near Harmony Hall schoolhouse, where his parents resided for about eight years. His father — David Deitch — and grandfather were born in the town of St. John, in the Province of Alsace, which is now a part of Germany. David Deitch married Catharine Ludt, who was born in 1822 in the same town, and in 1843, having heard of the many chances for advancement to be had in America, the young couple left the Fatherland. They landed in the New World after a stormy voyage which lasted two months, and, coming to Pennsylvania, located south of Carlisle, Cumberland county. The first dollar Mr. Deitch earned in the United States was in the employ of Gov. Ritner. He died in the latter part of July, 1896. His wife survived until Dec. 21, 1903. They belonged to the German Lutheran Church. To David and Catharine (Ludt) Deitch were born children as follows: (1) Caroline married Jacob Nailor, and both are now deceased: they had eight children, Mary, Catharine, David, William, Emma, Mima, Charles and Rebecca. (2) Charles was the twin of Caroline. (3) Kate D. married John Brown, and they had children — John, Laura, Park, Minnie and Albert. (4) John married Barbara Brechbill, and had five children, Fanny, James, Kate, Frank and Anna, (5) Mary married Samuel Leib and had four children, Charles, Ella, David and John. (6) Christiana married Harry Farenbaugh, and they had Charles, George, Rebecca, Mary and Maggie. (7) Jacob married Sarah Smee, and they had seven children, Rebecca, Howard, Mary, Joseph, Samuel, Edgar and Mabel. (8) Levi married Rebecca Nofksinger, and they had children — Kate, Cecilia and William. (9) David married Cecilia Shopp, and their family consisted of four children, Mabel, Florence, Anna and Henrietta, (10) Rebecca married John Wise and had two children, Catharine and Frederick. (11) Christopher married Mary Nailor, and lives in Carlisle. They have Amanda, Jennie, Carrie, Robert and Mary.

Mrs. Catharine (Ludt) Deitch came of a family of soldiers, and her father was a soldier under Napoleon at Austerlitz and Waterloo, serving under him with distinction during the period of the First Empire and later against him with the Prussians.

Charles Deitch moved with his parents to Frankford township, Cumberland county, in early boyhood, the family locating near the Stone church, and thence they moved to near Bonny Brook, near Bosler’s mill, where they lived for two years. Their next home was on a farm east of Carlisle owned by Jacob Witmer. In all these localities the youth attended the district schools. He lived at home — receiving excellent training in agricultural work, until one year after his marriage, when he left the parental roof to commence life on his own account, settling on the Holmes farm, one mile east of Carlisle, and later on the Bosler farm, near Bonny Brook, where he remained for twenty-six years. All this time he was industrious and thrifty, and prospered in his work, winning a high reputation as a careful, honest man in all his dealings, worthy the high respect of all who knew him. He has since made his home in Carlisle, where he is enjoying the respite from labor which he has so nobly won. Mr. Deitch has looked well to his business affairs, but he has never had any desire for the excitement or honors of public life.

In the winter of 1867 Mr. Deitch was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Baker who was born Feb. 16, 1844, on the Hamilton farm, one and a half miles east of Carlisle, and who was one of the seven children of George and Elizabeth (Grove) Baker, namely: Sarah, Amanda, Jeremiah, Emily, Catharine, Elizabeth and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Baker were farming people. The father was born in 1812, three miles east of Carlisle, and the mother was born in 1825 in Virginia; Mr. Baker died in 1875. Mrs. Deitch is highly respected throughout a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, by all of whom she is beloved for her cheerful and pleasant disposition and her high Christian character. She is the mother of three sons and two daughters: (1) George, born Sept. 19, 1868, married Rosie Glime, daughter of Levi Glime, a carpenter, and they have had six children, Charles, Mary, Sarah, Grace, Herman and Stuart. (2) Rebecca Jane, born Jan. 28, 1872, married Jacob Walters, son of Samuel Walters; they have no children. (3) David, born Oct. 24, 1873, married Lizzie Glime, daughter of Samuel Glime, a well-known carpenter, and they have had two children, Ruth and Wilma. (4) Mary Ellen, born May 24, 1876, married Charles Lindsey, son of John Lindsey, and they had two children, Hilda Catharine and John Leroy. (5) Charles Albert, born Aug. 4, 1877, is engaged as a clerk in one of the largest hardware stores in Carlisle.