Biography of A.H. Deitz, pages 563 /564.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

A.H. Deitz, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield Township, is a native of 
Holmes county, Ohio, born Feb. 27, 1829.  His father, Henry E. Deitz, was a 
native of Pennsylvania.  His first wife, the mother of our subject, Elizabeth 
Coverlase, died, leaving six children, five of whom are living.  He afterward 
married Barbara Weaver, and to them were born five children four of whom are 
living.  Henry Deitz accompanied his parents to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 
when a child, and was there reared and married, remaining there and in 
Holmes County till the fall of 1853, when he came to De Kalb County, Ind., 
and settled on sections 10 and 15, Fairfield Township, where he died in May, 
1870.  He was a successful farmer and accumulated a good property. He was a 
member of the German Reformed church, and in politics a Democrat.  A.H. 
Dietz was reared a farmer, residing with his father till manhood.  In 1851 
he moved to Allen County, Ohio, and in the spring of 1854 to De Kalb County, 
Ind., and bought the farm where he now lives.  The land was mostly 
uncultivated when he settled on it, but he has cleared it of timber and 
improved it, and now has one of the finest farms in the township.  In 1870 
he built a large barn, which is the finest in the township, and in 1879 
built his fine brick residence, with all modern improvement.  He was 
married Sept. 5, 1850, to Maria Long, a native of Ohio, daughter of John 
and Esther Long.  To them have been born nine children, eight of whom are 
living---Elizabeth, Sarah, Sophia, Louise, William, Susan, Oliver P., and 
Elmer.  Edward is deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Deitz are members of the German 
Reformed church.  Politically he is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana.
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