Biography of Isaac Diehl, pages 785 / 786.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.  

Isaac Diehl, farmer and stock-raiser, section 7, Stafford Township, was born 
in Adams County, Pa., Nov. 25, 1812, a son of Jacob Diehl, a tanner and 
farmer.  His father died when he was eleven years of age, and he was early 
thrown on his own resources.  He learned the cooper’s trade when a young 
man, and followed it three years.  He came to De Kalb County, Ind., in June, 
1843, and settled where he now lives, entering eighty acres of land from the 
Government.  He cleared away enough of the timber to build a log cabin, and 
then went to work to make a farm out of a tract of heavily timbered land, 
working at his trade in the fall and winter months.  He was in limited 
circumstances when he came to the county, but he has by industry and good 
management accumulated a competency for his old age, owning 160 acres of 
finely cultivated land.  He was married in October, 1835, to Susannah Daily, 
and to them have been born eleven children, seven of whom are living---
Eliza, Ephraim, Daniel D., William, Eunice, Leander J., and Isaac M., all 
married but Ephraim.  Mr. Diehl and his wife are members of the Evangelical 
Association. 

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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