Biography of Peter Ditmars, page 650.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Peter Ditmars, son of John A. and Eliza Ditmars, was born in Wayne County, 
Ohio, Aug. 31, 1834, and was in his nineteenth year when his parents moved 
to De Kalb County,   He remained at home assisting his father on the farm 
till after the breaking out of the Rebellion.  Jan. 25, 1865, he enlisted in 
Company D, Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry as a recruit, and served till the 
mustering out of the regiment in July, 1865.  He returned home and remained 
with his parents till his marriage, Jan. 6, 1870, to Lois Grace West, a 
native of Onondaga County, N.Y., born Aug. 6, 1840, a daughter of Joseph and 
Joanna West, who settled in Butler Township, De Kalb County, Ind., in 1844.  
Both are now deceased.  Mr. Ditmars’ home is on section 6 near the railroad 
junction, and is noticeable for its fine location and beautiful buildings.  
His farm contains eighty acres of valuable land.  To Mr. and Mrs. Ditmars 
have been born four children, but two of whom are living---Jessie May and 
Amy Grace.  The eldest, Ida Ivern, died in her third year, and the second, 
William D., aged fifteen months.  Mr. Ditmars is a Republican in politics.  
He stands high in the estimation of his fellow townsmen and is a representative 
citizen.

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