William Joseph Dietrich (1843 - 1876)

Born 9 Dec 1843 in Greenwich Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Jul 1876 at age 32 in Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

WILLIAM J. DIETRICH (son of Heinrich) was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, Dec. 9, 1843, and died at Hamburg, from typhoid pneumonia, July 19, 1876, in the thirty-third year of his life.

He was reared upon his father's farm, and in his youth attended the public schools with regularity. He had a bright mind and was a student. He was made administrator of an estate before he was thirty years old, and was helpful in many ways in his community.

He owned a small farm one-quarter of a mile from where his father lived, located in Greenwich township, now owned by Lewis Behler. This he operated until the latter part of 1874, when it was sold and he moved to Hamburg, where his death occurred.

He worked in the ore mines in Maxatawny township in 1873 and 1874, during the spring and fall. At Hamburg he followed huckstering and butchering, and for a short time worked in the rolling-mill, which is now abandoned. He and his family were devout Lutherans, and constant in their attendance at worship.

Mr. Dietrich was a man of fine appearance. On July 11, 1868, he married Susanna F. Seaman, youngest daughter of Jonathan Seaman, a foremost man of Tilden township. She was born Dec. 24, 1844, and died suddenly of apoplexy Sunday night, June 4, 1899, in her fifty-fifth year.

Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich are buried in the Dietrich family plot at Hamburg. Mrs. Dietrich was a woman of noble character and high intelligence. She had many virtues, and was a pious woman. Being left a widow with six children, the youngest a posthumous son, she reared them in the fear and admonition of God, and her last spoken word was "God". She was esteemed by all who knew her.

William J. and Susanna F. Dietrich had [seven] children ...

-- Bio supplied by cemetery memorial.

Sources

• Kutz family records in the Berks County Historical Society Library, Reading, Pennsylvania.
• William J Dietrich, memorial in Saint John's Cemetery, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Find a Grave: Memorial #59842238.