BIO: SIMON DIETZ, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 354-355
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    SIMON DIETZ. Among the representative men and prosperous farmers 0f Hampden
  township, appears the name of Simon Dietz, who resides upon his fine farm of
  100 acres, the greater portion of which is under cultivation, and gives a
  portion of his attention to township affairs, he having held some of the most
  important of its offices. Mr. Dietz was born on the old Dietz homestead, in
  East Pennsboro township, March 8, 1857, son of David Dietz, and the grandson
  of Daniel Dietz.
    
    David Dietz, the father, came to Cumberland county with his father when
  about eighteen years of age, from York county, and engaged in farming. He
  married Caroline Sheely, daughter of Christian Sheely, of Hampden township.
  Nine children were born of this marriage: Mary Ellen married John H. Smith,
  of Mechanicsburg; Daniel married Susan Mechlin, of Upper Allen township, and
  has three children, William (at home), Carrie (who died in childhood) and
  Susan (at home); Annetta married Jonas Rupp, of Hampden township, and has six
  children, Carrie (wife of Elmer Brindle, of Monroe township), Bertha (who
  married Jacob Sheely, of Upper Allen township, and has two children, John and
  Mary, at home), Ellen (who married Alvin Rowe, of Up-
    
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  per Allen township), Charles (at home), Minnie (at home), and Sadie (at
  home); William died in childhood; Simon; Lydia died at the age of eighteen
  years; Carrie married Frank Hertzler, of Eberly Mills; Martha married S. S.
  Rupp, of Shiremanstown, and has three children, Grace, David and Francis, all
  at home; Katie resides with our subject in Hampden township.
    
    Simon Dietz was educated in the public schools of his neighborhood, which
  he attended until he was eighteen years of age. After completing his school
  life, he worked for his father on the farm until he was about twenty-five
  years of age, when on Nov. 29, 1881, he was united in marriage with Miss
  Barbara E. Eberly, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Hertzler) Eberly, of
  Lancaster county. One child was born to them, David C., at home.
    
    Mr. Dietz is a consistent member of St. John's Lutheran Church, of which he
  was formerly deacon, and his wife also belongs to the same church. He has been
  a lifelong member of the Democrat party, and has held the office of township
  auditor for three years, township assessor for one term, and is at present
  director and treasurer of the school board of his district. His farm is kept
  in excellent condition, as are his premises and comfortable house, while his
  spacious grounds are beautifully arranged. His property all shows a careful
  and judicious management, and the signs of thrift upon every side indicate
  the character of the owner.