Will County IL Archives Biographies.....DIERSEN, JOHN 
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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

JOHN W. DIERSEN, deceased, was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, September 2, 

1838, a son of John H. and Sophia (Hue) Diersen.  The family set sail from 

Bremen in May, 1846, and landed in New York July 5, thence proceeded, via 

river, canal and lakes, to Chicago. In 1852 they came from Chicago to Will 

County, where the father secured forty acres of government land. His wife died 

in Crete in 1885 and he passed away two years afterward. Their son, John W., 

married Engel Desenisz, who was born in Hesse-Cassel, August 28, 1842, and came 

with her brother, Philip to this county when he was sixteen.  As a farmer John 

W. Diersen was efficient, and he became the owner of two hundred and forty 

acres in Crete Township.  In addition he was secretary of the Crete Farmers' 

Mutual Insurance Company, and for years served as highway commissioner.  In 

religion he was a Lutheran.  The family of Mr. and Mrs. Diersen consists of 

twelve children: John, William, Louisa, Henry, August, Herman, Gotleib, Amelia, 

Emma, Walter, Anna and Otto.  Mr. Diersen died November 12, 1898.


Additional comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900


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