Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Dietz, John 1832 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JOHN DIETZ. We are pleased to present the name of another of the German-American
citizens of Fremont Township, Tuscola County, in the person of John Dietz, who
was born in 1832, in Wurtemberg, Germany, which was also the native place of his
father, Michael Dietz. This parent was a son of William Dietz, who was a tailor
by trade and in Michael's youth he also acquired that trade in his father's shop
and made it his vocation for life.

  The married life of Michael Dietz began when he was united with Christina
Troupert, and to their home was granted the blessing of nine children and the
following ones of that number are stiil living: Frederick, John, Jacob,
Christian and Eveline, the widow of John Weidler.

  In his youth our subject served an apprenticeship at the weaver's trade and in
this way found employment in the cotton and linen factories where he was engaged
in the manufacture of cloth through the years of his early manhood and indeed
until he came to the United States. Upon reaching his majority John Dietz
decided that it would be better for his prospects in life to leave the
overcrowded districts of the old country and to come to America where the
opportunities for progress and profit were better and where the avenues of labor
were more open. He therefore crossed the ocean and made his first home in this
country in Pennsylvania, but continued there only a short time, after which he
went to New York City where he remained some six years.

  The wide West attracted the attention of Mr. Dietz soon after coming to this
country, and in 1868 he left New York where he had been living and came to
Michigan, locating in Tuscola County at his present home. He had dropped his
trade upon first coming to the United States and ever since coming to America he
has been a farmer. His fine tract of eighty acres was mostly improved when he
took it, and upon it he has since resided and has put it in such a state of
cultivation as to be able to reap from it excellent crops. He is a man of
influence in the community and one who is relied upon for help in carrying out
all good projects. He has been Pathmaster for fourteen years and in the
discharge of the duties of that office he has done excellent service for the
township. The marriage of John Dietz and Sophia Schroder took place April 9,
1857, and they are now the happy parents of six children in whose life work they
take the deepest paternal interest, and who are already casting credit upon the
parents whose instructions and influence have made them what they are. Their
names are, William, Henry, Samuel F., John, Jr., Harriet, now the wife of John
Blouches, Elizabeth, who married Warren Crosby, and Sarah A., now Mrs. Henry
Weiler. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church and they have trained
their household in the faith and duties of the Christian religion.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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