Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Dieffenbacher, Jacob March 18, 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net September 21, 2008, 1:50 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Dieffenbacher, Jacob, Frankfort, was born in the duchy of Baden, Germany, March 18, 1845, he being one of eleven children of Engelhardt and Catherine Dieffenbacher. His father, ruined by revolution at home, emigrated to this country with his family in 1856, being assisted by William Gates, into whose employ he entered. During the Rebellion Mr. Dieffenbacher was employed in armories in the manufacture of army pistols and at the close of the war en engaged in the grocery and provision business at canal lock 45 in Frankfort, where he has since remained. He married, December, 1885, Pauline Bauer, a daughter of Frederick and Pauline (Bolza) Bauer, both natives of Saxony, who emigrated and settled in Utica. They have two children, Sarah M. and Therese E. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/dieffenb411gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb