Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....DIEMER, Harry 1863 - 
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  HARRY DIEMER, a prosperous farmer of Montour township, Columbia County, is a son
  of Samuel B. and Mary Jane (Richards) Diemer, and was born at Catawissa, Pa.,
  January 27, 1863.
  
    The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, who
  came to America when young and located in Pennsylvania. His son, the grandfather
  of our subject, was a well-known carpenter and builder of the town of Sunbury,
  Northumberland County. He erected many large buildings in that vicinity, all by
  the old method which was much more difficult than the process of to-day as the
  lumber when placed in the hands of the carpenter was rough and unfinished. He
  was an active member in and a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal
  Church. He was twice married, and reared a family of two sons and two daughters,
  namely: Sarah; Elizabeth; John, a late resident of Sunbury; and Samuel B., our
  subject's father.
  
    Samuel B. Diemer was born in the town of Sunbury in 1818 and during his
  younger working days was engaged as a bookkeeper in Philadelphia. Later he
  resided in Mainville, Columbia County, where he managed a store for a brief
  period; then he purchased the old Esther Furnace four miles back of Catawissa,
  which he successfully operated for a number of years, but during the Rebellion,
  the Confederates seized a large quantity of his iron that was then in Richmond,
  Va. The financial loss caused him to suspend operations in the furnace, and his
  next business ventures were to conduct a general merchandise store at Centralia
  and later one at Catawissa, which he conducted with remarkable success until his
  death in 1890. During the war he joined a Pennsylvania reserve corps, and
  although he did not have the opportunity to take part in any important battles,
  he was on the reserve force at Antietam, Gettysburg, and several other places.
  In political belief Mr. Diemer was a Republican and served as assessor and
  notary public for many years, during which time he transacted considerable
  business of a legal nature. Socially he was a member of the Masonic fraternity
  for many years. He was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Mary Jane
  Richards, a daughter of the late John Richards, a successful farmer who owned
  the property upon which our subject is now located, and they became the happy
  parents of three sons and four daughters, namely: Hattie R., a resident of
  Catawissa; Clara, the wife of W. H. Abbott of Catawissa; John R., a merchant of
  Catawissa; Harry, the gentleman .who is the subject of this sketch; and three
  who died in infancy.
  
     Harry Diemer was reared in Catawissa where he received his education in the
  public schools and at the State Normal School of Bloomsburg. At an early age he
  began work in the store and remained there until his marriage in 1886, when he
  moved upon his maternal grandfather's farm, which is now-owned by Mrs. Diemer.
  It is an excellent piece of property, consisting of 200 acres of good farm land,
  upon which he carries on general farming and dairying. He has quite a large milk
  route, supplying the village of Rupert. Mr. Diemer is an up-to-date farmer in
  every respect and uses only the latest of farming implements, thereby gaining an
  advantage over those who still cling to the old patterns. He is honest and
  upright in all his dealings and is held in high esteem by his neighbors.
  
    On March 30, 1886, our subject was united in matrimonial bonds to Emma J.
  Rauch, a daughter of Michael Rauch of Rupert, by whom he has three sons and one
  daughter: John; William; Robert; and Mary Jane. Politically Mr. Diemer is a
  stanch Republican; for many years he has been school director.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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