Sullivan-Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....DILTZ, Elias 1865 - 
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  ELIAS DILTZ, a progressive and enterprising farmer of Davidson township,
  Sullivan County, Pa., comes of German ancestry, although he, himself, was born
  April 1, 1865, in Sugar Loaf township, Columbia County, and is a son of Emanuel
  and Lovina A. (Kline) Diltz.
  
    George Diltz, our subject's grandfather, was the original emigrant, having
  been reared to manhood in Germany. Upon his arrival in this country he settled
  in Sugar Loaf township, Columbia County, Pa., where he took up a tract of 150
  acres of timber land. This farm is now divided among his sons Emanuel and John,
  and a part belongs to Thomas Smith; it has since been cleared and now
  constitutes one of the best pieces of farming land in that township. Our
  subject's grandfather followed both the farming and lumbering business, in which
  he was remarkably successful; he owned two saw mills, one of which is still in
  operation and in possession of Silas Benjamin. He died in 1873 at the age of
  sixty-five years, and his wife died at about the same time aged sixty years.
  Their children were: Philip, Sally, Emanuel, John, Elias, and Betsey.
  
    Emanuel Diltz was born in Sugar Loaf township, and was also reared and
  educated there; he started out in life as a lumberman, and while still a young
  man purchased from his father 50 acres of land, upon which he has continued to
  reside up to the present time. He also bought his father's saw and shingle mill,
  which he continues to operate. Mr. Diltz is past his sixty-fifth year in life
  and is prominently known throughout his community as a good neighbor and
  excellent citizen. Politically he is a Democrat, and is an earnest and
  conscientious supporter of his party. Religiously he is a member of the
  Methodist Church. His union with Lovina A. Kline resulted in the birth of the
  following children: Irvin, who wedded Clara Kitchen; Elias, our subject; Emma,
  wife of Britton Cole; Lizzie B., wife of Harvey Clinger; and Oma.
  
    Elias Diltz received his schooling in his native township. His first business
  venture was in farming, he having rented his father's farm for one year. After
  carrying on lumbering a short time he removed to Sullivan County and settled in
  Nordmont, where he worked in the woods peeling bark. In 1886 he took up his
  residence in Davidson township, where he purchased his present farm of 50 acres
  of Joseph Robbins. In 1893 he erected a two-story frame house and in 1896 a fine
  commodious barn. The house stands on the same ground where, 75 years ago,
  William J. and Susannah Robbins, grandparents of Mrs. Alice Robbins Diltz, first
  built a log house and settled, and where they lived for several years. They came
  from Columbia County, when Davidson township, Sullivan County, and in fact the
  whole of Sullivan County, was little better than a wilderness of forest. The
  pioneers cleared the farm and raised a family of four sons and one daughter,
  —Henderson, Thomas, Leonard, Joseph, and Mary. During the winter months after
  the harvests had been gathered Mr. Diltz worked in the woods for different
  contractors. Our subject is an industrious, painstaking, honest farmer,
  possessing many warm friends in the community of which he is a valued member.
  Mr. Diltz was joined in matrimonial bonds with Alice Robbins, a daughter of
  Joseph and Mary (Henley) Robbins, and five children have been born to them,
  namely: Lester, Charles, Hazel Josephine, Willard, and Mary. In politics Mr.
  Diltz, though not an office-seeker, firmly advocates the principles of the
  Democratic party.
  
  
  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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