BIO:  John G. Diehl, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Manchester Township, Pg 132

JOHN G. DIEHL was born in Manchester Township, June 13, 1851, is the third son in 
a family of three sons and one daughter.  His parents, Charles H. and Sarah 
(Gross) Diehl, natives of York County, were of German descent.  He was reared on 
a farm until he was fifteen years of age, and educated at New Berlin Academy.  
After teaching school a few months, he began cigar-making at the age of nineteen, 
followed the business a short time, and then learned painting, which he followed 
off and on for eight years, and clerked a few months for G. H. Wolf at Mount 
Wolf, where he has resided since 1870.  He was married in Mount Wolf, December 
26, 1872, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Dietz, and a native of York County.  
Two children – Minnie and George – resulted from this union.  In June, 1884, Mr. 
Diehl formed a partnership with Israel Finfrock in the manufacture of fancy and 
common cigars.  He is a member of the United Brethren Church; is a stockholder in 
Dover Fire Insurance Company, and has served one term as assessor of Manchester 
Township.