Diehl, E. H. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 854, Pleasant Township
E. H. Diehl; P. O., Summum; born in Bedford county, Penn., May 17,'48; emigrated to Fulton county, April 17,'65; was teacher and farm manager of St. Paul's Soldiers' Orphan Home, Butler, Penn., from Sept. 1, 1873 to Sept 15, 1875; also, editor and proprietor of Blairstown (Iowa) Independent during the Centennial and presidential campaign of 1876; engaged at teaching and farming at present; is an active member of the A. O. U. W. and A. F. and A. M.
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