HERMAN DIERKER, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O Havana; was born in Hanover, Germany, July 25, 1834. In 1838, he came to America with his father's family, and located in Bath Township, this county, where he has since resided. His father, John H., died May 1, 1844, and his mother, Ellen (Basselbecke) Dierker, died in September, 1854; both were natives of Hanover, Germany. The subject of this sketch was married, April 30, 1857, to Miss Margaret Meyer, who was born in Hanover, Germany; her father came to America in 1848, and to Mason Co. in the fall of that year. They have had six children, five of whom are living:  August, Charlotte, Sophie, Janie and Margaret; their son, Frank, died April 23, 1864. Mr. Dierker owns 380 acres of land in Bath Township.



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