BIO:  Samuel K. 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, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 172

SAMUEL K. DIEHL, son of Isaac and Rose Ann (Klinefelter) Diehl, of York County, was born in 
Shrewsbury, December 24, 1848, and was the second of ten children.  He remained on the farm 
until twenty-one years of age, attending in the meantime the public schools, and in his 
twentieth year he taught school two terms.  At the age of twenty-one years he entered the 
mercantile house of J. S. Seitz, at Hametown and Seitzland, as clerk, and until 1875 he clerked 
for different firms at Hametown and Seitzland.  In 1873 he went in to business at Seitzland 
with Henry A. Young, having purchased the interest of Mr. Seitz.  In 1878 Mr. Young retired, 
selling out to an elder brother of our subject, of Nebraska, the business being then conducted 
by S. K. Diehl & Bro., dealers in general merchandise, phosphates, etc.  He was married in 
Shrewsbury in 1872, to Rosa Hildebrand, of Hopewell Township, Penn., of German descent, and has 
six children:  Charles Schuyler, Isaac Palmer, Mabel Ella, Mary Naomi, Minnie Estella and an 
infant.  The family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.  Mr. Diehl was inspector of 
elections in 1880.  In 1882-83 he engaged in the manufacture of cigars with Seitz & Co., 
Seitzland.