Peter Dieter

1813 - 1888  (74 years)

• Name	Peter Dieter
  Birth	25 Aug 1813	Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jan 1888	Walsh Co., North Dakota, USA
  Burial	Farmington Burial Ground, Farmington, Walsh Co., North Dakota, USA
  Notes	Peter was one of at least 10 children of George John and Barbara Dotter Dieter of Pennsylvania. By 1828 his parents had moved their large family to Sparta, Livingston Co., NY. Peter and Lucinda, according to family history, eloped and were married April 9, 1840 "somewhere" in Livingston Co. and became the parents of fourteen children. Their first six children Martin VanBuren, Jane Polly, Peter George, Lyman (1st), Frances Elizabeth and Hannamaria Allena (called Mary) were born in Springwater, Livingston Co., NY. Lyman died Nov. 22, 1864 in Brownsville, Regimental Hospital, AR., Civil War. Sometime about 1852 or 1853 Peter, Lucinda and their six oldest children left New York with other family and friends and headed west. They crossed Lake Michigan by cattle boat, first staying in Wisconsin. Florinda,the seventh child was born 1853 Wisc. Susan, the eighth was born in 1854 and died the same year. The ninth child was again named Susan and was born 1855 Marquette, Green Lake Co., Wisc. Ellen Ella and John Henry were also born in Marquette. Martha J, twelfth child and Daniel thirteenth were both born in Simpson, Olmsted Co., Minn. Lyman (again) the youngest and fourteenth child (named for his brother killed in the Civil War) was born May 28, 1865 in Plainview, Wabasha Co., Minn. After living in Oakwood Twp., Wabasha Co., Minn. for some twenty years Peter and Lucinda were on the move again, this time moving to Dakota Ter. In less than a year Peter died in Farmington Twp. A monument 3 to 4 ft. high marks Peter's grave. The buriel ground is in poor condition, has no care, with grass growing high. Through the kindness of Mrs. John Tharalson of Hoople, N. Dak. a crayon rubbing on the inscription on the face of Peter's monument was received for a picture to be added to the Dieter Genealogy. This old county cemetery is about 2 miles from the site of Peter's farm and about 4 1/2 miles north of Nash, Walsh Co., about 30 miles from the Canadian border. Peter was a large, broadchested man, 6 ft. tall and Lucinda was a "little bit" of a person scarcely 5 ft. in height. A picture of Peter was reproduced from a tintype, no date nor place given. An original of Lucinda was taken at the Ball & Ringdahl Studio, Main Street, Grafton, no date. She resided in Walsh Co., area from 1887 to 1895, but may have visited there in later years. Sources: 1.John Dieter of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and his descendants, 1735-1972. Esther E. Dieter Gundry (Danville Library, Livingston Co., NY); 2.State and U.S. Census Records; 3.DAR Library.--S.Jones.
  Person ID	I37726	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	George Dieter,   b. 4 Mar 1786, Moore, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Jul 1850, Sparta, Livingston Co., New York, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Barbara Dotterer,   b. 1796, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jul 1861, Livingston Co., New York, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1811	Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F1029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Aug 1813 - Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA Death - 6 Jan 1888 - Walsh Co., North Dakota, USA Burial - - Farmington Burial Ground, Farmington, Walsh Co., North Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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