Lot 11, Block 1
Dr. P.L. Îiffenbacher d:1-29-1905 age 74y11m2d (owner)
Mrs. Martha M. Diffenbacher d:3-15-1916 age 74y4m16d
Phillip D. Dieffenbacher d:6-23-1934 age 52y9m21d
Silvia Mae Dieffenbacher d:11-29-1951 age 68y
Martha Michell Dieffenbacher d:7-3-58 age 82y
Edith Long Dieffenbacher d:1-13-82 age 104 burial 1-16-82
Lot 12, Block 1
Catherine Dieffenbgacher d:11-4-1860 age 52y2m4d
Alice Dieffenbacher 5-20-1860 age 8y10m11d
Daniel Dieffenbacher d:3-11-1892 age 88y7m4d (owner)
Thomas C. Dieffenbacher d:7-5-1973 age 44y
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Death date Daniel Dieffenbacher d:3-11-1892 age 88y7m4d (owner)Born Aug.7,1803
sSouse Catherine Long Dieffenbacher 7838014

1879 History of Menard & Mason Counties
ChicagoPublished by: O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers186 Dearborn Street

DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER
Page 757
DANIEL DIEFFENBACHER, retired farmer; P. O. Havana; was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1803, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana(Cotner) Dieffenbacher;
the former was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Nov. 17, 1775, died Oct. 30, 1840; the latter was born in Lycoming Co., Penn., Feb. 14, 1784, died Dec. 21, 1858. The subject of this sketch resided in the place of his nativity till the spring of 1827, when he moved to an adjoining county (Northumberland). He was married Jan. 18, 1827, to Miss Catharine Long, who was born in Columbia Co., Penn., Sept. 3, 1808. In 1833, he returned to the county of his nativity, and in the fall of 1837, removed to Illinois, locating in Havana Township, this county, where he engaged in farming the following spring. He served on the first grand jury after the organization of Mason Co., in 1841; was also School Director at an early date. He became identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the fall of 1839, at which time services were held in a log cabin. Their first preacher was the Rev. Michael Shunk. Mr. Dieffenbacher's wife died Nov. 4, 1860; they had nine children, six of whom are still living-Christiana, wife of Thomas Covington, born Dec. 16, 1827, and resides in Havana; Dr. Philip L. (see sketch); Joseph M., born Jan. 25, 1836, resides at Ipava, Fulton Co., Ill.; Mary E., born Dec. 27, 1838, wife of Dr. Willing, lives at Bath; Sarah C., born Nov. 11, 1844, wife of Rufus Smith, resides in Kansas; Lorinda J., born March 4, 1848, wife of Cotner Weaver, resides in Pennsylvania. The following are the names of deceased: John F., born June 3, 1833, died Oct. 7, 1834; Susan R., born Aug. 16, 1841, died April 11, 1877; Alice A., born July 9, 1851, died May 20, 1860. Mr. Dieffenbacher has disposed of his lands in Mason Co., but still owns a farm of 165 acres in Miami Co., Kansas.