Samuel Dimm

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFO [from the Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (1897, J.M. Runk & Co.)]:

SAMUEL DIMM, born in Juniata County, who, after receiving a good English and German education, taught school for several terms in Greenwood Township, Juniata County. He spent some time in distilling and milling, and was also one of the most extensive farmers in Greenwood Township, devoting much attention to raising fruit and rearing improved stock. He married Leah, daughter of Christian and Barbara (Moyer) Shellenberger. She was born in Juniata County, where her father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Dimm had seven children: Joanna, deceased; Jennie (Mrs. Ferd. Rinehart), of Illinois; Wilson W., postmaster at Van Wert; Franklin, a resident of Kansas; Irvin, of Lewistown, Pa.; Benton T., of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pa.; and Simon C., bookkeeper for the Omaha Iron Company, Omaha, Neb.

SAMUEL DIMM took an active part in all public affairs. He held numerous official positions, among which were those of school director, supervisor, and constable. He was a Democrat. He was also prominent in the affairs of the Lutheran church, in which denomination he held the offices of elder and deacon. He died in Kansas in 1887. His aged widow still survives, residing with her married daughter in Illinois.Page: 888-88

Samuel married Leah Shallenburger. (Leah Shallenburger was born on 29 Apr 1822 in Evandale, Pennsylvania, USA.)