When John Dietderich was born in 1840, in Ohio, United States, his father, Fredrich Dietderich, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Campbell, was 31. He lived in Melbern, Williams, Ohio, United States in 1850.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
German: variant of Diedrich .
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