Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Diehl, Solomon F.    
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SOLOMON F. DIEHL, County Commissioner of Bedford County, 
Pennsylvania, is an able and progressive farmer of Snake 
Spring township.  He was born November 27, 1840, in Colerain 
township, which was also the birthplace of his parents, 
Solomon and Louise (Pensyl) Diehl.  He is the representative 
of one of the oldest families in Bedford County, his 
paternal grandfather, John Diehl, having removed here from 
Adams County, Pennsylvania, while this part of the State was 
almost in its primeval wildness.  Further ancestral history 
may be found on another page of this volume, in connection 
with the sketch of Henry P. Diehl.
  Solomon F. Diehl was reared to man's estate beneath the 
parental roof-tree, and obtained his elementary education in 
the public schools of Colerain.  He subsequently attended 
the Rainsburg Seminary one term, after which he completed 
his studies at the Bedford High School.  Familiar with farm 
life from his youthful days, he decided to devote his 
energies to agricultural pursuits; and when ready to 
establish a home of his own, in 1864, he assumed the 
possession of his present farm in Snake Spring township.  In 
its care and cultivation he has shown much practical wisdom, 
and by dint of industry and enterprise has improved one of 
the most attractive and desirable estates in this part of 
the county.
  In politics Mr. Diehl is very prominent as a Republican, 
and takes an active part in town and county matters.  Early 
in the eighties of this century he was elected County 
Commissioner for Bedford County, an office which he filled 
satisfactorily for three years.  For five years he was Road 
Supervisor, and for ten consecutive years he served 
efficiently as School Director, a large part of that time 
being secretary of the board and for a number of years its 
treasurer also.  He is now and for many years has been one 
of the directorate of the Friend's Cove Mutual Fire 
Insurance Company.  Fraternally, he belongs to the odd 
Fellows Lodge of Everett, Pa.
  On June 21, 1861, Mr. Diehl married Catherine, daughter of 
the late Adam and Elizabeth (Lutz) Shaffer, of Snake Spring, 
Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Diehl have had seven children, one of 
whom, Mary M., has passed from earth.  Those living are as 
follows: Minnie A., wife of William H. Wolf; Lizzie L., wife 
of M. E. Diehl; Effie J., wife of Philip Smith; Harvey M.; 
Hester M., wife of J. H. Hale; and H. Reeder.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa