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Title:  History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio
Authors:  Aldrich, Lewis Cass.
City of Publication:  Syracuse, N.Y. :
Publisher:  D. Mason & Co.,
Publication Date:  1888

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DIRR, George J., Pleasant, New Bavaria p.o., was born in Pleasant in 1839,
and was a son of the pioneers, George and Catharine (Hoffert) Dirr.
Catharine was born in Bavaria, and her husband, George, was born in
Wurtemburg.  They were married in Cuyahoga county, O., and settled in
Pleasant in 1836.  They had a family of six children--Henry, George J.,
William, Elizabeth, Philip and Catharine, who married Thebold Rolly.
George died in 1879 and his wife in 1878.  George sr., was a son of George
Dirr who came to America and settled in Clark county in 1832 with a family
of four children--George, Martin, Henry and Barbara, and in 1836 they all
settled in Henry county.  Henry is now the only surviving one.  George J.,
enlisted in Company D, 124th Ohio, in 1863, under Colonel Payne, and was
discharged in July, 1865.  His brother William served in the 100th
Regiment.  George J. was married in 1867 to Susan Rigel, of Coshocton
county, O.  She was born in 1844, and was a daughter of Samuel and Mary S.
(Soric) Rigel.  Mary was born in Bavaria, and her husband in Pennsylvania,
and they now reside in Putnam county, O.  George J. and Susan have had
eight children--John, A.L., Catharine F., Peter H., Orrilla, Elias J.J.,
Margaret A., Lillie J. and Alta F.  Mr. Dirr has held several of the town
offices.  He is engaged in farming, owning a homestead farm of one hundred
and eighty acres.

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