![]() ![]() John Frederick was born in Gross Fahlenwerder, but as a teenager, he was one of the first that independently decided to move to America. They spoke German there, and he promised not to draft their sons for war. But the Emperor had at first refused to let them go, asking them to consider going to some new lands east of Berlin. The colonists at first wanted to go to the United States, like their Hessian neighbors. Over one hundred colonists had moved there from the Pfalz area near France, because of the threat of war, and constant French raids. He was born in Gross Fahlenwerder, Soldin county. ![]() ![]() In Iowa they celebrated!įrederick’s father, John Frederick, was an immigrant from Prussia. In the months before the election the country was defining issues issues with sharp edges, and the election of Lincoln was felt by some people in the South as the last straw. The new Republican Party had nominated Abraham Lincoln for the November election in 1860, and he won! Frederick Wilhelm Diestler was born on in Lansing, Allamakee Countyt, Iowa. ![]()
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