O. T. Dieker
O. T. Dieker was born in Prussia June 2, 1827, and came with his parents to Wapakoneta when eleven years of age. Here he learned the tanner trade with his father, and worked at this business about six years, when he went to New Bremen and accepted a clerkship. This position he held about three years, when he took charge of a boat, which he managed until 1848, when he returned to Wapakoneta and entered the mercantile business, in which he is still engaged. He was also in the livery business from 1864 to 1880. He has been township treasurer two terms, and has served as councilman several years.
From History of Auglaize County, Ohio, with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County, Robert Sutton, Publishers, Wapakoneta, 1880