Didas, Jr., Peter, was born May 24, 1844. His father, Peter Didas, was born in Prussia, Germany, November 29, 1810.
Peter Didas, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Wayland, and at the German School at Perkinsville, after which he learned the tanner's trade of his father, and worked in the Patchinsville tannery. In 1865 he, with his father, erected a tannery one and one-half miles south of Patchinsville, which they run until 1894.
Peter Didas, Jr., is now engaged in farming, and in the manufacture of feed. He has held the offices of town collector, commissioner of highways, and has been elected justice of the peace three terms of four years each.
He enlisted in Co. E. 188th N. Y. Vols., served until the close of the war, and was discharged June 5, 1865. He took part in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Warren's Raid, Weldon Railroad, Five Forks, and Appomattox.
At Wayland, N. Y., November 15, 1866, he married Elizabeth Hemmer, born June 18, 1849, and died August 19, 1887, by whom he had these children: Mary Ann, born January 21, 1868; Peter J., born June 6, 1869; John, born February 7, 1871; Catherine, born October 1, 1872; Urban, born September 8, 1874; Frank J., born June 4, 1876 ; Elizabeth S., born February 12, 1879; Nicholas, born March 13, 1882; and William, born August 7, 1887, and died January 30, 1888.
Biography from "Landmarks of Steuben County, New York," by Hon. Harlo Hakes. 1896. Published Syracuse, N.Y. by D. Mason & Company. Available online at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924095617415
Peter Didas, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Wayland, and at the German School at Perkinsville, after which he learned the tanner's trade of his father, and worked in the Patchinsville tannery. In 1865 he, with his father, erected a tannery one and one-half miles south of Patchinsville, which they run until 1894.
Peter Didas, Jr., is now engaged in farming, and in the manufacture of feed. He has held the offices of town collector, commissioner of highways, and has been elected justice of the peace three terms of four years each.
He enlisted in Co. E. 188th N. Y. Vols., served until the close of the war, and was discharged June 5, 1865. He took part in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Warren's Raid, Weldon Railroad, Five Forks, and Appomattox.
At Wayland, N. Y., November 15, 1866, he married Elizabeth Hemmer, born June 18, 1849, and died August 19, 1887, by whom he had these children: Mary Ann, born January 21, 1868; Peter J., born June 6, 1869; John, born February 7, 1871; Catherine, born October 1, 1872; Urban, born September 8, 1874; Frank J., born June 4, 1876 ; Elizabeth S., born February 12, 1879; Nicholas, born March 13, 1882; and William, born August 7, 1887, and died January 30, 1888.
Biography from "Landmarks of Steuben County, New York," by Hon. Harlo Hakes. 1896. Published Syracuse, N.Y. by D. Mason & Company. Available online at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924095617415
Didas, Jr., Peter, was born May 24, 1844. His father, Peter Didas, was born in Prussia, Germany, November 29, 1810.
Peter Didas, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Wayland, and at the German School at Perkinsville, after which he learned the tanner's trade of his father, and worked in the Patchinsville tannery. In 1865 he, with his father, erected a tannery one and one-half miles south of Patchinsville, which they run until 1894.
Peter Didas, Jr., is now engaged in farming, and in the manufacture of feed. He has held the offices of town collector, commissioner of highways, and has been elected justice of the peace three terms of four years each.
He enlisted in Co. E. 188th N. Y. Vols., served until the close of the war, and was discharged June 5, 1865. He took part in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Warren's Raid, Weldon Railroad, Five Forks, and Appomattox.
At Wayland, N. Y., November 15, 1866, he married Elizabeth Hemmer, born June 18, 1849, and died August 19, 1887, by whom he had these children: Mary Ann, born January 21, 1868; Peter J., born June 6, 1869; John, born February 7, 1871; Catherine, born October 1, 1872; Urban, born September 8, 1874; Frank J., born June 4, 1876 ; Elizabeth S., born February 12, 1879; Nicholas, born March 13, 1882; and William, born August 7, 1887, and died January 30, 1888.
Biography from "Landmarks of Steuben County, New York," by Hon. Harlo Hakes. 1896. Published Syracuse, N.Y. by D. Mason & Company. Available online at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924095617415
Peter Didas, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Wayland, and at the German School at Perkinsville, after which he learned the tanner's trade of his father, and worked in the Patchinsville tannery. In 1865 he, with his father, erected a tannery one and one-half miles south of Patchinsville, which they run until 1894.
Peter Didas, Jr., is now engaged in farming, and in the manufacture of feed. He has held the offices of town collector, commissioner of highways, and has been elected justice of the peace three terms of four years each.
He enlisted in Co. E. 188th N. Y. Vols., served until the close of the war, and was discharged June 5, 1865. He took part in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Warren's Raid, Weldon Railroad, Five Forks, and Appomattox.
At Wayland, N. Y., November 15, 1866, he married Elizabeth Hemmer, born June 18, 1849, and died August 19, 1887, by whom he had these children: Mary Ann, born January 21, 1868; Peter J., born June 6, 1869; John, born February 7, 1871; Catherine, born October 1, 1872; Urban, born September 8, 1874; Frank J., born June 4, 1876 ; Elizabeth S., born February 12, 1879; Nicholas, born March 13, 1882; and William, born August 7, 1887, and died January 30, 1888.
Biography from "Landmarks of Steuben County, New York," by Hon. Harlo Hakes. 1896. Published Syracuse, N.Y. by D. Mason & Company. Available online at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924095617415
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