Dr. Diller Luther and Amelia H. Spayd

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Husband Dr. Diller Luther ¹

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           Born: 18 Nov 1808 - New Holland, Lancaster Co, PA 2
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         Father: Dr. John Luther (      -1828) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Diller (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 1834 4

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Wife Amelia H. Spayd ⁵

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           Died: 1872 4
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         Father: Hon. John Spayd (1764-1822) 6
         Mother: Catharine Hiester (      -      ) 7

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Diller Luther

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He attended Todd's Academy, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; was graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1829, and soon after located in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, remaining there one year. He came to Reading and practiced in that city from 1832 to 1838. During the latter year he relinquished his profession and began the mining and shipping of coal in Schuylkill County, which business he followed for about twenty-five years. In 1863 he was appointed internal revenue collector of the Eighth District of Pennsylvania, and served in that position until 1867. In 1873 he was appointed general agent and secretary of the State Board of Public Charities and filled that position until September, 1883, when he resigned. Dr. Diller Luther was prominently identified with the banking interests of Reading, was several years president of the Anthracite Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and beginning in 1873 was president of the Charles Evans Cemetery Company.

1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540.

2 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 607.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 271.

4 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 608.

5 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 540, 608.

6 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 539.

7 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 540.