Aaron B. Diller was born on December 7, 1869, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the fourth of seven children born to Jacob and Anna (Burkholder) Diller. He was only eight years old when he left Pennsylvania with his parents and other siblings on their westward migration, which took them first to Illinois, then later on to Nebraska, Kansas, and finally into Oklahoma Territory in September 1893.
Aaron, along with his father Jacob Diller, his older brother John, and his next oldest sister Leah participated in the "Cherokee Strip" land run on September 16, 1893. In one or two wagons the four of them joined the starting line-up at Caldwell, Kansas. The race for land started at gunshot at 12 noon.
The four of them first set stake in the vicinity of Wakita, Oklahoma, but one of their claims was contested so they moved on as they wanted to locate where they could all be together. They then went on south to a location about two miles west of what is now Nash, Oklahoma, where they staked their claims on adjoining quarters.
After Aaron staked his claim on the SW 1/4 5-25-8 (Grant County) in the fall of 1893, he built what was called a Dugout, sort of a cave in which he lived that winter. The following summer he built a Sod House which was more spacious and liveable in which to bring his future bride, Jennie Lind Holderman of Newton, Kansas. Aaron B. Diller was united in marriage to Jennie Lynn Holderman Sept 2, 1894, at Newton Kansas, and came to the homestead west of Nash immediately.
He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1896 and entered into the ministry a few years later.
The following year their first child, a girl they named Eunice May, was born. In 1900, a son, George Virgil was born. Both these children were born in the sod house. Sometime previous to 1903 a frame house of lumber was built, the material having to be hauled from Pond Creek a distance of 16 miles, 32 miles round trip by horses and wagon. The "Soddy" was abandoned in favor of the new frame home in which twin boys were born in 1903, named Lloyd Jacob and Floyd Lewis.
The "Monitor Church was organized as the 'Salt Plains Church' in 1899. The name was changed to Monitor in 1903 after a building had been built and dedicated (WNW of Nash, OK]. Services had been held in the homes and school houses until then. Brother A. B. Diller was elected to the ministry. A membership in the sixties with several ministers and deacons was built up, with an active program according to reports through 1921. Members moved away and the church closed, with no cause given" [Ethel Sherfy Harris, Brethren on the Southern Plains, Southern Plains District Board, 1976: 24]. Aaron was first listed as a minister in the Brethren Almanac in 1900 and was made elder in 1916 in the Monitor Church of Nash.
Aaron lived on his homestead until 1928 when he and his wife, Jennie, went to the Rio Grand Valley at Carrizo Springs, Texas, where they lived until the fall of 1930. They traded that place for a farm west of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, where they lived until Aaron died on May 2, 1959, at the age of 89 years 4 months and 26 days.
Floyd L. Diller of near Wynnewood was the only surviving son. Those preceding him in death were Mrs. Eunice Posey, Lloyd and Virgil Diller. He left his wife of the home, one son, Floyd, thirteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla Frickel of Ringwood, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Silvanna Blanpied of Lake Wales, Florida.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Francis Diller
Mary (Detweiler) Diller
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Joseph Burkholder
Maria/Mary (Whisler) Burkholder
Aaron, along with his father Jacob Diller, his older brother John, and his next oldest sister Leah participated in the "Cherokee Strip" land run on September 16, 1893. In one or two wagons the four of them joined the starting line-up at Caldwell, Kansas. The race for land started at gunshot at 12 noon.
The four of them first set stake in the vicinity of Wakita, Oklahoma, but one of their claims was contested so they moved on as they wanted to locate where they could all be together. They then went on south to a location about two miles west of what is now Nash, Oklahoma, where they staked their claims on adjoining quarters.
After Aaron staked his claim on the SW 1/4 5-25-8 (Grant County) in the fall of 1893, he built what was called a Dugout, sort of a cave in which he lived that winter. The following summer he built a Sod House which was more spacious and liveable in which to bring his future bride, Jennie Lind Holderman of Newton, Kansas. Aaron B. Diller was united in marriage to Jennie Lynn Holderman Sept 2, 1894, at Newton Kansas, and came to the homestead west of Nash immediately.
He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1896 and entered into the ministry a few years later.
The following year their first child, a girl they named Eunice May, was born. In 1900, a son, George Virgil was born. Both these children were born in the sod house. Sometime previous to 1903 a frame house of lumber was built, the material having to be hauled from Pond Creek a distance of 16 miles, 32 miles round trip by horses and wagon. The "Soddy" was abandoned in favor of the new frame home in which twin boys were born in 1903, named Lloyd Jacob and Floyd Lewis.
The "Monitor Church was organized as the 'Salt Plains Church' in 1899. The name was changed to Monitor in 1903 after a building had been built and dedicated (WNW of Nash, OK]. Services had been held in the homes and school houses until then. Brother A. B. Diller was elected to the ministry. A membership in the sixties with several ministers and deacons was built up, with an active program according to reports through 1921. Members moved away and the church closed, with no cause given" [Ethel Sherfy Harris, Brethren on the Southern Plains, Southern Plains District Board, 1976: 24]. Aaron was first listed as a minister in the Brethren Almanac in 1900 and was made elder in 1916 in the Monitor Church of Nash.
Aaron lived on his homestead until 1928 when he and his wife, Jennie, went to the Rio Grand Valley at Carrizo Springs, Texas, where they lived until the fall of 1930. They traded that place for a farm west of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, where they lived until Aaron died on May 2, 1959, at the age of 89 years 4 months and 26 days.
Floyd L. Diller of near Wynnewood was the only surviving son. Those preceding him in death were Mrs. Eunice Posey, Lloyd and Virgil Diller. He left his wife of the home, one son, Floyd, thirteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla Frickel of Ringwood, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Silvanna Blanpied of Lake Wales, Florida.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Francis Diller
Mary (Detweiler) Diller
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Joseph Burkholder
Maria/Mary (Whisler) Burkholder
Aaron B. Diller was born on December 7, 1869, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the fourth of seven children born to Jacob and Anna (Burkholder) Diller. He was only eight years old when he left Pennsylvania with his parents and other siblings on their westward migration, which took them first to Illinois, then later on to Nebraska, Kansas, and finally into Oklahoma Territory in September 1893.
Aaron, along with his father Jacob Diller, his older brother John, and his next oldest sister Leah participated in the "Cherokee Strip" land run on September 16, 1893. In one or two wagons the four of them joined the starting line-up at Caldwell, Kansas. The race for land started at gunshot at 12 noon.
The four of them first set stake in the vicinity of Wakita, Oklahoma, but one of their claims was contested so they moved on as they wanted to locate where they could all be together. They then went on south to a location about two miles west of what is now Nash, Oklahoma, where they staked their claims on adjoining quarters.
After Aaron staked his claim on the SW 1/4 5-25-8 (Grant County) in the fall of 1893, he built what was called a Dugout, sort of a cave in which he lived that winter. The following summer he built a Sod House which was more spacious and liveable in which to bring his future bride, Jennie Lind Holderman of Newton, Kansas. Aaron B. Diller was united in marriage to Jennie Lynn Holderman Sept 2, 1894, at Newton Kansas, and came to the homestead west of Nash immediately.
He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1896 and entered into the ministry a few years later.
The following year their first child, a girl they named Eunice May, was born. In 1900, a son, George Virgil was born. Both these children were born in the sod house. Sometime previous to 1903 a frame house of lumber was built, the material having to be hauled from Pond Creek a distance of 16 miles, 32 miles round trip by horses and wagon. The "Soddy" was abandoned in favor of the new frame home in which twin boys were born in 1903, named Lloyd Jacob and Floyd Lewis.
The "Monitor Church was organized as the 'Salt Plains Church' in 1899. The name was changed to Monitor in 1903 after a building had been built and dedicated (WNW of Nash, OK]. Services had been held in the homes and school houses until then. Brother A. B. Diller was elected to the ministry. A membership in the sixties with several ministers and deacons was built up, with an active program according to reports through 1921. Members moved away and the church closed, with no cause given" [Ethel Sherfy Harris, Brethren on the Southern Plains, Southern Plains District Board, 1976: 24]. Aaron was first listed as a minister in the Brethren Almanac in 1900 and was made elder in 1916 in the Monitor Church of Nash.
Aaron lived on his homestead until 1928 when he and his wife, Jennie, went to the Rio Grand Valley at Carrizo Springs, Texas, where they lived until the fall of 1930. They traded that place for a farm west of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, where they lived until Aaron died on May 2, 1959, at the age of 89 years 4 months and 26 days.
Floyd L. Diller of near Wynnewood was the only surviving son. Those preceding him in death were Mrs. Eunice Posey, Lloyd and Virgil Diller. He left his wife of the home, one son, Floyd, thirteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla Frickel of Ringwood, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Silvanna Blanpied of Lake Wales, Florida.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Francis Diller
Mary (Detweiler) Diller
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Joseph Burkholder
Maria/Mary (Whisler) Burkholder
Aaron, along with his father Jacob Diller, his older brother John, and his next oldest sister Leah participated in the "Cherokee Strip" land run on September 16, 1893. In one or two wagons the four of them joined the starting line-up at Caldwell, Kansas. The race for land started at gunshot at 12 noon.
The four of them first set stake in the vicinity of Wakita, Oklahoma, but one of their claims was contested so they moved on as they wanted to locate where they could all be together. They then went on south to a location about two miles west of what is now Nash, Oklahoma, where they staked their claims on adjoining quarters.
After Aaron staked his claim on the SW 1/4 5-25-8 (Grant County) in the fall of 1893, he built what was called a Dugout, sort of a cave in which he lived that winter. The following summer he built a Sod House which was more spacious and liveable in which to bring his future bride, Jennie Lind Holderman of Newton, Kansas. Aaron B. Diller was united in marriage to Jennie Lynn Holderman Sept 2, 1894, at Newton Kansas, and came to the homestead west of Nash immediately.
He united with the Church of the Brethren in 1896 and entered into the ministry a few years later.
The following year their first child, a girl they named Eunice May, was born. In 1900, a son, George Virgil was born. Both these children were born in the sod house. Sometime previous to 1903 a frame house of lumber was built, the material having to be hauled from Pond Creek a distance of 16 miles, 32 miles round trip by horses and wagon. The "Soddy" was abandoned in favor of the new frame home in which twin boys were born in 1903, named Lloyd Jacob and Floyd Lewis.
The "Monitor Church was organized as the 'Salt Plains Church' in 1899. The name was changed to Monitor in 1903 after a building had been built and dedicated (WNW of Nash, OK]. Services had been held in the homes and school houses until then. Brother A. B. Diller was elected to the ministry. A membership in the sixties with several ministers and deacons was built up, with an active program according to reports through 1921. Members moved away and the church closed, with no cause given" [Ethel Sherfy Harris, Brethren on the Southern Plains, Southern Plains District Board, 1976: 24]. Aaron was first listed as a minister in the Brethren Almanac in 1900 and was made elder in 1916 in the Monitor Church of Nash.
Aaron lived on his homestead until 1928 when he and his wife, Jennie, went to the Rio Grand Valley at Carrizo Springs, Texas, where they lived until the fall of 1930. They traded that place for a farm west of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, where they lived until Aaron died on May 2, 1959, at the age of 89 years 4 months and 26 days.
Floyd L. Diller of near Wynnewood was the only surviving son. Those preceding him in death were Mrs. Eunice Posey, Lloyd and Virgil Diller. He left his wife of the home, one son, Floyd, thirteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla Frickel of Ringwood, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Silvanna Blanpied of Lake Wales, Florida.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Francis Diller
Mary (Detweiler) Diller
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Rev. Joseph Burkholder
Maria/Mary (Whisler) Burkholder
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