From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 500.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOSEPH A. DIMMEY

Joseph A. Dimmey, a prosperous citizen of Ohio county, engaged in the 
dairy business, came to the United States from Germany, his native 
land, in 1847, and in, making the journey experienced dangers and 
hardships that made that chapter of his life a thrilling one.  He 
landed from the ocean steamer at New Orleans, and took a river boat 
up the Mississippi.  When opposite Baton Rouge, the boat was suddenly 
discovered to be on fire, and Mr. Dimmey barely escaped with his life 
by swimming to shore, all of his property being destroyed.  His lot 
was a hard one, penniless in a strange land, but he was determined to 
proceed to Wheeling, his destination, and boarded the next boat for 
Cincinnati, and worked his passage.  Taking another steamer at 
Cincinnati, he proceeded in the same manner to Wheeling.  Arriving 
here, he found employment in the lumber business for thirteen years.  
In 1862, he removed to a place above Wheeling, on the Ohio river, and 
established a dairy at first on a small scale, and remained there for 
seven years.  Having prospered he removed subsequently to his present 
location in Triadelphia district, and has gradually increased his 
business until it is now quite extensive.  Mr. Dimmey was born 
September 8, 1821.  In 1850, he was married to Rosina Bachman, by 
whom he had twelve children, of whom three sons and five daughters 
are living.  Mr. Dimmey and family are members of the Catholic church 
at Wheeling. 


(Linda Fluharty)