We finally arrive in Pandora Ohio, an
d Bluffton two amazing Swiss super clean Communities that were settled in the 1800's. My grandfather Christian Schumacher and grandmother Elizabeth Schumacher built the above historical homestead in 1843 along a beautiful tributary. It consists now of about 400 acres of corn land, but at one time my grandfather owned or leased approximately1000 acres. As you can imagine they were very hard working people in those days.
http://www.pandoraoh.com/webpage/swiss
/homestead.html The Diller farms are also still just across the road and very similar to this Schumacher Farm. The Diller surname in Bern Switzerland was Thueller and mistakenly changed at Ellis Island to Diller, the last name used today. We were naturally given a personal tour by one of my Swiss Mennonite cousin's with the little Swiss hat and beard. These Diller and Schumacher relatives all still live on various farms in the area or seem to be attorney's downtown. They still retain their strong Mennonite beliefs. The Amish actually broke off from the Swiss Mennonites and there is still a strong Amish presence in the area as well. Their summer house they called it was built next to the main house and their barn was almost as interesting as the house. 
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