Daniel Koch (December 24, 1816 - January 7, 1903) was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, having been elected in 1860. He was also the father of railroad magnate Richard H. Koch and served as a Union soldier in the Civil War.Daniel Koch was born as the first of ten children to Henry Koch and Susanna Bock Koch on December 24, 1816. He was born at the mill that his ancestors built, called Kunkle's Mill. Susanna was the daughter of Balthaser Bock, an emigrant from Prussia. Koch was also ethnically Germanic, as his ancestor Adam Koch arrived from Germany on May 30, 1741. Adam had settled in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia
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