Jacob Weirich 1
- Born: 8 May 1823, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Marriage (1): Caroline Reinoehl on 11 Apr 1844
General Notes:
Notes for Jacob WEIRICH:
Source: History of DeKalb Co., IN.
Jacob Weirich is a native of Lancaster Co., PA. He was the eighth of twelve children of John and Elizabeth Rupe Weirich natives of Pennsylvania, of German parentage. When he was four years of age his parents moved to Wayne County, and he lived with them on a farm till sixteen years of age. He then began to learn the shoemaker's trade, serving an apprenticeship of two and a half years. After working some time as a journeyman he engaged in business for himself, and in 1850 came to DeKalb County, IN and bought forty acres of wild land on section 16, Fairfield Township.To this he afterward added ten acres and after getting it partially improved sold it and bought the 120 acres which is now his fine farm, which he has brought from a wild-timbered state to one of advanced cultivation. In politics Mr. Weirich is a democrat.
Jacob married Caroline Reinoehl, daughter of John Michael Reinoehl and Catherine Fisher, on 11 Apr 1844. (Caroline Reinoehl was born on 10 Oct 1825 and died on 28 Oct 1913.)
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