John Jacobs
Sarah A.
(-1834)
Samuel Jacobs
(1834-1927)
Sarah Ann Laughman
(1848-1925)
Benjamin Franklin Jacobs
(1864-1954)

 

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Benjamin Franklin Jacobs 1 2

  • Born: 11 Jun 1864, Abbottstown, Adams, PA 2 3
  • Died: 17 Sep 1954, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA at age 90 2 3
  • Buried: 20 Sep 1954, Columbia: Mount Bethel Cemetery, Lancaster, PA 3

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in West Hempfield Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Samuel Jacobs, laborer, 47, living with wife Sarah, 29; Benjamin, 15; Elizabeth, 5; Solomon E., 3; and Lucinda, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: on 11 May 1927 in Columbia, Lancaster, PA. 1

3. Cause of Death: toxemia due to arteriosclerotic gangrene right leg, 17 Sep 1954, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 3

4. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of Benjamin L. Jacobs on 17 Sep 1954 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 2 Benjamin L. Jacobs, ninety, of 114 S. Prince St., died at the Lancaster County Hospital at 5:45 a. m. today after a long illness. He was born in Abbotstown and is the last of his immediate family. Three children survive: Edward and Mrs. John Luttman, Columbia; and Mrs. John Seibert, this city; also 12 grandchildren.

5. Occupation: laborer on 17 Sep 1954 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 3

6. Residence: 144 S. Prince St., Lancaster, PA on 17 Sep 1954 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 3

Sources

1 Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 11 May 1927, page 2. Obituary of Samuel Jacobs.

2 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 17 Sep 1954, page 3. Obituary of Benajamin L. Jacobs.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 75443 Benjamin Jacobs, b. 11 Jun 1864, d. 17 Sep 1954, father Samuel Jacobs, mother Susie, informant Anna E. Abraham - Lancaster, Pa.

4 1880 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFT-46K Samuel Jacobs, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.


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