Jacob emigrated to the United States in 1844, arriving in New Orleans on the ship Sea Lion, with his children and reportedly located for a brief time in Pennsylvania. He soon moved to Ridge Prairie, St. Clair, IL, where he purchased 138.2 acres of land for $1300. After his wife died on 20 Jul 1852, he made his home with his son Christian and Katherine Baer.
The following was abstracted from the "Summerfield Cemetery Book" published by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, Illinois, p. 32:
The Baer Family Cemetery is located on a farm which had belonged to a Dr. Dexheimer. No stones remain in the cemetery and in the 1850's, it was located on the land which was owned by Jacob Baer. The first burials in this cemetery were that of Jacob Baer's wife (Margaretha Gerlap Baer), his son, Johannes Baer and his son-in-law, Jacob Langenwalter on the 20th of July 1852 and was followed shortly after by a grandson of Jacob Baer (son of his daughter Ellizabeth Baer Langenwalter) on the 25th of July 1852. All of these souls died from cholera.
The following was abstracted from the "Summerfield Cemetery Book" published by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, Illinois, p. 32:
The Baer Family Cemetery is located on a farm which had belonged to a Dr. Dexheimer. No stones remain in the cemetery and in the 1850's, it was located on the land which was owned by Jacob Baer. The first burials in this cemetery were that of Jacob Baer's wife (Margaretha Gerlap Baer), his son, Johannes Baer and his son-in-law, Jacob Langenwalter on the 20th of July 1852 and was followed shortly after by a grandson of Jacob Baer (son of his daughter Ellizabeth Baer Langenwalter) on the 25th of July 1852. All of these souls died from cholera.
Jacob emigrated to the United States in 1844, arriving in New Orleans on the ship Sea Lion, with his children and reportedly located for a brief time in Pennsylvania. He soon moved to Ridge Prairie, St. Clair, IL, where he purchased 138.2 acres of land for $1300. After his wife died on 20 Jul 1852, he made his home with his son Christian and Katherine Baer.
The following was abstracted from the "Summerfield Cemetery Book" published by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, Illinois, p. 32:
The Baer Family Cemetery is located on a farm which had belonged to a Dr. Dexheimer. No stones remain in the cemetery and in the 1850's, it was located on the land which was owned by Jacob Baer. The first burials in this cemetery were that of Jacob Baer's wife (Margaretha Gerlap Baer), his son, Johannes Baer and his son-in-law, Jacob Langenwalter on the 20th of July 1852 and was followed shortly after by a grandson of Jacob Baer (son of his daughter Ellizabeth Baer Langenwalter) on the 25th of July 1852. All of these souls died from cholera.
The following was abstracted from the "Summerfield Cemetery Book" published by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, Illinois, p. 32:
The Baer Family Cemetery is located on a farm which had belonged to a Dr. Dexheimer. No stones remain in the cemetery and in the 1850's, it was located on the land which was owned by Jacob Baer. The first burials in this cemetery were that of Jacob Baer's wife (Margaretha Gerlap Baer), his son, Johannes Baer and his son-in-law, Jacob Langenwalter on the 20th of July 1852 and was followed shortly after by a grandson of Jacob Baer (son of his daughter Ellizabeth Baer Langenwalter) on the 25th of July 1852. All of these souls died from cholera.
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