BIOGRAPHY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was the second of ten children born to Henry David and Hannah Jane "Jennie" (Yockey) Burkepile, on their farm near Mannsville, Pennsylvania, Perry County (in the center of the state). The book "Churches Between the Mountains" includes this statement: "Those who professed a change of heart were then for a time instructed and established in the doctrines of our holy religion, and after being examined by the Church-Council and by vote of the same, on Saturday the 10th of April, 1858, the following persons were confirmed....Jacob Burkepile."
Jacob was a trained stone mason; this was obvious when he built a two-story rock home in Mitchell County, Kansas near the Lincoln County, Kansas line. It was unusual to have a stone house of this size, and many thought (wrongly) that it was a sign of wealth. However, the home was abandoned after only a few years when he moved to Beloit, Kansas.
Jacob enlisted to serve during the Civil War twice. The first was as a Private with Company H, 133 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 8 Aug 1862 at Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania for 9 months, 31 Oct 1862 to 30 April 1863. Mustered out 25 May 1863. Was in action 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The second was when he enlisted 31 Aug 1864 for one year in 208 Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, Company as a Private. Mustered in 9 Apr 1864 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Captain Curtin. Mustered out at Alexandria, Va 1 June 1865. His physial description was noted as being 5'7' tall, red hair, brown eyes (other sources have blue eyes or hazel eyes), light complexion, and his occupation that of a carpenter. Per his military pension records, he was injured at the battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec 1862 when, lying prone a ball struck the ground near him, sending a stone into his left eye and partially destroying the sight in that eye.
After his military service, he returned to Pennsylvania and married Mary Ann nee Ricedorff in the Lutheran Church at New Bloomfield (Perry County), Pennsylvania. She had a child, Anna Euphemia Minich, by a first marriage to William Minich. They stayed near New Bloomfield for the next 14 years, where Jacob farmed. They were the parents of seven children:
1. Hannah Jane "Jennie" (1867-1945) who married William Hunter.
2. John William (1868-1927) who married Susan "Katie" Heller.
3. Charles Edward (1870-1944) who married Rachel Ellen Parsons.
4. Sarah Catherine "Kate" (1871-1949) who married Gustave Casper.
5. Henry Sylvester "Harry" (1873-1927) who married Kate "Kitty" Kirby.
6. Susan Ellen "Ella" (1875-1964) for married Eugene Clayton Mears.
7. James Calvin (15 Aug 1877-13 Aug 1879) who is buried in the Mount Rock Methodist Church Yard in Mount Rock, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
On March 15, 1880, Jacob and his family followed his uncle George Burkepile to Mitchell County, Kansas. He farmed in a couple of places near Solomon Rapids, Kansas before purchasing the land on which he erected his stone house. It is likely that while there they attended the Lutheran church at Round Springs, a few miles west of their farm.
They moved to Beloit where Mary Ann died on April 11, 1899; services were conducted from the Lutheran Church.
After her death, Jacob went to Union County, Oregon where he stayed for a time with his daughter Kate Caspar and her family; he was enumerated there in the 1900 census.
Returning to Kansas, he married Alice Susan Lupfer, a cousin of his first wife, in Beloit on June 12, 1902. She was of the Methodist religion, and apparently Jacob
then joined the Methodist church in Beloit. Jacob died July 6, 1904 in Beloit and is buried in the Burkepile family plot at Elmwood cemetery near his uncle George.
Following his death, his second wife Alice returned to Perry County, Pennsylvania. She sponsored a memorial stained-glass window in honor of Jacob, which is in the Walnut Grove Methodist Church near Newport, Pennsylvania.
Alice died in 1919 and is buried in the Newport city cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was born Jan 27, 1842, in Perry County, Pennsylvania and died at his home in Beloit, Kansas July 6, 1904. Mr. Burkepile was a veteran soldier of the Civil War, serving in the 133rd Regiment PVI, Company H and a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E.
In addition to farming from 1880-1881 near Solomon Rapids and from 1882-1887 in Saltville township (Mitchell county, Kansas), he was a skilled stone mason and carpenter.
He was married December 6, 1866 to Mary Ricedorff. Three sons and three daughters by his first wife survive him. The mother of his children died five years ago. June 12, 1902 he was married to Alice Lupfer, who remains to mourn his loss.
Mr. Burkepile was respected by all who knew him as a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a good Christian. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Beloit.
Surviving children are Hannah Jane (Mrs J.E. Hunter), John William, Charles Edward, Sarah Catherine "Kate" (Mrs. Gustave Casper), Harry Sylvester, and Susan Ellen "Ella" (Mrs. Eugene Clayton Mears).
A son, James Calvin, died at the age of two in 1879.
The funeral services were held in the church, by the pastor, Rev. John A. Bull, assisted by the presiding deacon, Rev. F.D. Baker, and Rev. B.F. McMillian. The burial services at Elmwood cemetery were condected by G.A.R. post no. 147, of which he was a member.
Jacob B. Burkepile was the second of ten children born to Henry David and Hannah Jane "Jennie" (Yockey) Burkepile, on their farm near Mannsville, Pennsylvania, Perry County (in the center of the state). The book "Churches Between the Mountains" includes this statement: "Those who professed a change of heart were then for a time instructed and established in the doctrines of our holy religion, and after being examined by the Church-Council and by vote of the same, on Saturday the 10th of April, 1858, the following persons were confirmed....Jacob Burkepile."
Jacob was a trained stone mason; this was obvious when he built a two-story rock home in Mitchell County, Kansas near the Lincoln County, Kansas line. It was unusual to have a stone house of this size, and many thought (wrongly) that it was a sign of wealth. However, the home was abandoned after only a few years when he moved to Beloit, Kansas.
Jacob enlisted to serve during the Civil War twice. The first was as a Private with Company H, 133 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 8 Aug 1862 at Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania for 9 months, 31 Oct 1862 to 30 April 1863. Mustered out 25 May 1863. Was in action 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The second was when he enlisted 31 Aug 1864 for one year in 208 Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, Company as a Private. Mustered in 9 Apr 1864 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Captain Curtin. Mustered out at Alexandria, Va 1 June 1865. His physial description was noted as being 5'7' tall, red hair, brown eyes (other sources have blue eyes or hazel eyes), light complexion, and his occupation that of a carpenter. Per his military pension records, he was injured at the battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec 1862 when, lying prone a ball struck the ground near him, sending a stone into his left eye and partially destroying the sight in that eye.
After his military service, he returned to Pennsylvania and married Mary Ann nee Ricedorff in the Lutheran Church at New Bloomfield (Perry County), Pennsylvania. She had a child, Anna Euphemia Minich, by a first marriage to William Minich. They stayed near New Bloomfield for the next 14 years, where Jacob farmed. They were the parents of seven children:
1. Hannah Jane "Jennie" (1867-1945) who married William Hunter.
2. John William (1868-1927) who married Susan "Katie" Heller.
3. Charles Edward (1870-1944) who married Rachel Ellen Parsons.
4. Sarah Catherine "Kate" (1871-1949) who married Gustave Casper.
5. Henry Sylvester "Harry" (1873-1927) who married Kate "Kitty" Kirby.
6. Susan Ellen "Ella" (1875-1964) for married Eugene Clayton Mears.
7. James Calvin (15 Aug 1877-13 Aug 1879) who is buried in the Mount Rock Methodist Church Yard in Mount Rock, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
On March 15, 1880, Jacob and his family followed his uncle George Burkepile to Mitchell County, Kansas. He farmed in a couple of places near Solomon Rapids, Kansas before purchasing the land on which he erected his stone house. It is likely that while there they attended the Lutheran church at Round Springs, a few miles west of their farm.
They moved to Beloit where Mary Ann died on April 11, 1899; services were conducted from the Lutheran Church.
After her death, Jacob went to Union County, Oregon where he stayed for a time with his daughter Kate Caspar and her family; he was enumerated there in the 1900 census.
Returning to Kansas, he married Alice Susan Lupfer, a cousin of his first wife, in Beloit on June 12, 1902. She was of the Methodist religion, and apparently Jacob
then joined the Methodist church in Beloit. Jacob died July 6, 1904 in Beloit and is buried in the Burkepile family plot at Elmwood cemetery near his uncle George.
Following his death, his second wife Alice returned to Perry County, Pennsylvania. She sponsored a memorial stained-glass window in honor of Jacob, which is in the Walnut Grove Methodist Church near Newport, Pennsylvania.
Alice died in 1919 and is buried in the Newport city cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was born Jan 27, 1842, in Perry County, Pennsylvania and died at his home in Beloit, Kansas July 6, 1904. Mr. Burkepile was a veteran soldier of the Civil War, serving in the 133rd Regiment PVI, Company H and a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E.
In addition to farming from 1880-1881 near Solomon Rapids and from 1882-1887 in Saltville township (Mitchell county, Kansas), he was a skilled stone mason and carpenter.
He was married December 6, 1866 to Mary Ricedorff. Three sons and three daughters by his first wife survive him. The mother of his children died five years ago. June 12, 1902 he was married to Alice Lupfer, who remains to mourn his loss.
Mr. Burkepile was respected by all who knew him as a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a good Christian. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Beloit.
Surviving children are Hannah Jane (Mrs J.E. Hunter), John William, Charles Edward, Sarah Catherine "Kate" (Mrs. Gustave Casper), Harry Sylvester, and Susan Ellen "Ella" (Mrs. Eugene Clayton Mears).
A son, James Calvin, died at the age of two in 1879.
The funeral services were held in the church, by the pastor, Rev. John A. Bull, assisted by the presiding deacon, Rev. F.D. Baker, and Rev. B.F. McMillian. The burial services at Elmwood cemetery were condected by G.A.R. post no. 147, of which he was a member.
BIOGRAPHY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was the second of ten children born to Henry David and Hannah Jane "Jennie" (Yockey) Burkepile, on their farm near Mannsville, Pennsylvania, Perry County (in the center of the state). The book "Churches Between the Mountains" includes this statement: "Those who professed a change of heart were then for a time instructed and established in the doctrines of our holy religion, and after being examined by the Church-Council and by vote of the same, on Saturday the 10th of April, 1858, the following persons were confirmed....Jacob Burkepile."
Jacob was a trained stone mason; this was obvious when he built a two-story rock home in Mitchell County, Kansas near the Lincoln County, Kansas line. It was unusual to have a stone house of this size, and many thought (wrongly) that it was a sign of wealth. However, the home was abandoned after only a few years when he moved to Beloit, Kansas.
Jacob enlisted to serve during the Civil War twice. The first was as a Private with Company H, 133 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 8 Aug 1862 at Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania for 9 months, 31 Oct 1862 to 30 April 1863. Mustered out 25 May 1863. Was in action 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The second was when he enlisted 31 Aug 1864 for one year in 208 Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, Company as a Private. Mustered in 9 Apr 1864 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Captain Curtin. Mustered out at Alexandria, Va 1 June 1865. His physial description was noted as being 5'7' tall, red hair, brown eyes (other sources have blue eyes or hazel eyes), light complexion, and his occupation that of a carpenter. Per his military pension records, he was injured at the battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec 1862 when, lying prone a ball struck the ground near him, sending a stone into his left eye and partially destroying the sight in that eye.
After his military service, he returned to Pennsylvania and married Mary Ann nee Ricedorff in the Lutheran Church at New Bloomfield (Perry County), Pennsylvania. She had a child, Anna Euphemia Minich, by a first marriage to William Minich. They stayed near New Bloomfield for the next 14 years, where Jacob farmed. They were the parents of seven children:
1. Hannah Jane "Jennie" (1867-1945) who married William Hunter.
2. John William (1868-1927) who married Susan "Katie" Heller.
3. Charles Edward (1870-1944) who married Rachel Ellen Parsons.
4. Sarah Catherine "Kate" (1871-1949) who married Gustave Casper.
5. Henry Sylvester "Harry" (1873-1927) who married Kate "Kitty" Kirby.
6. Susan Ellen "Ella" (1875-1964) for married Eugene Clayton Mears.
7. James Calvin (15 Aug 1877-13 Aug 1879) who is buried in the Mount Rock Methodist Church Yard in Mount Rock, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
On March 15, 1880, Jacob and his family followed his uncle George Burkepile to Mitchell County, Kansas. He farmed in a couple of places near Solomon Rapids, Kansas before purchasing the land on which he erected his stone house. It is likely that while there they attended the Lutheran church at Round Springs, a few miles west of their farm.
They moved to Beloit where Mary Ann died on April 11, 1899; services were conducted from the Lutheran Church.
After her death, Jacob went to Union County, Oregon where he stayed for a time with his daughter Kate Caspar and her family; he was enumerated there in the 1900 census.
Returning to Kansas, he married Alice Susan Lupfer, a cousin of his first wife, in Beloit on June 12, 1902. She was of the Methodist religion, and apparently Jacob
then joined the Methodist church in Beloit. Jacob died July 6, 1904 in Beloit and is buried in the Burkepile family plot at Elmwood cemetery near his uncle George.
Following his death, his second wife Alice returned to Perry County, Pennsylvania. She sponsored a memorial stained-glass window in honor of Jacob, which is in the Walnut Grove Methodist Church near Newport, Pennsylvania.
Alice died in 1919 and is buried in the Newport city cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was born Jan 27, 1842, in Perry County, Pennsylvania and died at his home in Beloit, Kansas July 6, 1904. Mr. Burkepile was a veteran soldier of the Civil War, serving in the 133rd Regiment PVI, Company H and a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E.
In addition to farming from 1880-1881 near Solomon Rapids and from 1882-1887 in Saltville township (Mitchell county, Kansas), he was a skilled stone mason and carpenter.
He was married December 6, 1866 to Mary Ricedorff. Three sons and three daughters by his first wife survive him. The mother of his children died five years ago. June 12, 1902 he was married to Alice Lupfer, who remains to mourn his loss.
Mr. Burkepile was respected by all who knew him as a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a good Christian. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Beloit.
Surviving children are Hannah Jane (Mrs J.E. Hunter), John William, Charles Edward, Sarah Catherine "Kate" (Mrs. Gustave Casper), Harry Sylvester, and Susan Ellen "Ella" (Mrs. Eugene Clayton Mears).
A son, James Calvin, died at the age of two in 1879.
The funeral services were held in the church, by the pastor, Rev. John A. Bull, assisted by the presiding deacon, Rev. F.D. Baker, and Rev. B.F. McMillian. The burial services at Elmwood cemetery were condected by G.A.R. post no. 147, of which he was a member.
Jacob B. Burkepile was the second of ten children born to Henry David and Hannah Jane "Jennie" (Yockey) Burkepile, on their farm near Mannsville, Pennsylvania, Perry County (in the center of the state). The book "Churches Between the Mountains" includes this statement: "Those who professed a change of heart were then for a time instructed and established in the doctrines of our holy religion, and after being examined by the Church-Council and by vote of the same, on Saturday the 10th of April, 1858, the following persons were confirmed....Jacob Burkepile."
Jacob was a trained stone mason; this was obvious when he built a two-story rock home in Mitchell County, Kansas near the Lincoln County, Kansas line. It was unusual to have a stone house of this size, and many thought (wrongly) that it was a sign of wealth. However, the home was abandoned after only a few years when he moved to Beloit, Kansas.
Jacob enlisted to serve during the Civil War twice. The first was as a Private with Company H, 133 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers on 8 Aug 1862 at Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania for 9 months, 31 Oct 1862 to 30 April 1863. Mustered out 25 May 1863. Was in action 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The second was when he enlisted 31 Aug 1864 for one year in 208 Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, Company as a Private. Mustered in 9 Apr 1864 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Captain Curtin. Mustered out at Alexandria, Va 1 June 1865. His physial description was noted as being 5'7' tall, red hair, brown eyes (other sources have blue eyes or hazel eyes), light complexion, and his occupation that of a carpenter. Per his military pension records, he was injured at the battle of Fredericksburg on 13 Dec 1862 when, lying prone a ball struck the ground near him, sending a stone into his left eye and partially destroying the sight in that eye.
After his military service, he returned to Pennsylvania and married Mary Ann nee Ricedorff in the Lutheran Church at New Bloomfield (Perry County), Pennsylvania. She had a child, Anna Euphemia Minich, by a first marriage to William Minich. They stayed near New Bloomfield for the next 14 years, where Jacob farmed. They were the parents of seven children:
1. Hannah Jane "Jennie" (1867-1945) who married William Hunter.
2. John William (1868-1927) who married Susan "Katie" Heller.
3. Charles Edward (1870-1944) who married Rachel Ellen Parsons.
4. Sarah Catherine "Kate" (1871-1949) who married Gustave Casper.
5. Henry Sylvester "Harry" (1873-1927) who married Kate "Kitty" Kirby.
6. Susan Ellen "Ella" (1875-1964) for married Eugene Clayton Mears.
7. James Calvin (15 Aug 1877-13 Aug 1879) who is buried in the Mount Rock Methodist Church Yard in Mount Rock, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
On March 15, 1880, Jacob and his family followed his uncle George Burkepile to Mitchell County, Kansas. He farmed in a couple of places near Solomon Rapids, Kansas before purchasing the land on which he erected his stone house. It is likely that while there they attended the Lutheran church at Round Springs, a few miles west of their farm.
They moved to Beloit where Mary Ann died on April 11, 1899; services were conducted from the Lutheran Church.
After her death, Jacob went to Union County, Oregon where he stayed for a time with his daughter Kate Caspar and her family; he was enumerated there in the 1900 census.
Returning to Kansas, he married Alice Susan Lupfer, a cousin of his first wife, in Beloit on June 12, 1902. She was of the Methodist religion, and apparently Jacob
then joined the Methodist church in Beloit. Jacob died July 6, 1904 in Beloit and is buried in the Burkepile family plot at Elmwood cemetery near his uncle George.
Following his death, his second wife Alice returned to Perry County, Pennsylvania. She sponsored a memorial stained-glass window in honor of Jacob, which is in the Walnut Grove Methodist Church near Newport, Pennsylvania.
Alice died in 1919 and is buried in the Newport city cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Jacob B. Burkepile was born Jan 27, 1842, in Perry County, Pennsylvania and died at his home in Beloit, Kansas July 6, 1904. Mr. Burkepile was a veteran soldier of the Civil War, serving in the 133rd Regiment PVI, Company H and a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E.
In addition to farming from 1880-1881 near Solomon Rapids and from 1882-1887 in Saltville township (Mitchell county, Kansas), he was a skilled stone mason and carpenter.
He was married December 6, 1866 to Mary Ricedorff. Three sons and three daughters by his first wife survive him. The mother of his children died five years ago. June 12, 1902 he was married to Alice Lupfer, who remains to mourn his loss.
Mr. Burkepile was respected by all who knew him as a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a good Christian. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Beloit.
Surviving children are Hannah Jane (Mrs J.E. Hunter), John William, Charles Edward, Sarah Catherine "Kate" (Mrs. Gustave Casper), Harry Sylvester, and Susan Ellen "Ella" (Mrs. Eugene Clayton Mears).
A son, James Calvin, died at the age of two in 1879.
The funeral services were held in the church, by the pastor, Rev. John A. Bull, assisted by the presiding deacon, Rev. F.D. Baker, and Rev. B.F. McMillian. The burial services at Elmwood cemetery were condected by G.A.R. post no. 147, of which he was a member.
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