Daily Gazette & Bulletin Aug 4 1874
Yesterday was the 50th birthday of Jacob Flock of this city and many friends resolved upon celebrating with a grand serenade. It took place last evening with the Repasz Band forming in front of his residence and discoursing several of their favorite airs. It has the effect of bringing Jacob to the front and he invited the band and his friends to a banquet at the Leiderkrantz hall.
Mr Flock has been a resident of Williamsport for 21 years. After living here 19 years he returned to Prussia to find his father buried beneath the sod but his mother was in the best of health.
Mr. Flock's birthplace is Kirchheilinger Prussia. For five years he served in the Prussian army, as a sergeant for three years and a under officer for two years.
HENRY JACOB FLOCK, deceased, was born in Kirch-heilingen, Prussia, Germany, in 1824, son of Carl F. W. and Mary Dorothea Flock. He was reared in his native land and apprenticed to the stone mason's trade, prior to which he received a common school education. He served five years in the Prussian army, and was then discharged from the service. He came to the United States in 1853, and located in Elmira, New York, coming to Williamsport in 1854. He worked at his trade on the bridges of the Pennsylvania railroad, the DuBois mill, and several furnaces in this part of the State, and was engaged at his trade several years. He afterwards followed boating on the canal. In June, 1865, he purchased the City brewery, and operated it up to his death, November 16, 1884. He, however, tore down most of the old buildings, erected new ones, and supplied them with the best modern machinery for the manufacture of beer. He was very successful in the accumulation of property, and left to his widow and children a handsome competence. Mr. Flock was married in 1855 to Eva Barbara, daughter of John and Eva Catharine Metzger, natives of Germany. They reared a family of five sons and one daughter Catharine Elizabeth; Charles Frederick William; Henry Jacob, deceased; John Henry Christopher; Jacob George, and Herman Frederick William. Mr. Flock was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. He was a member of the Lutheran church, to which denomination his widow and family belong.
Yesterday was the 50th birthday of Jacob Flock of this city and many friends resolved upon celebrating with a grand serenade. It took place last evening with the Repasz Band forming in front of his residence and discoursing several of their favorite airs. It has the effect of bringing Jacob to the front and he invited the band and his friends to a banquet at the Leiderkrantz hall.
Mr Flock has been a resident of Williamsport for 21 years. After living here 19 years he returned to Prussia to find his father buried beneath the sod but his mother was in the best of health.
Mr. Flock's birthplace is Kirchheilinger Prussia. For five years he served in the Prussian army, as a sergeant for three years and a under officer for two years.
HENRY JACOB FLOCK, deceased, was born in Kirch-heilingen, Prussia, Germany, in 1824, son of Carl F. W. and Mary Dorothea Flock. He was reared in his native land and apprenticed to the stone mason's trade, prior to which he received a common school education. He served five years in the Prussian army, and was then discharged from the service. He came to the United States in 1853, and located in Elmira, New York, coming to Williamsport in 1854. He worked at his trade on the bridges of the Pennsylvania railroad, the DuBois mill, and several furnaces in this part of the State, and was engaged at his trade several years. He afterwards followed boating on the canal. In June, 1865, he purchased the City brewery, and operated it up to his death, November 16, 1884. He, however, tore down most of the old buildings, erected new ones, and supplied them with the best modern machinery for the manufacture of beer. He was very successful in the accumulation of property, and left to his widow and children a handsome competence. Mr. Flock was married in 1855 to Eva Barbara, daughter of John and Eva Catharine Metzger, natives of Germany. They reared a family of five sons and one daughter Catharine Elizabeth; Charles Frederick William; Henry Jacob, deceased; John Henry Christopher; Jacob George, and Herman Frederick William. Mr. Flock was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. He was a member of the Lutheran church, to which denomination his widow and family belong.
Daily Gazette & Bulletin Aug 4 1874
Yesterday was the 50th birthday of Jacob Flock of this city and many friends resolved upon celebrating with a grand serenade. It took place last evening with the Repasz Band forming in front of his residence and discoursing several of their favorite airs. It has the effect of bringing Jacob to the front and he invited the band and his friends to a banquet at the Leiderkrantz hall.
Mr Flock has been a resident of Williamsport for 21 years. After living here 19 years he returned to Prussia to find his father buried beneath the sod but his mother was in the best of health.
Mr. Flock's birthplace is Kirchheilinger Prussia. For five years he served in the Prussian army, as a sergeant for three years and a under officer for two years.
HENRY JACOB FLOCK, deceased, was born in Kirch-heilingen, Prussia, Germany, in 1824, son of Carl F. W. and Mary Dorothea Flock. He was reared in his native land and apprenticed to the stone mason's trade, prior to which he received a common school education. He served five years in the Prussian army, and was then discharged from the service. He came to the United States in 1853, and located in Elmira, New York, coming to Williamsport in 1854. He worked at his trade on the bridges of the Pennsylvania railroad, the DuBois mill, and several furnaces in this part of the State, and was engaged at his trade several years. He afterwards followed boating on the canal. In June, 1865, he purchased the City brewery, and operated it up to his death, November 16, 1884. He, however, tore down most of the old buildings, erected new ones, and supplied them with the best modern machinery for the manufacture of beer. He was very successful in the accumulation of property, and left to his widow and children a handsome competence. Mr. Flock was married in 1855 to Eva Barbara, daughter of John and Eva Catharine Metzger, natives of Germany. They reared a family of five sons and one daughter Catharine Elizabeth; Charles Frederick William; Henry Jacob, deceased; John Henry Christopher; Jacob George, and Herman Frederick William. Mr. Flock was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. He was a member of the Lutheran church, to which denomination his widow and family belong.
Yesterday was the 50th birthday of Jacob Flock of this city and many friends resolved upon celebrating with a grand serenade. It took place last evening with the Repasz Band forming in front of his residence and discoursing several of their favorite airs. It has the effect of bringing Jacob to the front and he invited the band and his friends to a banquet at the Leiderkrantz hall.
Mr Flock has been a resident of Williamsport for 21 years. After living here 19 years he returned to Prussia to find his father buried beneath the sod but his mother was in the best of health.
Mr. Flock's birthplace is Kirchheilinger Prussia. For five years he served in the Prussian army, as a sergeant for three years and a under officer for two years.
HENRY JACOB FLOCK, deceased, was born in Kirch-heilingen, Prussia, Germany, in 1824, son of Carl F. W. and Mary Dorothea Flock. He was reared in his native land and apprenticed to the stone mason's trade, prior to which he received a common school education. He served five years in the Prussian army, and was then discharged from the service. He came to the United States in 1853, and located in Elmira, New York, coming to Williamsport in 1854. He worked at his trade on the bridges of the Pennsylvania railroad, the DuBois mill, and several furnaces in this part of the State, and was engaged at his trade several years. He afterwards followed boating on the canal. In June, 1865, he purchased the City brewery, and operated it up to his death, November 16, 1884. He, however, tore down most of the old buildings, erected new ones, and supplied them with the best modern machinery for the manufacture of beer. He was very successful in the accumulation of property, and left to his widow and children a handsome competence. Mr. Flock was married in 1855 to Eva Barbara, daughter of John and Eva Catharine Metzger, natives of Germany. They reared a family of five sons and one daughter Catharine Elizabeth; Charles Frederick William; Henry Jacob, deceased; John Henry Christopher; Jacob George, and Herman Frederick William. Mr. Flock was a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. He was a member of the Lutheran church, to which denomination his widow and family belong.
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