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Jacob Eisenberg Wile

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Jacob Eisenberg Wile

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1921 (aged 81–82)
Boone County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section West of the Flag
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Part of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis is named after Jacob Wile - J.E. Wile Hall on Capitol Street.
Jacob married 1st Mary Agnes Brand on September 11, 1864.
Jacob E. Wile married 2nd Mary Roberts on November 7, 1878.
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind.,
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895, page 520:

JACOB E. WILE of Sugar Creek township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery county. Pa., June 8, .1839, a son of Samuel and Esther (Eisenberg) Wile, who were born and married and who died in the same state, the former in April and the latter in November, 1857, the father being a blacksmith and farmer. , They were the parents of twelve children, named as follows: Elizabeth, deceased; Catherine; Matilda, deceased; Esther; Charles; Mary; Samuel; Jacob E.; Eleanor; Abraham, deceased; Sophia and Rebecca — the last named also deceased. The parents were Lutheran in their religious faith, and in politics the father was a democrat; he was scrupulously honest and much respected.

Jacob E. Wile worked out among strangers from eight until seventeen years of age, and then served an apprenticeship of three years at carpentering, which trade he later followed six years, three as a journeyman, and three as a contractor. He then fitted himself for teaching, and, in connection with his trade, taught school four years. September 11, 1864, he married Miss Agnes Brand, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 19, 1845, a daughter of John and Mary (Wilson) Brand, and to this marriage were born three children, as follows: Clara, now the wife of A. McKey; John W. ; and Flora A., the wife of William Boyd. Mrs. Agnes Wile, died September 16, 1876, and on November 7, 1878, Mr. Wile married Mary Roberts, who was born in Franklin county, Ind., May 7, 1852, a daughter of James and Lucy Roberts, natives of England. Two children bless this union, Carrie and Lucy May. Mr. Wile still lives on the Brand farm of eighty acres he bought four years after his marriage, and which he has greatly improved. In politics he is a democrat, and he and his wife are highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Part of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis is named after Jacob Wile - J.E. Wile Hall on Capitol Street.
Jacob married 1st Mary Agnes Brand on September 11, 1864.
Jacob E. Wile married 2nd Mary Roberts on November 7, 1878.
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind.,
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895, page 520:

JACOB E. WILE of Sugar Creek township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery county. Pa., June 8, .1839, a son of Samuel and Esther (Eisenberg) Wile, who were born and married and who died in the same state, the former in April and the latter in November, 1857, the father being a blacksmith and farmer. , They were the parents of twelve children, named as follows: Elizabeth, deceased; Catherine; Matilda, deceased; Esther; Charles; Mary; Samuel; Jacob E.; Eleanor; Abraham, deceased; Sophia and Rebecca — the last named also deceased. The parents were Lutheran in their religious faith, and in politics the father was a democrat; he was scrupulously honest and much respected.

Jacob E. Wile worked out among strangers from eight until seventeen years of age, and then served an apprenticeship of three years at carpentering, which trade he later followed six years, three as a journeyman, and three as a contractor. He then fitted himself for teaching, and, in connection with his trade, taught school four years. September 11, 1864, he married Miss Agnes Brand, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 19, 1845, a daughter of John and Mary (Wilson) Brand, and to this marriage were born three children, as follows: Clara, now the wife of A. McKey; John W. ; and Flora A., the wife of William Boyd. Mrs. Agnes Wile, died September 16, 1876, and on November 7, 1878, Mr. Wile married Mary Roberts, who was born in Franklin county, Ind., May 7, 1852, a daughter of James and Lucy Roberts, natives of England. Two children bless this union, Carrie and Lucy May. Mr. Wile still lives on the Brand farm of eighty acres he bought four years after his marriage, and which he has greatly improved. In politics he is a democrat, and he and his wife are highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Gravesite Details

He is buried next to Mary Wile.



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