This is an excerpt of pages 602-603 (it says pg 518-519 in the document, but is actually pg 602-602 when you try to save and print it) of the "Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania" that shows details about Henry J. Jackson (1834-1901), his father and mother (John Limbert & Catherine Wise sp), his wife (Caroline Long), siblings, and children. The site of his birth, according to this record, was "4 miles west of McFees Fall, what is now Snyder county, but was then Union county." Attached are copies of the two pages. You can also view this document at the Library of Congress' website. Also, according to Wikipedia, McKees Half Falls is an unincorporated community now located in Snyder County.
"His parents were John and Catherine (Wise) Limbert, the former a son of Peter Limbert, a farmer by occupation, and the latter a daughter of Frederick Wise, a carpenter.......Henry J. Jackson is the oldest in the family of seven children, the others being Rebecca.....John......Frederick.....Catharine....Benjamin....and Samuel."
Page 603 details his marriage to Catherine Long on March 20, 1856 in Rebersburg, and his children (Josiah, Harvey, John, George, and William H).
According to this biography, Henry Jackson learned carpentry with his father, "with whom he came to Madisonburg." It also shows that his father, John Limbert, "came to Centre county, and being a carpenter by trade aided in the construction of the "Miller Hotel" in Madisonburg.....At that place he was married in 1833 and returned to Union county, where he worked at his trade until the early "fifties" when he returned to Madisonburg."
I believe that his mother's maiden name (Wise) is misspelled in this record and should be spelled "Weis," according to her father's gravesite. I haven't checked through the Biographical Record to see if there are any more references to Peter Limbert or the Weis', although I knew of John Limbert's record of "falling through the roof" during the construction of the Miller Hotel in Madisonburg and where the hotel was located at that time. When I was growing up in Snydertown and visited my grandparents in Madisonburg, the hotel at the end of Madisonburg was a grocery store/post office; don't know what it is now.
"His parents were John and Catherine (Wise) Limbert, the former a son of Peter Limbert, a farmer by occupation, and the latter a daughter of Frederick Wise, a carpenter.......Henry J. Jackson is the oldest in the family of seven children, the others being Rebecca.....John......Frederick.....Catharine....Benjamin....and Samuel."
Page 603 details his marriage to Catherine Long on March 20, 1856 in Rebersburg, and his children (Josiah, Harvey, John, George, and William H).
According to this biography, Henry Jackson learned carpentry with his father, "with whom he came to Madisonburg." It also shows that his father, John Limbert, "came to Centre county, and being a carpenter by trade aided in the construction of the "Miller Hotel" in Madisonburg.....At that place he was married in 1833 and returned to Union county, where he worked at his trade until the early "fifties" when he returned to Madisonburg."
I believe that his mother's maiden name (Wise) is misspelled in this record and should be spelled "Weis," according to her father's gravesite. I haven't checked through the Biographical Record to see if there are any more references to Peter Limbert or the Weis', although I knew of John Limbert's record of "falling through the roof" during the construction of the Miller Hotel in Madisonburg and where the hotel was located at that time. When I was growing up in Snydertown and visited my grandparents in Madisonburg, the hotel at the end of Madisonburg was a grocery store/post office; don't know what it is now.
This is an excerpt of pages 602-603 (it says pg 518-519 in the document, but is actually pg 602-602 when you try to save and print it) of the "Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania" that shows details about Henry J. Jackson (1834-1901), his father and mother (John Limbert & Catherine Wise sp), his wife (Caroline Long), siblings, and children. The site of his birth, according to this record, was "4 miles west of McFees Fall, what is now Snyder county, but was then Union county." Attached are copies of the two pages. You can also view this document at the Library of Congress' website. Also, according to Wikipedia, McKees Half Falls is an unincorporated community now located in Snyder County.
"His parents were John and Catherine (Wise) Limbert, the former a son of Peter Limbert, a farmer by occupation, and the latter a daughter of Frederick Wise, a carpenter.......Henry J. Jackson is the oldest in the family of seven children, the others being Rebecca.....John......Frederick.....Catharine....Benjamin....and Samuel."
Page 603 details his marriage to Catherine Long on March 20, 1856 in Rebersburg, and his children (Josiah, Harvey, John, George, and William H).
According to this biography, Henry Jackson learned carpentry with his father, "with whom he came to Madisonburg." It also shows that his father, John Limbert, "came to Centre county, and being a carpenter by trade aided in the construction of the "Miller Hotel" in Madisonburg.....At that place he was married in 1833 and returned to Union county, where he worked at his trade until the early "fifties" when he returned to Madisonburg."
I believe that his mother's maiden name (Wise) is misspelled in this record and should be spelled "Weis," according to her father's gravesite. I haven't checked through the Biographical Record to see if there are any more references to Peter Limbert or the Weis', although I knew of John Limbert's record of "falling through the roof" during the construction of the Miller Hotel in Madisonburg and where the hotel was located at that time. When I was growing up in Snydertown and visited my grandparents in Madisonburg, the hotel at the end of Madisonburg was a grocery store/post office; don't know what it is now.
"His parents were John and Catherine (Wise) Limbert, the former a son of Peter Limbert, a farmer by occupation, and the latter a daughter of Frederick Wise, a carpenter.......Henry J. Jackson is the oldest in the family of seven children, the others being Rebecca.....John......Frederick.....Catharine....Benjamin....and Samuel."
Page 603 details his marriage to Catherine Long on March 20, 1856 in Rebersburg, and his children (Josiah, Harvey, John, George, and William H).
According to this biography, Henry Jackson learned carpentry with his father, "with whom he came to Madisonburg." It also shows that his father, John Limbert, "came to Centre county, and being a carpenter by trade aided in the construction of the "Miller Hotel" in Madisonburg.....At that place he was married in 1833 and returned to Union county, where he worked at his trade until the early "fifties" when he returned to Madisonburg."
I believe that his mother's maiden name (Wise) is misspelled in this record and should be spelled "Weis," according to her father's gravesite. I haven't checked through the Biographical Record to see if there are any more references to Peter Limbert or the Weis', although I knew of John Limbert's record of "falling through the roof" during the construction of the Miller Hotel in Madisonburg and where the hotel was located at that time. When I was growing up in Snydertown and visited my grandparents in Madisonburg, the hotel at the end of Madisonburg was a grocery store/post office; don't know what it is now.
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