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Jacob Drumheller

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Jacob Drumheller

Birth
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jun 1857 (aged 67)
Conyngham, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Conyngham, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Jacob Drumheller was of German descent, one of the pioneers of Sugar Loaf Township. The former followed surveying as a profession, and was also engaged in farming. He served one term as a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature and for upward twenty years was a justice of the peace of Sugar Loaf Township. He was born February 18, 1790 and died June 8, 1857. His wife was a daughter of Henry Thomas, of Butler Township, this county, and by her he had nine children, as follows: William, John, Aaron, Eliza (Mrs. William Shirley), Stephen, Alonzo, Alice, George W. and Caroline (Mrs. James Rhodes), all deceased except Alice and George W.
Jacob Drumheller was of German descent, one of the pioneers of Sugar Loaf Township. The former followed surveying as a profession, and was also engaged in farming. He served one term as a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature and for upward twenty years was a justice of the peace of Sugar Loaf Township. He was born February 18, 1790 and died June 8, 1857. His wife was a daughter of Henry Thomas, of Butler Township, this county, and by her he had nine children, as follows: William, John, Aaron, Eliza (Mrs. William Shirley), Stephen, Alonzo, Alice, George W. and Caroline (Mrs. James Rhodes), all deceased except Alice and George W.


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