Son of John and Elizabeth (Brown?) HIGH. Married 1)Susanna HOFFMAN, 2)Nancy Weaver. Resided in Blue Ball area.
Info from Romaine Stauffer shows more:
obituary in New Holland Clarion, October 23, 1886, page 3, says Jacob was married twice, first to Susanna Hoffman and second to Nancy Weaver who survived him.
OBITUARY: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, October 18, 1886
Jacob High, one of the oldest citizens in Earl township, died suddenly on Saturday evening, of heart disease. He had been suffering for two or three weeks from severe neuralgia or rheumatism in the arm, and on Saturday evening it struck to his heart, and almost immediately resulted fatally. Deceased was 87 years and 4 months old. He was the father of George J. High, farmer; S. S. High, of the firm of High & Martin, this city; John H. High, ex-sheriff of Lancaster county; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph K. Frantz, of Gap, Salisbury township. He was a Mennonite, and for sixty years was a farmer living all that time within a few miles of where he died. He quit farming about fifteen years ago, and has since lived retired. His funeral will take place on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock. There will be preaching at the house after which the funeral will proceed to Zimmerman's graveyard, in Caernarvon township, between Churchtown and Terre Hill.
OBIT: Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 21, November 1, 1886, page 333
HIGH.- On the 16th of October, in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Jacob High, aged 84 years and 7 months. Buried in Zimmerman's graveyard. Services by Isaac Eby. Deceased spent most of his life in East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. He was twice married and leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his death. He was a member of the Mennonite Church from early youth.
Info from Romaine Stauffer shows more:
obituary in New Holland Clarion, October 23, 1886, page 3, says Jacob was married twice, first to Susanna Hoffman and second to Nancy Weaver who survived him.
OBITUARY: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, October 18, 1886
Jacob High, one of the oldest citizens in Earl township, died suddenly on Saturday evening, of heart disease. He had been suffering for two or three weeks from severe neuralgia or rheumatism in the arm, and on Saturday evening it struck to his heart, and almost immediately resulted fatally. Deceased was 87 years and 4 months old. He was the father of George J. High, farmer; S. S. High, of the firm of High & Martin, this city; John H. High, ex-sheriff of Lancaster county; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph K. Frantz, of Gap, Salisbury township. He was a Mennonite, and for sixty years was a farmer living all that time within a few miles of where he died. He quit farming about fifteen years ago, and has since lived retired. His funeral will take place on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock. There will be preaching at the house after which the funeral will proceed to Zimmerman's graveyard, in Caernarvon township, between Churchtown and Terre Hill.
OBIT: Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 21, November 1, 1886, page 333
HIGH.- On the 16th of October, in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Jacob High, aged 84 years and 7 months. Buried in Zimmerman's graveyard. Services by Isaac Eby. Deceased spent most of his life in East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. He was twice married and leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his death. He was a member of the Mennonite Church from early youth.
Son of John and Elizabeth (Brown?) HIGH. Married 1)Susanna HOFFMAN, 2)Nancy Weaver. Resided in Blue Ball area.
Info from Romaine Stauffer shows more:
obituary in New Holland Clarion, October 23, 1886, page 3, says Jacob was married twice, first to Susanna Hoffman and second to Nancy Weaver who survived him.
OBITUARY: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, October 18, 1886
Jacob High, one of the oldest citizens in Earl township, died suddenly on Saturday evening, of heart disease. He had been suffering for two or three weeks from severe neuralgia or rheumatism in the arm, and on Saturday evening it struck to his heart, and almost immediately resulted fatally. Deceased was 87 years and 4 months old. He was the father of George J. High, farmer; S. S. High, of the firm of High & Martin, this city; John H. High, ex-sheriff of Lancaster county; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph K. Frantz, of Gap, Salisbury township. He was a Mennonite, and for sixty years was a farmer living all that time within a few miles of where he died. He quit farming about fifteen years ago, and has since lived retired. His funeral will take place on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock. There will be preaching at the house after which the funeral will proceed to Zimmerman's graveyard, in Caernarvon township, between Churchtown and Terre Hill.
OBIT: Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 21, November 1, 1886, page 333
HIGH.- On the 16th of October, in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Jacob High, aged 84 years and 7 months. Buried in Zimmerman's graveyard. Services by Isaac Eby. Deceased spent most of his life in East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. He was twice married and leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his death. He was a member of the Mennonite Church from early youth.
Info from Romaine Stauffer shows more:
obituary in New Holland Clarion, October 23, 1886, page 3, says Jacob was married twice, first to Susanna Hoffman and second to Nancy Weaver who survived him.
OBITUARY: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, October 18, 1886
Jacob High, one of the oldest citizens in Earl township, died suddenly on Saturday evening, of heart disease. He had been suffering for two or three weeks from severe neuralgia or rheumatism in the arm, and on Saturday evening it struck to his heart, and almost immediately resulted fatally. Deceased was 87 years and 4 months old. He was the father of George J. High, farmer; S. S. High, of the firm of High & Martin, this city; John H. High, ex-sheriff of Lancaster county; and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph K. Frantz, of Gap, Salisbury township. He was a Mennonite, and for sixty years was a farmer living all that time within a few miles of where he died. He quit farming about fifteen years ago, and has since lived retired. His funeral will take place on Tuesday next at 10 o'clock. There will be preaching at the house after which the funeral will proceed to Zimmerman's graveyard, in Caernarvon township, between Churchtown and Terre Hill.
OBIT: Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 21, November 1, 1886, page 333
HIGH.- On the 16th of October, in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Jacob High, aged 84 years and 7 months. Buried in Zimmerman's graveyard. Services by Isaac Eby. Deceased spent most of his life in East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. He was twice married and leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his death. He was a member of the Mennonite Church from early youth.
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