U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., attended the common schools and a private school in Harrisburg; involved in agricultural; associate judge of Lancaster County 1810-1819; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820; deputy surveyor of Lancaster County for twenty years; justice of the peace; chairman of the board of canal appraisers; major general of Pennsylvania Militia for twelve years; organized the Northern Mutual Insurance Co., in 1844 and served as its first president; died and buried at his residence near Ephrata, Pa.
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"On the 19th of this month, at his residence in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Jacob Hibschman, Esq., at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 19 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, May 28, 1852)
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"On the 19th of this month, at his residence in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Jacob Hibschman, Esq., at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 19 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, May 28, 1852)
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., attended the common schools and a private school in Harrisburg; involved in agricultural; associate judge of Lancaster County 1810-1819; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820; deputy surveyor of Lancaster County for twenty years; justice of the peace; chairman of the board of canal appraisers; major general of Pennsylvania Militia for twelve years; organized the Northern Mutual Insurance Co., in 1844 and served as its first president; died and buried at his residence near Ephrata, Pa.
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"On the 19th of this month, at his residence in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Jacob Hibschman, Esq., at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 19 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, May 28, 1852)
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"On the 19th of this month, at his residence in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Jacob Hibschman, Esq., at the age of 80 years, 4 months and 19 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, May 28, 1852)
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