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Jacob Jacques Retterer

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Jacob Jacques Retterer

Birth
Rittershoffen, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death
Jul 1897 (aged 71)
Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Singles Section 77, Lot 3
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JACOB RETTERER (Richland Township) is another respected and enterprising citizen of Richland Township. His birth took place March 12/13, 1826, in Rittershoffen, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, the son of John George and Magdalena "Martha" (Jaeger) Retterer, who migrated to America in 1831, settling in Marion County, and entering eighty acres in Pleasant Township. They remained there until 1837. when they moved to Richland Township upon eighty acres, where Jacob now lives. His family consisted of eight children. He died in 1863, aged sixty-nine years, and his mother in 1873, aged eighty-one years, Jacob Retterer married, November 5, 1848, Miss Sophia Myers, daughter of George J. and Catherine Myers, of Richland Township. Their children are nine in number--David, Sarah (wife of John Hinaman), Elizabeth (wife of David Deich), Sophia (wife of William Stark), Mary (wife of George Shanlaub), Catherine, Martha, Samuel and Clement H. Mr. Retterer inherited and purchased eighty acres of his present residence, and has increased these to 277 acres, valued at $90 per acre. In 1875, he built and repaired his residence. worth some $2,000 to-day. He erected a barn in 1869 at a cost of $2,000. One thousand rods of tile drain his farm; in connection with his agricultural pursuits he rears graded stock. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has acted in nearly every official capacity. He has been Trustee of the township for two or three terms, and has been President of the Home Insurance Company.

Source: The History of Marion County, OH
JACOB RETTERER (Richland Township) is another respected and enterprising citizen of Richland Township. His birth took place March 12/13, 1826, in Rittershoffen, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, the son of John George and Magdalena "Martha" (Jaeger) Retterer, who migrated to America in 1831, settling in Marion County, and entering eighty acres in Pleasant Township. They remained there until 1837. when they moved to Richland Township upon eighty acres, where Jacob now lives. His family consisted of eight children. He died in 1863, aged sixty-nine years, and his mother in 1873, aged eighty-one years, Jacob Retterer married, November 5, 1848, Miss Sophia Myers, daughter of George J. and Catherine Myers, of Richland Township. Their children are nine in number--David, Sarah (wife of John Hinaman), Elizabeth (wife of David Deich), Sophia (wife of William Stark), Mary (wife of George Shanlaub), Catherine, Martha, Samuel and Clement H. Mr. Retterer inherited and purchased eighty acres of his present residence, and has increased these to 277 acres, valued at $90 per acre. In 1875, he built and repaired his residence. worth some $2,000 to-day. He erected a barn in 1869 at a cost of $2,000. One thousand rods of tile drain his farm; in connection with his agricultural pursuits he rears graded stock. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church, in which he has acted in nearly every official capacity. He has been Trustee of the township for two or three terms, and has been President of the Home Insurance Company.

Source: The History of Marion County, OH

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