 1824 - 1888
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| Born |
12 Apr 1824 |
Phoenixville, Chester County, PA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
1888 |
Morris cemetery, Chester County, PA |
| Died |
19 May 1888 |
| _CRE |
15 Feb 2015 |
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| Notes |
- [Farrenburg_11_4_2005.FTW]
[Showalter.FTW]
From the Net in 1999, "The Ancestors of Richard Alan Lebo".
Chester County Genalogy, World Wide Web, submitted by; Marge GalusSandlie r, 1999.
Obits: (no dates given)
DEATH of JACOB F. SHOWALTER -- On Friday of last week, our well knowna nd highly respecte d citizen, Jacob f. Showalter, met with an accidentth at resulted in death. A carpenter by t rade, he was engaged inweatherboa rding the residence of John Davis, North Main and Dayton streets, North W ard, While working on a ladder, about four o'clock thatafternoon he fe ll to th e ground, a distance of ten or twelve feet,striking his head, ca using a fracture of the skul l. He was taken tohis home on Church street, remained conscious until eight o'clockSaturda y morning, when becomi ng insensible, he lingered until eleveno'clock that night and then d ie d. Deceased was one of our modelcitizens and leaves a wife and one ch ild to mourn their gre at loss.
JACOB FUNK SHOWALTER, Phoenix Messenger 7-14-1888 Resolution ofRespect .
Whereas, The Central Luthern Church desires to express her sense of the sad and sudden deat h of brother Jacob Showalter, one of the founders of the Church, in a fitting testimonial t o his memory, we the Church Council of said church, do unanimously adopt the following: RESO LVED, th atin the death of Jacob Showalter the community has lost a good, industrious and usf ul citizen; the family a kind husband and father; the relatives an excelent and worthy membe r of an old and honored family, and thech urch an upright, pure, modest and unostentatious me mber, who neverbroug ht reproach upon the church and remained in faithful communion withit u n til the hour of his death. He was associated with the council asa trust ee and discharged w ith fidelity its duties. We cherish hismemory, comme nd his family and relatives to the lov e of Him who doethall things wel l, and express to them our sincere sympathy in their sadber eavemen t. by order of the Church Council, F.C. GOTTSCHALL, Sec.
CENSUS: 1880 Census, Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pa. page 292C. FHL#12551 15, NA#T9-1115.
Married, age 56, born in Pa., a carpenter, both parents born in Pa.
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| Person ID |
I4901 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2015 |
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