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Born 1802
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
WOLF JACOB, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, White Eyes Plains; was born in Cumberland comity, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1806. He was mar-, ried to Miss Elizabeth Leighninger of this township; who became the parents of four children, as follows: Margaret, Sarah, Hiram and George. Jacob's wife died in August, 1879. He is a member of the Baptist church, and is an honest and industrious citizen, working as if he was still 'in the prime of life. He is one of liie oldest men in Oxford township.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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