Jacob Gress and Maria Zimmerman

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Husband Jacob Gress ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Sep 1825 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Jacob Gress, Sr. (1793-1883) 2 4 5
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Lauffer (cal 1799-1880) 1 5 6

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       Marriage: 9 Jun 1870 1 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Mary Catharine Rumbaugh (1836-1859) 1 2 3 - 20 Mar 1856 1 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Julia Ann Hess (1840-      ) 1 2 3 - 15 Mar 1881 1 2 3

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Wife Maria Zimmerman ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 8 Dec 1835 3
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           Died: 10 May 1879 1 2
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         Father: Reuben Zimmerman (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M [Infant] Gress ³

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           Born: 23 Sep 1871
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           Died: 23 Sep 1871
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2 F [Infant] Gress ³

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           Born: Abt 28 Apr 1873
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           Died: 30 Apr 1873
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3 M John R. E. Gress ^{1 2 7}

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           Born: 1 Oct 1875 7
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         Spouse: Estella Snednan (      -      ) 7

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4 M [Infant] Gress ⁷

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           Born: 
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           Died: 2 May 1879
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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Gress

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He received his education in the schools of his neighborhood. He came to Unity township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1837 and remained until 1856 when he moved to a farm of his father's in Mt. Pleasant township. In 1866 he returned to the home farm where he remained until 1886, when he retired from farming and active business life and removed to a residence at Pleasant Unity in 1889. He owned his father's Unity township farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres besides an adjoining farm of one hundred and eighteen acres and four acres of land and some valuable property at Pleasant Unity. Jacob Gress was a good business man, a "dyed-in-the-wool" democrat and one of the old and substantial members of St. Paul Reformed church, in which he was deacon and elder.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 460.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 467.

3 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 86.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 368, 460.

5 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 84.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 467, 657.

7 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 87.