Husband Jacob M. Haldeman 1 2 3
Born: 4 Mar 1781 - Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 3
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Died: 15 Dec 1856 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: John Haldeman (1753-1832) 1 3 4
Mother: Maria Breneman ( - ) 4
Marriage: 17 May 1810 3
Wife Eliza Ewing Jacobs 2 3 5
Born: 13 Jun 1789 - Mt. Hope Furnace, Lancaster Co, PA 5
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Died: Aft 1883
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Father: Samuel Jacobs ( - ) 5
Mother: Sarah Templin ( - ) 5
Children
1 F Sara Jacobs Haldeman 5
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Died: Aft 1883
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Spouse: William W. Haly ( -Bef 1883) 5
2 F Mary Ewing Haldeman 2 5
Born: Abt 1814
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Died: 1873 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 5
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Spouse: Robert James Ross (1807-1861) 2 6
Marr: 1833 2 7
3 F Caroline Jacobs Haldeman 5
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Died: while young
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4 F Elizabeth Templin Haldeman 5
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Died: while young
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5 F Anne Haldeman 5
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Died: while young
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6 M John Haldeman 5
Born: 19 Sep 1821 5
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Died: 13 Jul 1865 - Denver, CO 5
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7 M Jacob S. Haldeman 5
Born: 13 Oct 1823 5
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8 F Susan Frances Haldeman 8
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Spouse: Mortimer O'Conner, M.D. ( - )
Marr: 13 Feb 1864 9
9 M Richard Jacobs Haldeman 5
Born: 19 May 1831 5
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General Notes: Husband - Jacob M. Haldeman
He obtained a good English and German education under the private instruction of an English officer, and seemingly inherited practical ideas from his father. At the age of nineteen he was sent on horseback by his father to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, making his journey through many Indian settlements, to purchase flour to send down the river in flat-boats to New Orleans.
About 1806, assisted by his father, he purchased the water-power and forge at the mouth of Yellow Breeches Creek and established himself in the iron business. He added a rolling- and slitting-mill, and by his energy and industry soon became one of the foremost iron manufacturers in the State. His superior iron found steady market, and upon the establishment of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry he supplied the government with iron, especially during the war of 1812-14, which he forwarded across the South Mountain on muleback to the Ferry, where it was manufactured into guns, many of which could be seen long after, stamped 1812. At that time he founded Haldemanstown, now called New Cumberland, at the junction of the creek and river, and it may be here remarked that it had been one of the points in question in the Congress at New York as the proposed site of the national capital, and he also built a saw-mill and grist-mill at the same place.
Following the War of 1812, during the depression, he invested largely in farms and real estate, and engaged in the management of the same, a business so varied and large as to require his constant attention, and he managed it all without the aid of an assistant or clerk. In 1830 he removed to Harrisburg and purchased a residence built by Stephen A. Hills, architect of the capitol building, on Front Street, on the bank of the Susquehanna, where he continued to reside until his death. His connection with the Harrisburg Bank and the Harrisburg Bridge Company as president, with the Harrisburg Car Company as one of its founders and a director, and with the Dauphin Deposit Bank as one of its founders made his name familiar in business and financial circles during his residence there. He was never solicitous of public place or the emoluments of office, and led a strictly business life. As a citizen, he was independent in his political views, was an attendant of the Presbyterian Church, and a contributor to all worthy local enterprises.