Jacob R. Eckfeldt and Emily M. Levering

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Husband Jacob R. Eckfeldt ¹

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           Born: Mar 1803 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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           Died: 9 Aug 1872 - ? Haverford Twp, Delaware Co, PA 1
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         Father: Adam Eckfeldt (1769-1852) 2
         Mother: Margaretta Bausch (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Oct 1835 1

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Wife Emily M. Levering ¹

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         Father: Jonathan Levering (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Jacob Bausch Eckfeldt ¹

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         Spouse: Jeanette Rose Latch (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob R. Eckfeldt

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He was educated largely at the Classical Academy of Dr. Wylie and Mr. Engles, and became deeply interested in physical and mechanical science. He began business life at the Greiner Cotton Mill of Trenton, New Jersey, as assistant manager, then became an employee at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, under Mr. Cloud, then melter and refiner, his duty being to attend the parting room. In the spring of 1832, John Richardson, assayer, became dissatisfied with his position and asked Mr. Eckfeldt to qualify to take his place. Later his name was presented to President Jackson, who appointed Mr. Eckfeldt assayer, April 30, 1832. He held that position until his death, forty years thereafter, and was one of the most highly esteemed men who ever held the office. Many improvements in instruments, machines and method, were introduced during his term, the work of the Mint increasing as the United States increased in wealth, commerce and population. The discovery of gold increased the work of the Mint enormously, and no part of the Mint history equals the forty years, 1832-1872, during which Mr. Eckfeldt served as assayer. His skill and success as an assayer consisted largely in finding out what was eroneous and applying the proper remedy, for he was not an inventor, nor a discoverer of new processes. He contrived various methods of dealing with complex alloys and low grades of gold and silver, introduced great accuracy and precision, and in the assays carried on a series of special investigations.
His skill as assayer and chemist was fully recognized, not only at home but abroad. He did not take special interest in rare and curious coins, as his father did, and was not a student of numismatics, yet his taste was cultivated and his appreciation full.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church, but united with Ninth Street Presbyterian Church, was elected elder, and long held the honor. In later years he was a member and an elder of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, and after moving to his Delaware County estate joined the Maple Presbyterian Church. In 1875 he purchased the property in Haverford township, Delaware County, from the estate of Joseph Cloud, part of the old Grange, and there he resided until death. In 1843 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, was active in Sunday school work, and in the Bible Society. Early in 1870, he had a serious illness, which by degrees culminated in a greatly enfeebled state, and on April 26, 1872, he was at the Mint for the last time.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 309.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 308.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 310.