Jacob Elder

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Husband Jacob Elder ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1780 or 1783 - Paxtang, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Oct 1816 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Elder (1757-1811) 1 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Awl (      -Abt 1850) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Elder

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He received a thorough English and classical education, learned the art of printing at Lancaster, and in 1802, commenced the publication of the Dauphin Guardian, one of the most influential newspapers published in the early days of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as it was the first Democratic English newspaper there. In 1815, he prepared and published "A History of the Late War," and was the author of a preliminary work on the history of the United States. Under his arduous literary labors, his health failed him, and he died at the early age of thirty-three years. He never married. His entire life was an active and busy one, and he exerted a great influence in the times he lived.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 482.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 194.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 535.