Jacob Gress, Sr. and Mary "Polly" Lauffer

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Husband Jacob Gress, Sr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 11 Mar 1793 2 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Feb 1883 2 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Capt. Valentine Gress (      -      ) 2 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 12 Mar 1818 3

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Wife Mary "Polly" Lauffer ^{3 4 5}

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           Born: Cal 17 Jul 1799
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1880 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Lauffer, Sr. (1753-1821) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Barbara Allman (Abt 1771-1846) 10

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Children

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1 M Henry Gress ^{3 11}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1818 - near North Washington, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susanna Seanor (      -1843) 3
           Marr: 16 Mar 1841 3

         Spouse: Catherine Fisher (      -1862) 3 11
           Marr: 2 Sep 1845 3

         Spouse: Elizabeth Moyer (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 4 Mar 1869 3

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2 M Isaac Gress ¹²

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           Born: 14 Sep 1820 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1873 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lucinda Trauger (1834-1878) 12 13
           Marr: 22 Apr 1858 12

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3 F Sarah Gress ¹²

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           Born: 18 Apr 1823 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1900 14
         Buried:  - Fisher's Cemetery

         Spouse: John G. Fisher (1819-1897) 12
           Marr: 12 Jan 1843 14

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4 M Jacob Gress ^{2 4 14}

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           Born: 27 Sep 1825 - Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Catharine Rumbaugh (1836-1859) 2 4 14
           Marr: 20 Mar 1856 2 4 14

         Spouse: Maria Zimmerman (1835-1879) 2 4 14
           Marr: 9 Jun 1870 2 4 14

         Spouse: Julia Ann Hess (1840-      ) 2 4 14
           Marr: 15 Mar 1881 2 4 14

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5 M Simon Gress ¹⁵

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           Born: 1 Mar 1828 15
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1900 15
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lavina Blithe (      -      ) 15

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6 F Mary Ann Gress ¹⁵

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           Born: 25 Sep 1832 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 May 1836 15
         Buried:  - North Washington Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Elizabeth Gress ¹⁵

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           Born: 22 Aug 1835 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1843 15
         Buried:  - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Lucinda Sophia Gress ¹⁵

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           Born: 9 Jul 1838 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Isaac Smail (      -      ) 15

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Gress, Sr.

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He was one of the most substantial citizens and remarkably successful business men who ever lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. By trade he was a cooper but early in life he and his brother John purchased three hundred acres of timber land near Apollo and lived in a little log cabin with puncheon floor while they cleared and farmed this land. He next bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Ohio and prospered so well that in 1832 he purchased a splendid farm of one hundred and eighty-six acres in Unity township, on which he moved in 1837 and afterwards built a large brick house in which he lived until his death. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, was a democrat in politics and held membership in the Reformed church, of which he had been deacon and elder. He was a man of unusual business ability and was a prominent and influential citizen of the community in which he lived. He was a large land-holder and gave a good farm to each of his four sons and two daughters.

He and his wife had eight children, four sons and four daughters.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 368, 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 84.

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

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

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

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

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 346, 1260.

9 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 72.

10 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 346.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 466.

12 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 85.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 5.

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

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