Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Adam Jacobs and Eliza Reiley




Husband Adam Jacobs 1 2 3

           Born: 3 Dec 1794 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jun 1822 1 2 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Adam Jacobs (1748-1818) 1 4 5
         Mother: Catherine Endley (      -      ) 4


       Marriage: 16 Jan 1816 1 2 4



Wife Eliza Reiley 1 2 6 7

           Born: 4 May 1795 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1848 7
         Buried: 


         Father: Martin Reiley (      -      ) 1 6 7
         Mother: 



   Other Spouse: Eli Abrams (1792-1876) 7 8 - 1 Jan 1824 7 9


Children
1 M Capt. Adam Jacobs 1 4 10




           Born: 7 Jan 1817 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec or 18 Dec 1883 2 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ann Snowdon (1816-      ) 1 11 12
           Marr: 22 Feb 1838 1 2 11


2 F Ann Elizabeth Jacobs 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1882
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Adam Jacobs


He was educated at the subscription schools and at Washington College, and became a merchant.


General Notes: Wife - Eliza Reiley

from Bedford Co, PA

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 458.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 552.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 850, 865, 876.

4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 850.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 551.

6 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 850, 865.

7 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 574.

8 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 865, 875.

9 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 875.

10 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 296, 551.

11 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 851.

12 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 296, 552.


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