Dr. Jacob Peter Scholl and Eliza McRae

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Husband Dr. Jacob Peter Scholl ¹

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           Born: 11 Jan 1815 - Moore Twp, Northampton Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1896 2
         Buried:  - Niskey Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob Scholl (1786-Abt 1836) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Deemer (1786-1868) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Eliza McRae ¹

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           Born: 1822 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jan 1857 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: James McRae (1783-1851) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (1786-1843) 2

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Children

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1 M Henry Scholl ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1 Aug 1847 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Lillie Scholl ²

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           Born: 1849 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1868 2
         Buried: 

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3 F Elsie Scholl ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 23 Jul 1853 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Jacob Peter Scholl

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The published accounts of the life of Dr. Jacob Peter Scholl are not reliable. The most nearly correct story is one written by himself in his 79th year, though it errs in detail, as shown by existing legal records. He was not born in Dansville, Steuben (now Livingston) county, New York, as is said in some accounts, but in Moore township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, where his father resided. His father took him as a small child to Steuben county, New York. As his father sold out his real estate holdings in Moore township to Henry Albright, Gunsmith, April 19, 1817, we may assume that the removal occurred shortly after that time, when the child was but two or three years of age. His father, who was an iron-worker, built and operated an iron forge on Mill Creek, near Dansville, and in this neighborhood Jacob Peter received his earliest education. Sometime later he was sent back to Pennsylvania to live with his grandfather, Peter Scholl, who operated a flouring-mill and a saw-mill on Monocacy Creek. As the grandfather died early in 1828, he must have been a lad of less than twelve years at his return, and not fifteen as he says in his account. After his grandfather's death, he went to Easton, Pennsylvania, and learned the watchmaking and jewelry business. He remained at this occupation until his father died. We do not have the exact date but if it was in 1836, as claimed, his return to take care of his father's estate must have been as late, perhaps later than 1836. During the next few years Jacob Peter not only cared for the estate and family of his father, but studied dentistry. After practicing the new profession for a time in New York he returned to Pennsylvania, and opened an office in Bethlehem. This was in 1844, and it must have been about this time that he married. For the first few years he practiced also at Allentown. After attaining a gratifying success both professionally and personally in dentistry, it seemed advisable, owing to impaired health, to adopt some business that would give him the benefit of the open air. Accordingly, about 1864, he retired from- dentistry and began prospecting in the slate regions of the state. After several years he decided to locate a quarry at Uttsville (now Bangor) in Lower Mt. Bethel (now Washington) township. Associated with Mr. Straub, the Superintendent, he laid out a tract of land where a part of Bangor now stands. He became interested in many local industries, became one of the founders of the Thomas Iron Company, in which he owned much stock. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank, the first bank in Bethlehem. He was a Democrat politically, was at one time a burgess of the city, but refused political honors generally.

1 John William Scholl, Scholl—Sholl—Shull Genealogy (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1930), Pg 221.

2 John William Scholl, Scholl—Sholl—Shull Genealogy (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1930), Pg 241.

3 John William Scholl, Scholl—Sholl—Shull Genealogy (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1930), Pg 208.