Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Jacob Frederick Peffer




Husband Jacob Frederick Peffer 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1800 - Germany
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           Died: Bet 1883 and 1895 - Lancaster Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: Frederick Peffer (      -1850/1866) 1 2
         Mother: Unknown (      -1846)


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• Note: This may be the same person as : Jacob Peffer.




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Children
1 M William F. Peffer 1 3 4 5

           Born:  - Philadelphia, PA
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Sarah Heberling (      -      ) 3 4 5


2 M Charles Peffer 1

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3 F [Unk] Peffer

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         Spouse: Conrad Myers (      -      ) 1


4 F Caroline Peffer 1

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Frederick Peffer


He emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and in 1819 came to Harmony, Butler County. They were three weeks on the road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. He worked for Mr. Ziegler until 1823, when he returned to Philadelphia on foot. In 1839, he came again to Butler County, and in 1841 he settled on a farm in Lancaster township; for 400 acres of land he paid about $10 per acre. His sons, William F. and Charles, later occuppied a part of this land, as did two of his daughters, Mrs. Conrad Myers and Miss Caroline Peffer.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 202.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1198.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1156.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1269.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 868.


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