Individual Details
Jacob BLANK
(28 March 1816 - 28 February 1893)
Blank book: Jacob was the grandfather of preacher Amos B. Stoltzfus, David Blank, Maud Zook, and Fanny Augsberger.
Events
| Birth | 28 March 1816 | Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Census | 1860 | Leacock Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Death | 28 February 1893 | | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Maria STOLTZFUS (1819 - 1893) |
| Child | Veronica BLANK (1839 - ) |
| Child | David S. BLANK (1841 - ) |
| Child | John S. BLANK (1844 - ) |
| Child | Anna BLANK (1848 - ) |
| Child | Sarah BLANK (1851 - ) |
| Child | Mary BLANK (1859 - ) |
| Father | John BLANK (1784 - 1846) |
| Mother | Veronica LANTZ (1787 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Lydia BLANK (1811 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Samuel L. BLANK (1813 - 1877) |
| Sibling | John BLANK (1818 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Christian BLANK (1820 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Magdalina BLANK (1823 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Stephen BLANK (1826 - 1851) |
Notes
Census
Leacock Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvaniap. 51
Jacob Blank, 44, M, farmer, 29240, 3590, PA
Maria ", 41, F, PA
Veronica ", 20, F, PA
David ", 18, M, PA
John ", 16, M, PA
Anna ", 12, F, PA
Sarah ", 9, F, PA
Maria ", 1, F, PA
Note
Jacob was reared on his father's farm in Salisbury township, where he spent his active life, retiring in old age to a home in Earl township, and dying at the home of his son, John S. He was a devoted Christian man, a member of the Amish Church, and became well-to-do in the community in which he was highly respected. Mary, his wife, was a daughter of David and Nancy (Fisher) Stoltzfus, and was born in Leacock township, Sept. 2, 1819. She died April1, 1893. They had six children: (i) Fannie, born Nov. 23, 1839, married Jacob Stoltzfus, a resident of West Earl township : (2) David S.; (3) John S., born July 27, 1844, is a farmer of Earl township; (4) Annie, born Dec. 25, 1848, is the wife of John
Miller, of Leacock township; (5) Sarah, born Dec. 29, 1851, is the wife of Simeon Stoltzfus, of Earl township; (6) Mary, born Aug. it, 1859, is the wife of Eli Schmucker of Earl township.
Endnotes
1. Sadie R. Blank Mast, 1963, R.D. 1, Gap Pennsylvania, Bishop John Blank and Family.
2. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA, p. 898 (1903 J. H. Beers & Co).
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4. Sadie R. Blank Mast, 1963, R.D. 1, Gap Pennsylvania, Bishop John Blank and Family.
5. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA, p. 898 (1903 J. H. Beers & Co).
6. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA, p. 898 (1903 J. H. Beers & Co).