Individual Details
Jacob M. Hershey
(11 Mar 1855 - 26 Dec 1923)
Jacob Hershey and Mary Eby left Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for Palmyra, Missouri, and, then, on to La Junta, Colorado. Colorado had been recommended to cure Jacob's chronic cough. Although, Jacob Hershey did not have tuberculosis, he was interested in its treatment. He became the superintendent for two years of the Mennonite sanatorium in La Junta.
Events
| Birth | 11 Mar 1855 | Paradise, Lancaster, PA |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Nov 1880 | Mary Emma Eby | |||
| Death | 26 Dec 1923 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Emma Eby (1861 - 1944) |
| Child | Emma Elizabeth Hershey (1881 - 1939) |
| Child | Elmer Jacob Hershey (1884 - 1959) |
| Child | Charles Owen Hershey (1887 - 1952) |
| Child | Eva Mae Hershey (1889 - 1968) |
| Child | John Paul Hershey (1891 - 1977) |
| Child | Isaac Eby Hershey (1893 - 1984) |
| Child | Mary Esther Hershey (1900 - 1900) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Park Eby Hershey (1902 - 1918) |
| Father | John Eby Hershey (1830 - 1906) |
| Mother | Anna Mellinger (1833 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth H. Hershey (1858 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Isaac Eby Hershey (1860 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Anna Hershey (1863 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Hershey Senior (1866 - 1950) |
| Sibling | John H. Hershey (1870 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Mary (Maize) Hershey (1873 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Susan Salome Hershey (1877 - 1889) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestral File (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).