Jacobs
Catherine
(Abt 1799-)
Henry Hough
(Abt 1795-)
Margaret Kline
(Abt 1799-)
William James Jacobs Sr.
(1812-1902)
Mary Ann Hough
(1822-1908)
Sarah Jane Jacobs
(1846-1886)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr.

Sarah Jane Jacobs 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 1846, New Castle, Schuylkill County, PA 1 4 6 10
  • Marriage (1): Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr. on 13 May 1866 in Fountain Springs, Schuylkill, PA 1 2
  • Died: 18 May 1886, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA at age 40 1 2 6
  • Buried: Shenandoah Heights: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA

   FamilySearch ID: 2JM6-DMD.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in New Castle, Schuylkill County, PA. 4 The 1850 census recorded William Jacobs, 30 living with wife Mary, 27, and children Mary Anne, 7; Jane, 4; and Henrietta, 2. His occupation is listed as Stage Driver. Their birthplaces are missing on the census form. They were living in the town of New Castle within New Castle Township.

2. Census in 1860 in New Castle Twp., Schuylkill, PA. 11 The 1860 census recorded William Jacobs, day laborer, 40, living with wife, Mary, 36; and daughters Sarah J., 14, and Emma , 6. Next door (on the previous census page) is Mary A. Jacobs, servant, 16, living in a hotel owned by hotel keeper Robert Philips, 60. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Broad Mountain.

3. Census in 1870 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 12 While Benjamin is listed in Shenandoah living with his brothers and mother, his wife Sarah Bucher [sic], age 24, is in Shenandoah living without her husband on the day the census was recorded: 20 Aug 1870. The only other person in the household is her daughter, Emma, age 1.

4. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 10 The 1880 census recorded on Center Street in Shenandoah: Benjamin Beacher, miner, 35, living with wife, Sarah Jane, 33; daughters Emma, 10, Laura, 8, Sallie, 6, and Angeline, 5, son Benjamin, 3, and daughter Mary, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


Sarah married Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr., son of Jacob Beacher Sr. and Angeline Eisenhuth, on 13 May 1866 in Fountain Springs, Schuylkill, PA.1 2 (Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr. was born on 16 May 1845 in Mahanoy Plane, Schuylkill, PA 1 13 14 15 16 17, christened on 28 Sep 1853 in Pottsville: Trinity Lutheran Church, Schuylkill, PA,14 died on 22 Nov 1922 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA 1 13 15 16 17 and was buried on 25 Nov 1922 in Shenandoah Heights: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA 1 13 15 16 17 18 19.)


  Marriage Notes:

They were married by Rev. Dengler.

Sources


1 Genealogy Research conducted by Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D. (1919-2004).

2 Bible of Benjamin F. and Sarah Jane Beacher.

3 Schalk, Adolf W. and Hon. D.C. Henning, editors., History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (State Historical Association, 1907. Found in Pennsylvania State Library, R974.863 Sch. 13 V.2), Volume II, pages 44-46.

4 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, New Castle Township, Roll: M432_827; Page: 167; Image: 274.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate Number: 25734. Mary Derrick.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=108746669.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 106651. Benjamin F. Beacher. Father Benjamin Beacher. Mother Sarah Jacobs. Spouse Bertha F. Snyder.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 81531. Laura Heywood. Father Benjamin Beacher. Mother Sarah Jane Jacobs.

9 FamilySearch.org, California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV37-CWSK Sarah Jane Mcconnell, 27 Mar 1955; citing Death, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1851094.

10 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255192; National Archives Film T9-1192; Page 7C.

11 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, New Castle Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1178 Page: 352.

12 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Shenandoah, Roll 1450 Book 1, Page 601.

13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificate (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA 16101 (724) 656-3100 http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=168&Q=229939), Death Certificate of Benjamin Franklin Beacher 105198.

14 Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://www.Ancestry.com. Original from Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.), Image 36.

15 Billion Graves (http://www.BillionGraves.com), http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/BenjaminFranklinBeacher/2602027.

16 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104440771.

17 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 105198. Benjamin Franklin Beacher. Father John Jacob Beacher. Mother Angeline Eisenhuth.

18 Billion Graves Index, http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/BenjaminFranklinBeacher/2602027.

19 Schuylkill County Historical Society, Veteran's Grave Registration Record of Schuylkill County (Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania), Book #1, page 137. Benjamin Beacher.



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