Sarah H. Jacobs
(1845-1917)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph Fleck

Sarah H. Jacobs 2 3

  • Born: 20 Sep 1845, , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Joseph Fleck about 1879 in , Adams, PA 1
  • Died: 9 Nov 1917, Huntsdale, Cumberland, PA at age 72 2 3
  • Buried: 11 Nov 1917, Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L61P-3RS.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. She has conflicting birth information of Death certificate has 25 Sep 1844 birth date., 25 Sep 1844 and , , Pennsylvania, USA. 3

2. Census in 1880 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Joseph Fleck, 45, living with wife Sarah, 30; and son John, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. 1 The 1900 census recorded Joseph Fleck, farmer, 65, born May 1835, , living with wife Sarah, 54, Sep 1845; and son John E., farm laborer, 26, Feb 1874. Sarah had been married for 20 years to Joseph and she had given birth to one child, still alive in 1900. [Note: John E.'s mother was Lydia Beecher who died soon after his birth.].

4. Cause of Death: Sarah died at the Brethren's House from diabetes, 9 Nov 1917, Dickinson, Cumberland, PA. 3

5. Obituary: Adams County News: obituary of Sarah H. Fleck on 10 Nov 1917 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. 2 Mrs. Sarah H Fleck, widow of the late Joseph Fleck, of Butler township, died at the Brethren Home, near Huntsdale, Cumberland County, on Friday afternoon at 2:00, aged 73 years. Mrs. Fleck, since the death of her husband five years ago, had been living with her step-son, John Fleck, until a month ago when she went to the Brethren Home. The funeral will be held on Sunday morning with services and interment at the Union Church, at Mummasburg, at 10:00.


Sarah married Joseph Fleck, son of William Fleck and Lydia, about 1879 in , Adams, PA.1 (Joseph Fleck was born on 17 May 1835 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA,5 6 7 8 9 died on 25 Feb 1911 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA 6 7 and was buried on 28 Feb 1911 in Mummasburg: Mummasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Adams, PA 6 7.)


Sources


1 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1354; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1241354.

2 Adams County News, Adams County, PA, 10 Nov 1917, obituary of Sarah H. Fleck.

3 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 119186. Sarah H. Fleck. Father David Jacobs. Mother Leah Hykes.

4 1880 United States Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1085; Family History Film: 1255085; Page: 58A; Enumeration District: 044; Image: 0116.

5 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZLM-61L Joseph Fleck, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 31, family 236, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552788.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6987421.

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 11051. Joseph Fleck. Father John Fleck. Mother __ Bishop.

8 1850 United States Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_743; Page: 11B; Image: 28.

9 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFWZ-DQ7 Joseph Fleck in entry for John E. Fleck and Blanche M. Thoman, 26 Jun 1917; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 20653.



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