Rev
Jacob
Erb
Born in Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Sherch Erb
and Salome Greybill
Brother of
David Erb, Anna Nancy (Erb) Musselman, Magdalena (Erb) Eby, Hannah (Erb) Oberholtzer, Abraham Erb, Elizabeth (Erb) Reitzel and Isaac Erb
Husband of
Catharine (Wenger) Erb
— married
10 Apr 1824 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Erb, Abraham Erb, Elizabeth (Erb) Gipple, Susan (Erb) Chapman, Joel Erb, Henry Erb and Gleason Erb
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2015
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Biography
Jacob G. Erb, "the second son of Jacob Erb, was born September 30th, 1802. On April 10th, 1824, he was married in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Catharine Wenger who was born June 12th, 1800. She died November 13th, 1874, and he died January 2nd, 1885. After their marriage they resided in this county, near Berlin, but in 1837 they moved to New York State where he entered into the mercantile business for three years when, in 1840, he moved on a farm where he resided for eleven years. In 1851 he went into the mercantile business again, continuing the same for three years. Some time during the year 1854 he retired from business and entered the ministry. He was engaged in preaching for several years. He resided at Clarence, Erie County, New York. Their family consisted of six children"
Sources
- 1840 Census, Lancaster, Erie County, New York, page 422, line 19, 1 M under 5 & 2 M 5 to 10 & 1 M 15 to 20 & 1 M 20 to 30 & 2 M 30 to 40 & 2 F 10 to 15 & 2 F 15 to 20 & 2 F 30 to 40
- 1850 Census, Lancaster, Erie, New York
- 1860 Census, Lancaster, Erie,
- http://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/getperson.php?personID=I2762&tree=generations
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27186311
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