Jacob
Bechtol
Plank
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Son of Samuel Plank
and Sarah (Bechtold) Plank
Brother of
John Plank, Catherine Plank, David Plank, Mary (Plank) Wise, Benjamin Plank, Peter A Plank, Sarah (Plank) Stambaugh and Anna E (Plank) Pressel
Husband of
Esther E. (Burkholder) Plank
— married
24 Dec 1850 in , Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Emma Bechtel (Plank) Meixel, Nelson Gavatt Plank, Esther Priscilla (Plank) Carignan, Charles Alfred Plank, Charlotte A (Plank) Boal, Sarah Sophia (Plank) O'Brien, Ida V (Plank) Conn and Clara (Plank) Montelius
Died
at age 69
in Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2016
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Biography
Jacob was born in 1829 in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Samuel Plank and Sarah Bechtold.
He was living with a John Plank (brother?) in South Middleton township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania in 1850.[1] Note there was also a Jacob Plank in Monroe township in 1850 but he may be a different family group.
He married Esther "Hetty" Ann Burkholder on 24 Dec 1850 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.[2] They had a large family.
They were in South Middleton township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania in 1860 and 1870.[3][4]
According to his obituary, they moved to Forsythe, Macon, Illinois in 1872, then in a year to Piper City, Ford, Illinois.
They were located in Piper City in 1880.[5]
He passed away in Piper City, Ford, Illinois in 1899.[6] He was buried in Brenton cemetery near Piper City in Ford county, Illinois.[7][8]
Research Notes
A different, slightly older Jacob Plank? See 1850 Monroe, Cumberland, PA census
Census 1850
- Name: Jacob Plank
- Event Place: Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
- Gender: Male
- Age: 57
- Race: White
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1793
- Birthplace: Pennsylvania
- Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
- Jacob Plank M 57 Pennsylvania
- Mary Plank F 51 Pennsylvania
- Jacob Plank M 23 Pennsylvania
- Peter Plank M 22 Pennsylvania
- Abraham Plank M 19 Pennsylvania
- Anne Plank F 18 Pennsylvania
- Daniel Plank M 16 Pennsylvania
- David Plank M 14 Pennsylvania
- Mary E Plank F 12 Pennsylvania
- Sarah Plank F 8 Pennsylvania
- Eliza R Snyder F 40 Pennsylvania
Burial
- Brenton Cemetery, Piper City, Ford, Illinois[10]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H4-R3H : 12 April 2016), Jacob Plank in household of John Plank, South Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 70, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V264-YXJ : 11 February 2018), Jacob Plank and Hetty Ann Burkholder, 24 Dec 1850; citing First Evangelical Lutheran Church,Carlisle,Cumberland,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 823,844.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRL-BHR : 13 December 2017), Jacob B Plank, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGF-YH5 : 15 June 2019), Jacob Plank, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJF-87L : 15 September 2017), Jacob B Plank, Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 283A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,206.
- ↑ Obituary, Jacob Bechtol Plank, The Piper City (IL) Journal, March 11, 1899, page 1.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96973295
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5186163/jacob_plank_obituary_1899_piper_city/
- ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HW-1XQ : accessed 11 June 2016), Jacob Plank, Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 155, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #96973295
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