Jacob Rench (abt. 1797 - 1874)

Born about 1797 in Frankstown Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Amelia (Burns) Rench — married 17 Jan 1820 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Susannah (Blickenstaff) Rench — married 6 Oct 1827 in Miami, Ohio, United States

Husband of Sarah (Boggs) Rench — married 24 Jun 1844 in Shelby, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1874 at about age 77 in Newton Township, Miami, Ohio, United States

Biography

Alt. DOD 13 Aug 1874 per Family Search and cemetery memorial. Married three times per Honeyman & McDaniel (1998) and Family Search:

1st. 1820 Anna Amelia Burns (1800–1822), one son

2nd. 1827 Susannah Blickenstaff (1803–1834), three (four?) children

3rd. 1844 Sarah Boggs (1821–1891), ten children, including three died in infancy:

Daughter died 29 Dec 1855 likely an infant

Sarah E. b 5 Jul 1861 d 10 Dec 1862

Valentine T. b 23 Apr 1864 d 29 Oct 1864

Jacob's father Joseph died in 1815 followed by his mother Susannah the next year, leaving him an orphan at age 19 (or so). He and his older brother Joseph (Jr) evidently took joint resposibility for their two or three youngest siblings. "Jacob was an ambious uneducated lad ... [In 1821] he took a flat-boat proably loaded with whiskey and farm produce down [river] to New Orleans. ... [In] 1827 he purchased two copper stills fir $60.06 ... The settlement of his father's estate [was] completed [six weeks later, and] he became owner of the Rench homestead on which he built a two story brick house and large barn ... Jacob acquired [160 acres] from Jacob Ingle 20 Jun 1829 [and] forty years later [another] 80 acres ... all of which he owned at the time of his death. ... About 1831 ... the distillery burned out [but] he rebuilt in 1833 adding a grist-mill ... Fire struck again in 1837; rebuilding, he sold the business in 1848 ... The Sugar Grove Flour Mill was in operation [143] years. ... It is said of [Jacob] that he was industrious and possessed of extraordinary business ability." (Excerpted from Honeyman)

Burial: Sugar Grove Cemetery, Covington, Miami County, Ohio, USA. Memorial ID 26510239

Sources

• This profile was created through the import of Blickensderfer.ged on 09 February 2011. User ID: 29745CE8A25D4945892A193B6E2B4A3B933D.
• "Descendants of John and Susanna (Ulrich) Deeter", compiled by G.E.S. Honeyman, assisted by L.K.S. McDaniel (1998), pp 65-68. (1.4)
• Jacob Rench (1797–1874), profile provided by Family Search.
• Jacob Rench, memorial in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Covington, Miami County, Ohio, USA.