Jacob Hill Bethune (1829 - 1883)

Born 1829 in Franklin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Jacob H. (2) Bethune, son of Jacob H. (1) Bethune, was born in Franklin township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and after his studies were finished prepared himself for the calling of undertaker. He and a brother, James Murray Bethune, were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War, both surviving that conflict. Jacob H. Bethune was for many years an undertaker at Newlonsburg, Pennsylvania, and reared six sons in that profession. He married Christina, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Hall, pioneers of Franklin township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Jacob Hill Bethune, son of Henry G., married Christina Hall. Both were natives of Pennsylvania, and settled in Newlinsburg, where Mr. Bethune carried on cabinet-making and undertaking until his death, which occurred in 1883, when he was fifty-four years old. He was well known, and did business in a circuit of twenty-five miles around his home. He had six sons, each of whom took up his father's calling, and two daughters; only three of the former and one of the latter are now living. Simon C, the fifth son...

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 872)
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 727)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7454010