Died
at age 71
in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
By the time of his birth, his family was firmly established in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United State. He was, however, part of a large German-speaking community; language on his grave marker is German. He was a farmer who was affiliated with the Mennonites.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, he was living with his widowed mother in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, PA. And in the 1870 U.S. Census, he was living with his unmarried sister, Mary, next door to their brother, Daniel, in Perkiomen Townshp, Montgomery County, PA.
He was a farmer.
Sources
1850 U.S. Census - Perkiomen Twp., Montg. Co., PA - Roll# M432_799; p49A; Image# 101 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
Reinford, Wilmer. Typewritten manuscript "Names and Dates in Upper Skippack Mennonite Cemetery" (1960), p9 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
Scheidt, N D - photo of grave marker for Jacob Landes (d 1876), shared via FindAGrave Mem.# 110942553 .
Acknowledgments
Cassel, Daniel Kolb. _A Genealogical History of the Cassel Family in America_, p415 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
Moyer, Robert H - Poe-family GEDCOM file, ca. 1998.
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