According to the 1850 census, Jacob lived with Eliza and their children, Samuel, Mary, Andrew, Lavina, Harriet, Elizabeth, Martha, and Susan in Johnson County, Indiana.[1]
On April 29, 1858, Jacob married Elizabeth James in Effingham County, Illinois.[2]
Jacob died in 1876 according to Elizabeth's obituary.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJL-6BN : 12 April 2016), Jacob Wiles, Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States; citing family 398, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKZ-1MM : 4 November 2017), Jacob C. Wiles and Elizabeth Creag, 29 Apr 1858; citing Effingham, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,010,047.
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