Jacob C. Schrock

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Suggested edit: Born in 1812 in Somerset County to Christian & Fanny Schrock. Married Catharine Horner, with whom he had nine children: Joseph, George J., John, Israel J., Mary (wife of Daniel Bechley), Sally (wife of John F. Rayman), Peggy (wife of J.J. Rayman), Annie (wife of William Platt), and Kate (wife of E. Blouch). Died on Sept. 26, 1887.
--History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and personal history: Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn ; Somerset County by William H. Welfley (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906). Page 60.
(https://archive.org/details/historyofbedford03blac/)

Family/Spouse: Catharine Horner. Catharine was born on 21 Aug 1815 in Somerset Co., PA; died on 3 Dec 1891 in Somerset Co., PA; was buried in Brotherton, Somerset Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George J. Schrock was born on 1 Oct 1838 in Somerset Co., PA; died on 23 May 1923; was buried in Somerset Co., PA.

Notes:

Christian Schrock, born in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania and first settled in some one of the extreme east­ern counties, but subsequently removed to and became one of the early pioneers of Brothers Valley, Somerset county. The name of his wife was Fanny. Among their children was one son named Jacob C. Schrock. Christian Schrock and family entered the wild forests and cleared up land and made for themselves a comfortable home. He died very suddenly.

Christian + Fanny (Schrock). Fanny was born in 1785; died in 1861; was buried in Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Old Jonas Must Farm Cemetery