Jacob Kreider

Jacob Kreider

Male 1778 - 1812  (33 years)

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  • Name Jacob Kreider  [1, 2
    Born 20 Dec 1778 
    Gender Male 
    Church Jacob became Reformed through Catherine's mother, Rosina Orth. 
    Died 20 Apr 1812 
    Buried Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2563  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2023 

    Father Jacob "Jacob the Gelder" Kreider,   d. 1819 
    Mother Unknown Unknown 
    Family ID F1194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Smith,   b. 11 Jan 1782,   d. 1833  (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. Philip Kreider,   b. 1803, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jan 1842, Penn Township, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     2. Jacob Kreider,   d. 1811
     3. Rosanna Kreider,   b. 1 Nov 1805,   d. 18 May 1885, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Nancy Kreider,   b. 21 Feb 1807,   d. 21 Jan 1878, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +5. Elisabeth Kreider,   b. 25 Jul 1812, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1871  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Kreider, Jacob and Catherine Smith
    Kreider, Jacob and Catherine Smith
    Kreider, Jacob 20180613_160914
    Kreider, Jacob 20180613_160914

    Histories
    HISTORY OF KREIDER FAMILY FROM PEN OF THE REV. J. G. FRANCIS.pdf
    HISTORY OF KREIDER FAMILY FROM PEN OF THE REV. J. G. FRANCIS.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania, J.H. Beers & Co., (Name: Beers & Co, 1898;), 481.
      Jacob Kreider, was a well-known citizen in his day. He and his wife, Catherine (Smith), reared a family of five children — two sons and three daughters — Philip being the eldest. The other son, Jacob, died in 1811.

    2. [S54] HISTORY OF KREIDER FAMILY FROM PEN OF THE REV. J. G. FRANCIS.pdf, REV. J.G. FRANCIS, 8/9/1919.
      Jacob Who Died Young
      Jacob Kreider, Jr., was likely the oldest son and child of Jacob the Gelder, at the east end of the settlement. He is named first in his father’s will, he had died and guardians were appointed for the children. Jacob was born Dec. 20, 1778, and died April 30, 1812. His wife, Catherine Smith, daughter of David, m. an Orth, was born in 1782, and died, the obscure lettering seems to be, May 7, 1833. She was likely Reformed, for they were buried in the Tabor Reformed cemetery of Lebanon, likely became Reformed through the Orths, the Smiths being Mennonites. His will and his real estate transactions, if he had any, are likely recorded at Harrisburg, in as much as Lebanon did not become a county till the year after his death. From the date of his birth, 1778, he apparently being the oldest child, we may make a guess at the date of his father’s birth; we should say between 1750 and 1755, while the father’s father, Christian, was doubtless born between 1725 and 1730. We know nothing of the occupation or residence of Jacob, Jr. His burial at Tabor Reformed suggests that his residence may have been in the town of Lebanon, for his single daughter Rosanna who moved to Center county sold in 1850 property in Lebanon borough. The bodies of Jacob, Jr., and his wife, along with others, were a few years ago removed to the Mt. Lebanon cemetery. The guardians of Jacob’s children were Peter Smith, Joseph Romberger (or Bomberger?) and John Smith. The children were:
      Philip, went to Center county.
      Rosanna, went to Center county.
      Anna, went to Center county.
      Henry, of whom we have learned nothing, perhaps d. young.
      Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1812, after her father’s death; d. Oct 23, 1871