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Jacob Andrews

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Jacob Andrews

Birth
Death
3 Dec 1873 (aged 76)
Burial
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Preacher
Age 76y 7m 7d

Rev. Jacob Andrew was born in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster
Co., PA 26 April 1797. He was by trade a coverlet weaver, which he carried on in Manor Twp. and later bought a farm in Paradise Twp., which he farmed for a number of years. He was ordained Minister of the Gospel under the rule of the Old Mennonite persuasion on August 28, 1856.

On March 23, 1869, he moved with his son Henry I. Andrews, to the
Borough of Strasburg, where he lived a retired life from all
worldly pursuites and attended only to his ministerial duties.
He died in Strasburg on Dec 3, 1873.

From "A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funch and Other Funk Pioneers, by Abraham James Fretz, Mennonite Publishing Co., Elkhart, IN, 1899, Page 747-751. (supplied by Bill Neff)
Preacher
Age 76y 7m 7d

Rev. Jacob Andrew was born in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster
Co., PA 26 April 1797. He was by trade a coverlet weaver, which he carried on in Manor Twp. and later bought a farm in Paradise Twp., which he farmed for a number of years. He was ordained Minister of the Gospel under the rule of the Old Mennonite persuasion on August 28, 1856.

On March 23, 1869, he moved with his son Henry I. Andrews, to the
Borough of Strasburg, where he lived a retired life from all
worldly pursuites and attended only to his ministerial duties.
He died in Strasburg on Dec 3, 1873.

From "A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funch and Other Funk Pioneers, by Abraham James Fretz, Mennonite Publishing Co., Elkhart, IN, 1899, Page 747-751. (supplied by Bill Neff)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67005384/jacob-andrews: accessed ), memorial page for Jacob Andrews (26 Apr 1797–3 Dec 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67005384, citing Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Miabeth (contributor 47091766).