. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. JOHN JACOBS was born in Darm-stadt, Gerirany, April 6, 1832. Hecame to America in 1852. and in thesame year was married to Isabel Pe-terson. He settled In Shirleysburgand has resided there ever since. Hehas been a hard working, energeticman. His children are: Lowry andJohn of Altoona; Albert of Lewis-town; Annie, I\Irs. W. H. Lightner ofShirleysburg: R. W. Jacobs, the pres-ent mayor of Huntingdon: Harry ofShirleysburg: George (deceased);two died in infancy. Mr. Jacobs is amember of the Presbyterian church. 69. PETER X. BURKETT is a n
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. JOHN JACOBS was born in Darm-stadt, Gerirany, April 6, 1832. Hecame to America in 1852. and in thesame year was married to Isabel Pe-terson. He settled In Shirleysburgand has resided there ever since. Hehas been a hard working, energeticman. His children are: Lowry andJohn of Altoona; Albert of Lewis-town; Annie, I\Irs. W. H. Lightner ofShirleysburg: R. W. Jacobs, the pres-ent mayor of Huntingdon: Harry ofShirleysburg: George (deceased);two died in infancy. Mr. Jacobs is amember of the Presbyterian church. 69. PETER X. BURKETT is a nativeof Sinking Valley, having been bornMar. 18, 1834. When about 18 yearsold he moved to near Orbisonia. Hewas married first to Miss MatildaHoover, and to this union nine child-ren were born, of which number sixare living: Mrs. D. N. Kyper of Hun-tingdon; Mrs. J. A. Lansberry of ^. i\ Mrs. Samuel Lutz ;Daisy of ;Mrs. Ella Shearer of Maryland; Wil-liam of Abingdon, 111.; Harry, Floraand Lawrence are dead. Three yearsago he was married to Louise .Jef-fries. Mr. Burkett kept hotel in Shir-leysburg about thirty years ago. He 70 was a scldier, a member of the 19thPenua. Cavalry. He has run a hackand livery as well as farmed for alivelihood. Burketts Hack has be-come household words around thissection in the past thirty years.
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