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Jacob Isenhour

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Jacob Isenhour

Birth
Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Sep 1874 (aged 77)
Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, USA
Burial
Seneca, Ontario County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A (Old Section (West End)); Jacob Isenhour Plot
Memorial ID
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Jacob moved from Pennsylvania to New York as a child with his father and the rest of the family. He ultimately married, bought land, and settled in the Town of Hopewell, Ontario County, NY.

Jacob married Mary Newman, a daughter of Elisha Newman, on March 2, 1826. They had three sons and three daughters: Mary Ann b. 1827, Elizabeth b. 1828, Susan b. 1830, Leonard b. 1833, Newman b. 1841, and Abraham b. 1843. They also had an adopted daughter, Mary Jane b. 1851.

Jacob's life is the subject of a history book: "It Happened at Hopewell: Jacob Isenhour's Cobblestone Legacy," by Leigh Jones and Stephen Agard, available at The Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 North Main Street, Canandaigua, New York 14424.

Additional Family Links:
 Sister-in-law (Wife of Michael Isenhour):
  Marilla Knickerbocker Isenhour, 1792-1874
 Grandson:
  George R. Russell, 1850-1853

Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian

Thank You to:
Mrs. Glenda Eisenhour #(47259424)

" His mother appears to have been Mary Elizabeth Heinrich, 1st wife of Leonard Isenhour."
Jacob moved from Pennsylvania to New York as a child with his father and the rest of the family. He ultimately married, bought land, and settled in the Town of Hopewell, Ontario County, NY.

Jacob married Mary Newman, a daughter of Elisha Newman, on March 2, 1826. They had three sons and three daughters: Mary Ann b. 1827, Elizabeth b. 1828, Susan b. 1830, Leonard b. 1833, Newman b. 1841, and Abraham b. 1843. They also had an adopted daughter, Mary Jane b. 1851.

Jacob's life is the subject of a history book: "It Happened at Hopewell: Jacob Isenhour's Cobblestone Legacy," by Leigh Jones and Stephen Agard, available at The Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 North Main Street, Canandaigua, New York 14424.

Additional Family Links:
 Sister-in-law (Wife of Michael Isenhour):
  Marilla Knickerbocker Isenhour, 1792-1874
 Grandson:
  George R. Russell, 1850-1853

Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian

Thank You to:
Mrs. Glenda Eisenhour #(47259424)

" His mother appears to have been Mary Elizabeth Heinrich, 1st wife of Leonard Isenhour."

Inscription

JACOB ISENHOUR
BORN
Oct. 28, 1796
DIED
Sept. 26, 1874

Gravesite Details

West side of monument severely weathered, top half west side unreadable. Monument includes wife, Mary Newman, and Robert R. Russell. Seperate stone on plot for grandchild, George R. Russell, born to Robert R. and Mary A. Russell.



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