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Jacob G Bortner

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Jacob G Bortner

Birth
Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Nov 1901 (aged 74)
Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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JACOB G. BORTNER is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Garbeck) Bortner, of Codorus Township, where our subject was born November 23, 1826. He was reared on his father's farm, and after learning his trade, at Krouse tannery, Maryland, married March 10, 1852, Matilda Messomer, daughter of Daniel and Christine (Reitz) Messomer, of Manheim Township; this marriage has been blessed with seven children: Castila A.; Syrian P.; Josephine A.; Levina H., deceased; Catherine A.; Alvan J., deceased; and Matilda H. He built his tannery in 1851, and has kept it running at its full capacity ever since, employing on an average ten to twelve hands. Mr. Bortner manufactures (in his connection with his tanning) flavine and extract of black oak bark. He built his present residence in 1852. Mr. Bortner is one of the leading business men of Shrewsbury Township."

(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Shrewsbury Township section, page 170. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)
JACOB G. BORTNER is a son of Jacob and Catherine (Garbeck) Bortner, of Codorus Township, where our subject was born November 23, 1826. He was reared on his father's farm, and after learning his trade, at Krouse tannery, Maryland, married March 10, 1852, Matilda Messomer, daughter of Daniel and Christine (Reitz) Messomer, of Manheim Township; this marriage has been blessed with seven children: Castila A.; Syrian P.; Josephine A.; Levina H., deceased; Catherine A.; Alvan J., deceased; and Matilda H. He built his tannery in 1851, and has kept it running at its full capacity ever since, employing on an average ten to twelve hands. Mr. Bortner manufactures (in his connection with his tanning) flavine and extract of black oak bark. He built his present residence in 1852. Mr. Bortner is one of the leading business men of Shrewsbury Township."

(From "A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania," originally published as Part II of "History of York County, Pennsylvania" by John Gibson in 1886, from the Shrewsbury Township section, page 170. All spellings, punctuation, and capitalization taken directly from the 2001 edition published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.)

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