Son of Jacob and Susan (Gehr) Koch. Married first to Mary Weaver (div.), secondly to Levina Francis and thirdly to Elizabeth (Showalter) Walls. Father of Margaret Koch Culbertson. Brother of John W. Koch, Margaret Hamilton, Sarah Ella, Catherine Neely Marks, and William Dorsey Koch.
Altoona Tribune, 15 January 1935:
"Jacob G. Koch died at the home of C.O. Landis, Broad avenue extension and Kittaning Point road at 7:30 o'clock last evening of a heart attack. A nephew, Bert Hann of Williamsport is the only survivor. The body has been removed to the Lafferty funeral home."
Note: Jacob died at the home of his stepson-in-law. The nephew Bert Hann named in the above obit was the biological nephew of his second wife, Levina. Jacob was survived by his daughter Margaret, but was estranged from her; the descendants of Margaret claiming that Jacob died of typhoid as a young man. Either they truly did not know of his whereabouts for all those years, or they knew, but wanted no contact.
Altoona Tribune, 15 January 1935:
"Jacob G. Koch died at the home of C.O. Landis, Broad avenue extension and Kittaning Point road at 7:30 o'clock last evening of a heart attack. A nephew, Bert Hann of Williamsport is the only survivor. The body has been removed to the Lafferty funeral home."
Note: Jacob died at the home of his stepson-in-law. The nephew Bert Hann named in the above obit was the biological nephew of his second wife, Levina. Jacob was survived by his daughter Margaret, but was estranged from her; the descendants of Margaret claiming that Jacob died of typhoid as a young man. Either they truly did not know of his whereabouts for all those years, or they knew, but wanted no contact.
Son of Jacob and Susan (Gehr) Koch. Married first to Mary Weaver (div.), secondly to Levina Francis and thirdly to Elizabeth (Showalter) Walls. Father of Margaret Koch Culbertson. Brother of John W. Koch, Margaret Hamilton, Sarah Ella, Catherine Neely Marks, and William Dorsey Koch.
Altoona Tribune, 15 January 1935:
"Jacob G. Koch died at the home of C.O. Landis, Broad avenue extension and Kittaning Point road at 7:30 o'clock last evening of a heart attack. A nephew, Bert Hann of Williamsport is the only survivor. The body has been removed to the Lafferty funeral home."
Note: Jacob died at the home of his stepson-in-law. The nephew Bert Hann named in the above obit was the biological nephew of his second wife, Levina. Jacob was survived by his daughter Margaret, but was estranged from her; the descendants of Margaret claiming that Jacob died of typhoid as a young man. Either they truly did not know of his whereabouts for all those years, or they knew, but wanted no contact.
Altoona Tribune, 15 January 1935:
"Jacob G. Koch died at the home of C.O. Landis, Broad avenue extension and Kittaning Point road at 7:30 o'clock last evening of a heart attack. A nephew, Bert Hann of Williamsport is the only survivor. The body has been removed to the Lafferty funeral home."
Note: Jacob died at the home of his stepson-in-law. The nephew Bert Hann named in the above obit was the biological nephew of his second wife, Levina. Jacob was survived by his daughter Margaret, but was estranged from her; the descendants of Margaret claiming that Jacob died of typhoid as a young man. Either they truly did not know of his whereabouts for all those years, or they knew, but wanted no contact.
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