Jacob Weiser Kahle was a farmer and also made money when he and one of his brothers "struck oil." He was married to Rose Ellen Reed, who died after childbirth at age 35. He never re-married.
There is discrepancy concerning the proper spelling of his middle name. A local history book on the area spelled it "Wiser," which has been picked up and repeated in numerous forms. One of his son's death certificates spells his father's middle name as "Weiser." Most other documents refer to him only as "Jacob W. Kahle." Because he was a direct descendant of Conrad Weiser and probably also named after his own grandfather, Jacob Weiser Kehl, this researcher's best guess is that his middle name was properly spelled "Weiser," the name which he was called by his family.
There is discrepancy concerning the proper spelling of his middle name. A local history book on the area spelled it "Wiser," which has been picked up and repeated in numerous forms. One of his son's death certificates spells his father's middle name as "Weiser." Most other documents refer to him only as "Jacob W. Kahle." Because he was a direct descendant of Conrad Weiser and probably also named after his own grandfather, Jacob Weiser Kehl, this researcher's best guess is that his middle name was properly spelled "Weiser," the name which he was called by his family.
Jacob Weiser Kahle was a farmer and also made money when he and one of his brothers "struck oil." He was married to Rose Ellen Reed, who died after childbirth at age 35. He never re-married.
There is discrepancy concerning the proper spelling of his middle name. A local history book on the area spelled it "Wiser," which has been picked up and repeated in numerous forms. One of his son's death certificates spells his father's middle name as "Weiser." Most other documents refer to him only as "Jacob W. Kahle." Because he was a direct descendant of Conrad Weiser and probably also named after his own grandfather, Jacob Weiser Kehl, this researcher's best guess is that his middle name was properly spelled "Weiser," the name which he was called by his family.
There is discrepancy concerning the proper spelling of his middle name. A local history book on the area spelled it "Wiser," which has been picked up and repeated in numerous forms. One of his son's death certificates spells his father's middle name as "Weiser." Most other documents refer to him only as "Jacob W. Kahle." Because he was a direct descendant of Conrad Weiser and probably also named after his own grandfather, Jacob Weiser Kehl, this researcher's best guess is that his middle name was properly spelled "Weiser," the name which he was called by his family.
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