U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thacker, Jacob Spotswood (1843-1922 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 485 Jacob Spotswood Thacker was born in Nelson County, Virginia, 1843, son of Jacob and Sarah (Demaster) Thacker; and on November 2, 1866 was married to Jerusha, daughter of Edward and granddaughter of Elisha Talbott; and as a second marriage, April 25, 1876, he married Isabel, daughter of Addison and Elizabeth Reed. Children, Dora Ellen, Henrietta, Theodosia Lee, Columbia Lily, Annie L., Cora V., Georgia, Gracie Cordelia, Estella, Jennings Bryan. Mr. Thacker is a member of the Christian Church, is an Odd Fellow, a Democrat and a farmer, residing near Mt. Zion Church where he owns 125 acres, mostly improved. His great grandfather came from Scotland and settled near Richmond; and his grandfather, Wyatt Thacker was born at Richmond, 1785; and his father was born in 1811 and lived to be 84 years old. His grandfather, Henry Demasters, served in the War of 1812. Mr. Thacker's children married as follows: Ellen married B. F. Vequesney at Elkins; Henrietta married Alman Poling; Columbia married Grant Williams at Junior; Annie manned James Curtis of Harding; and Cora married Riley Poling. Mr. Thacker has travelled in seventeen States and has voyaged 4000 miles by sea. He has been a member of the Board of Education. During the Civil War he fought on the Confederate side. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #13962 FULL-NAME: Jacob Spotswood Thacker BIRTH-DATE: November 2, 1843 BIRTH-PLACE: Virginia DEATH-DATE: December 25, 1922 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Jacob Johnson Thacker (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Sarah Ann Demascus (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Bronchial Asthma / Heart Failure BURIAL: Jerusalem (2nd wife of Jacob Spotswood Thacker) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #16971 FULL-NAME: Isabelle Thacker BIRTH-DATE: February 26, 1855 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 21, 1937 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Pilippi District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Addison Reed (born in W.Va) MOTHER: Elizabeth Talbott (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Sudden death, cause undetermined INFORMANT: Mrs. E. A. Poling of Philippi, WV BURIAL: Jerusalem Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- Theres a shared tombstone in the Jerusalem Cemetery, Barbour County, WV THACKER ISABELLA JACOB S. 1855-1937 1843-1922 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------