U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eckess, Jacob Columbus (1842-1927) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 439-440 JACOB COLUMBUS ECKESS, is a farmer of Banks District; his residence is in Rock Cave. He was born September 15, 1842, and married Lucy Henderson, November 6, 1867, and their children are Madge Agatha, the wife of J. M. Smith, Hardware and Furniture Merchant of Davis, W. Va.; Libbie Loverah, the wife of Dr. W. A. J. Brown, a physician of Elkins, W. Va.; Benjamin Franklin, a merchant at Fairmont; Mary Florede, the wife of Edward Clifford Jones, of Baltimore, now a leading merchant of Fairmont; Mary Florede, the wife of Franklin Millan, oil producer at Mannington; Edgar DeWitt Talmage, single. The subject of this sketch is the son of Jacob Eckess and Catherine Beashlar and the grandson of Christopher Eckess and Elizabeth Werer. They are of German descent. Jacob Eckess and Catherine Beashlar were married in 1840. The grandfather of Mrs. Jacob Eckess was a Revolutionary soldier and died in Baltimore, leaving one son, George Henry Beashlar, who was the father of Mrs. Jacob Eckess. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the army of the war of the Rebellion, February, 1862, and served till the end of the war, he was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, and had an attack of typhoid fever while in service. His wife was the daughter of William Henderson and Elizabeth Swisher. William Henderson moved from the Valley of Virginia to the waters of Slab Camp in 1838. Mr. Eckess owns two farms in Banks District. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Florida, Deaths 1877-1939 index) Name: Jacob C. Eckess Event Date: 16 Mar 1927 Event Place: Dinsmore, Duval, Florida Gender: Male Race: White Age (Original): 85y Birth Date: 16 Sep 1842 Birthplace: Richmond, W. Va. Marital Status: Widowed Spouse's Name: Lucy Henderson Eckess Father's Name: Jacob Eckess Father's Birthplace: Richmond, Va. Mother's Name: Cathrine Rucker Mother's Birthplace: Germany Occupation: Retired Farmer Residence Place: Dinsmore, Fla Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery Burial Place: Jaxsonville, Fla Burial Date: 17 Mar 1927 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------