U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Landes, Jared E. (1858-1944) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 492-493 JARED E. LANDES son of Samuel Landes and Margaret (Shaver) Landes, born in Highland County, Va., March 5, 1858. Came with his father to Upshur County in 1860, and settled on Bush Run of French Creek. His father's father was John Landes, an imigrant from German. His mother was a daughter of John Shaver and Rachel (Simernon) Shaver, both of German descent. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1882, he married Sarah C. Abbott, the daughter of John and Ruth (Brady) Abbott. Ruth Brady was the daughter of John and Susanna (Ware) Brady, of Randolph County. Children: Madge V., Jesse M., Annie R, Jay S., Florence D., Harold R., Kent. Mr. Landes is a farmer of Meade District and independent in politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #5278 FULL-NAME: Jarred Ervin Landis BIRTH-DATE: March 5, 1859 BIRTH-PLACE: Virginia DEATH-DATE: March 30, 1944 DEATH-PLACE: Adrian, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer, own farm FATHER: Samuel Landis (born in Va.) MOTHER: Margaret Shaver (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: condition incidental to age INFORMANT: Mrs. Jessie Reger (of Adrian, W.Va.) BURIAL: Waterloo Cemetery, French Creek, W.Va. R.F.D. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------