U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorentz, Jacob (1776-1866) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 402 Jacob Lorentz was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in January, 1776. At the age of twenty-one, he imigrated to Virginia, and in Randolph county, he married Rebecca, daughter of Valentine Stalnaker. In 1807, they moved to what was then Harrison county, where he was four years a farmer, then went into a mercantile business. He was commissioned and sworn in Justice of the Peace in Harrison county, continued in the office when that section of Harrison was set apart as Lewis county, and still held the office when Upshur county was formed in 1852, after which he declined to serve longer, having served in three counties without moving. He was Sheriff in Lewis county two years, and was also commissioner in chancery. Sixteen children were born of this marriage with Rebecca Stalnaker; twelve lived to maturity and married, and before his death, one hundred and seventy-five children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren had been born to him. He died April 11, 1866, his wife having died seven years before. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------