U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rohr, Jacob (1836-1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 562 JACOB ROHR, born 2d day of December, 1836, in Augusta County, Va., son of Philip and Anna (Neff) Rohr. Phillip Rohr was a wagon maker, who moved to Peck's Run about the year 1845, and raised a family of 14 children there. He died in Jackson County, and his wife in Barbour County. The subject of this sketch is a second son in this large family, was raised on a farm and took up the calling of his father. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, locally known as the Upshur Battery, and served therein until the close of the war. His first wife was Dosia Ann Reynolds, a daughter of Watson Reynolds and to them were born six children: Infant; Isabella Virginia, wife of S. P. Ligget; Olive C., wife of John Smith; W. M., married a Miss Warner, and Ulysses Orlando, who married Olive Warner; Isie V., married a Mr. Bice. His first wife died October 22, 1889, and then he married Jane Roney of Gilmer County, and their children are: Hoy, E. H., Homer P. The subject of this sketch is a farmer of Peck's Run, Warren District, owns 68 acres of land, member of the U. B. Church and a Republican. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8041 FULL-NAME: Jacob Rohr BIRTH-DATE: December 2, 1836 BIRTH-PLACE: Augusta Co., Va. DEATH-DATE: June 14, 1929 (at age 85y-6m-12d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Philip Rohr MOTHER: Anna Neff (born in Augusta Co., Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Gastro Enteritis INFORMANT: E. H. Rohr, Buckhannon BURIAL: Mt. Zion Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------