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Submitted: 11/23/21 • Approved: 11/28/21 • Last Updated: 12/1/21 • R470147-G0-S3
Husband of Sarah Berkey
15 Nov 1816 - 5 Mar 1882
BERKEY.- March 5th, near Gainesville, Texas, Elder Jacob Berkey, aged about 62 years. The deceased was an Elder in the Dunker brethren church. He was born in Somerset Co., Pa., and lived near Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., about thirty years. A few years ago he moved to Texas, and in trying to cross a swollen stream on horseback, he was drowned. His body was found the next day a mile and a half below, and sent to his home some twenty-five miles distant. The burial took place the 7th.
Herald of Truth - Volume XIX, Number 7 - April 1, 1882 - page 108, 109, 110
Contributed on 11/23/21 by wooddonnie59
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