Jacob ZENTMEYER

1778 - 1849  (70 years)

• Name	Jacob ZENTMEYER
  Birth	27 Nov 1778	Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Mar 1849	Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2]
  Burial	09 Mar 1849	Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania   [1]
  Notes	Jacob Zentmeyer, grandson of Johann Bernhard Zentmeyer through his son Jacob, moved into the Buffalo Valley around 1810, and his descendants lived there until well into the early 1900s. The Buffalo Valley was also the home of Nathaniel Strayhorn, who moved there in the late 1700s and whose offspring populated the region until the late 1800s.
  Person ID	I1654	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	24 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER,   b. 30 Dec 1751, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 22 Mar 1831, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN,   b. 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F23665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eve Catherine WIELAND,   b. 21 Feb 1784   d. 13 Mar 1863, Derrstown, (now Lewisburg) East Buffalo Twp., Union, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
  Children	+ 1. Catherine ZENTMEYER,   b. 03 Mar 1804   d. 19 Dec 1874 (Age 70 years) + 2. Israel ZENTMEYER,   b. 06 Nov 1805, Warwick Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania d. 4 Jul 1875, Howard, Indiana (Age 69 years)   3. Gabriel ZENTMEYER,   b. 22 Oct 1806, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. Bef 1820 (Age 13 years)   4. Rachel ZENTMEYER,   b. 27 Mar 1811, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania d. 31 May 1900 (Age 89 years)   5. Leah ZENTMEYER,   b. 1 Nov 1813, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania d. 21 Nov 1891, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania (Age 78 years)   6. Joel ZENTMEYER,   b. 14 Jan 1818, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania d. 8 Jan 1885, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania (Age 66 years) + 7. Enos Peter ZENTMEYER,   b. 2 Oct 1822, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania d. 27 Aug 1884, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2011

  
  

• Photos

  Headstone of Jacob Zentmeyer In the Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania Photo by Gary Zentmyer

  
  

• Sources

  [S05794] Information contributed by Gary Zentmyer, Site Administrator. [S9] Annals of Buffalo Valley Pennsylvania.