Jacob Armentrout

From: The Armentrout Family History: 1789-1978 by Rusell S. Armentrout

6-1-6 JACOB ERMENTRAUDT (Plate VII) b: 18 June 1800, Rock. Co., Va.; d: 10 July 1878, Cedar Co., Iowa; m: 4 Apr 1825, Rock. Co., Va. to MARY A HAMMON, b: 6 Oct 1806, Rock. Co., Va.; d: 10 Feb 1892, Cedar Co., Iowa; dau. of George Hammon.

CHILDREN: 1. Nancy (1825-1909). 2. Ethan A (1826- ). 3. Annis (1828-1909). 4. Anamelia (1830-1925). 5. Amity (1832- ). 6. George (1833-1921). 7. Abraham (1835-1915). 8. Ansel (1838-1915). 9. Albro (1840-1937). 10. Catherine (1842-1924). 11. Dallas (1844-1935). 12. Phillip (1847-1929).

Jacob was the 4th child of George and Ann Kiser Ermentraudt who was left fatherless at the age of four. His mother and bros. aided him in securing a fair education. As only a boy he served as a private in Capt. William Harrison's Co. of Riflemen from Rock. Co., Va., the 116th attached to the First Regt. (Truehart's) of Va. Militia from 29 Aug to 7 Dec 1814.3

After the war he worked as a carpenter with a bro. and in Aug 1820, he together with his mother and bros. moved from Rock. Co., Va. to Richland Co., Ohio where they bought a farm. From here he went to Mt. Vernon, Ohio and apprenticed himself to a cabinet maker to learn the trade. He served for 3 years as an apprentice and returned to the family home in Richland Co., where he worked for a short period as a carpenter.

Jacob made a visit to Rock. Co. where he stayed for a time before returning to Ohio. He became dissatisfied in Ohio and again returned to Virginia where he was united in mar. to Mary Hammon of Rock. Co. in the spring of 1825. In the fall of 1826 Jacob and Mary with Nancy their first child moved to Ohio and settled in the town of Newville where he worked at his trade. Here he took an active part in civic affairs, serving as a J.P. for 9 years and as postmaster for 6 years. After residing in Newville for about 16 years Jacob bought a farm in Worthington Twp. between Newville and Butler which he farmed for about 7 years. He sold this farm and purchased another in Kosciusko Co., Ind. where he and his family lived for about 5 years. In 1853 he sold his Ind. farm and moved west to Iowa where he purchased 207 acres of farm land in Linn Twp., Cedar Co., 6 miles south of Mechanicsville where he and Mary spent the rest of their lives.

Jacob was a man highly respected in his community and a very successful farmer. His real estate holdings showed a steady increase in value. His Ind. farm was valued at $1,000 and in 1870; his farm in Cedar Co., Iowa was valued at $8,000 with per. prop, of $2,775. Mary was a woman with a remarkably strong constitution and had never been sick until she suffered a stroke of paralysis about two years before her death. She had been a member of the Free Will Bapt. Ch. for over a half century. She was buried in the Clear Creek Cem. in Cedar Co., Iowa, nfd

1. Letter, Marion Armentrout, (g. gr. son, Harlan, Iowa, 4 Feb 1967 (dec). 2. Obit. Mechanicsville, Iowa, paper, c 10 July 1878. 3. Hist, of Rock. Co., Va. - John W Wayland, 1912, p. 452. 4. Mar. Rec. Rock. Co., Va., Bk. 2 - 458. 5. Richland Co., Ohio 1830 USC. 6. Kosciusko Co., Ind. 1850 USC. 7. Hist, of Cedar Co., Iowa - West. Hist. 1878, p. 715. 8. Cedar Co., Iowa 1860 USC. 9. Cedar Co., Iowa 1870 USC. 10. Obit. Mechanicsville, Iowa Paper, c 10 Feb 1892.

From: http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1889bio/1889bio30.htm

JACOB ARMENTROUT, the father of Philip Armentrout, was born June 18, 1800, in Rockingham County, Virginia. His father died when he was four years of age, but his mother and brothers assisted him to gain a fair education. In the month of August, 1820, he moved with his brother to Richland County, Ohio, and after a short sojourn there to Knox County, Ohio, where he served a three years' apprenticeship to a cabinet-maker; he then returned to Richland County, and worked at his trade for some time, and returned to Virginia. After a short time he went back to Ohio, and worked at his trade, but not feeling satisfied he again returned to the State of his nativity, and there on April 17, 1825, he was married to Mary Hammen, of Rockingham County. In the fall of 1826 they emigrated to Ohio and settled in Newville, where he plied his trade, held the office of justice of the peace for nine years, and that of postmaster for six years. After a residence of sixteen years in Newville, he purchased a farm two miles west of the place, on which he lived seven years, when he sold out and went to Kosciusko County, Indiana; there he bought a farm which he cultivated five years, when he emigrated to Iowa in 1853 and bought a farm on which he passed the remainder of his days. He held the office of justice of the peace in Cedar County for eight years. Jacob Armentrout's father, being the eldest of the family, under the old colonial laws inherited the entire estate of his father, but he divided equally with his brothers and sisters. He left a wife, five sons and seven daughters to mourn his loss. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, being gentlemanly, courteous, and obliging to a fault.

Source: 1889 Biographical History of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 629-630 Contributor: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs

From: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/rockingham/military/muster-rolls.txt

CAPT. WM. HARRISON'S CO., 1ST VA. VOLS.

              (Entered service August 29, 1814.)

  Wm. Harrison, capt.; Peter Sprinkle, 1st lt.; ZephaniahWade, 2d lt.; John  Sheets, 1st ensign; Thomas Hinton, 2d ensign; Philip Armentrout, 1st ser.; Henry  Armentrout, 2d ser.; Benjamin Fawcett, 3d ser.; John Cowen, 4th ser.; David  Armentrout, 5th ser.; Daniel Witts, 6th ser.; Moses Cummings, 1st cor.; Abram  Flesher, 2d cor.; Martin Martz, 3d cor.; John Wade, 4th cor.; Joseph Wade, 5th  cor; David Wallace, 6th cor.; Jacob Sheets, 7th cor.; James Dean, 8th cor.;  Abram Armentrout, drummer; Matthew Miller, fifer.

Fredrick Armentrout Joseph Fifer John Overholt Jacob Armentrout Peter Grout George Overholt Jacob Alstat David Grout Henry Peters Felix Albert Jacob Heidecker, sr. William Pickering Christian Argabright Gasper Haynes Henry Pirkey Philip Armentrout George Hiniker Jacob Pirkey Thomas Bachelor Michale Hilbert John Roadcap Augustus Armentrout Jacob Heidecker, jr. Jacob Rhodes (con't)

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