Jacob Etter

JACOB ETTER, farmer, P. O. East Greene, was born Nov. 14, 1841, in Wurtemburg, Germany. His parents, Jacob and Phillipena Etter, came to America and to Erie Co. with their family in 1847. Mrs. Etter died March 9, 1878. Mr. Etter still resides in Greene Township. Our subject enlisted in the U. S. Navy, July 13, 1864. He served in different departments of the navy on the Atlantic coast, the Bahama Islands, along the coast of South America and South Africa, and was honorably discharged in 1868. After living on the home farm a year, he went on the P. & E. R. R. at Erie, where he remained 3 years. He was united in marriage, March, 1869, with Anne Gloth. Of the 3 children born to this union, only Annie survives. In 1873, they settled on the place they have since occupied. Mrs. Etter died Jan. 9, 1875. Mr. Etter afterward married Julia Zimmer, and has 5 sons -- Henry, Adam, Fred, Jacob and Cryst. Mr. and Mrs. Etter are members of the Lutheran Protestant Church. He is an industrious, reliable and successful farmer, and with the aid of his worthy wife is building up a fine estate. He is politically a Democrat.

Source: Samuel P. Bates, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, (Warner, Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1884), Part VI, Township Biographies, Venango Township, p. 188.