Jacob Herr

This story is taken from the Biographical Annals of Lebanon County, pp. 445-447 "Jacob Herr, his father, was born in Lancaster County, November 18, 1819, to Henry and Katy (Garber) Herr, and he died at his home in South Jackson Township on March 5, 1986. His wife, Sarah Pfautz, was born December 21, 1822, to Jacob and Elizabeth (Eby) Pfautz, Warwick Township, Lancaster County. Jacob was a son of the well-known Henry Herr of Lancaster County, and the family has been an agricultural one from its earliest days, and it has also been a deeply religious one. The children born of the marriage of Jacob and Sarah (Pfautz) Herr, which marriage occurred in 1845 were three in number: John; Katherine, the wife of Daniel Geib of the eastern shore of Maryland; and Elizabaeth, the wife of Rev. Alfred Gingrich of the German Baptist Church of Lebanon. Jacob Herr came to this farm in young manhood and was one of the honorable and prominent citizens of South Jackson Township, serving as school director and in other local offices. In politics, he was a Republican and always a supporter of law and order. His excellent life and character exerted a beneficial influence on all about him."