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Jacob Leathers

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dover,York,Pennsylvania,USA
Death: March 28, 1843 (86-87)
Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of Burial: Sand Hill Cemetery, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Frederick Leathers, II and Jane Barbara Leathers
Husband of Mary W. Leathers
Father of Elizabeth Bechtel; Jacob Leathers, Jr.; Mary Christiana Bachdel; Barbara Leathers; John Leathers and 3 others
Brother of Barbara Leathers; Frederick Leathers, III; John K. Leathers; Daniel Leathers; Susannah Biegler and 2 others
Half brother of David Lewis

Occupation: gunsmith
Managed by: Colleen Rose Keenan
Last Updated:

About Jacob Leathers

The husband of Mary W. Shirk (1758-1841) and the father of Barbara Leathers (wife of Joseph Leathers). Jacob's great-grandson, noted lumberman Jacob Leathers Rumbarger (1836-1929)--son of Betsy Leathers, Barbara's daughter, and of John Rumbarger--was named for him. Jacob Leathers was my 5th great-grandfather.

private in the Pennsylvania regiment of the Revolutionary War. Occupation - gunsmith.

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Jacob Leathers's Timeline

1756
1756
Dover,York,Pennsylvania,USA
1778
December 22, 1778
York Co., PA
1784
August 8, 1784
York Co., PA
1786
August 29, 1786
Dover,York,Pennsylvania,USA
1787
April 7, 1787
Howard, Centre, Pa
1787
York, Pa
1791
1791
1797
August 29, 1797
Howard, Centre, Pa
1798
1798
PA