(Reverend) Jacob Andrews

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Jacob Andrews

Birthdate:
Birthplace: East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 03, 1873 (76)
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Andreas and Magdalena Andreas (Bosler)
Husband of Veronica (Fanny) Andrews
Father of Mary Andrews; Henry Funk Andrews and Jacob Funk Andrews
Brother of Joseph Andreas “Andrews"; Martin Andreas “Andrews"; Peter Andreas “Andrews"; Daniel Andreas “Andrews"; Esther Weber and 1 other

Occupation: Coverlet Weaver Ordained minister −8/28/1856 Old Mennonite Order
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About (Reverend) Jacob Andrews

Birth: Apr. 26, 1797 Death: Dec. 3, 1873

Preacher Age 76y 7m 7d

Rev. Jacob Andrew was born in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., PA 26 April 1797. He was by trade a coverlet weaver, which he carried on in Manor Twp. and later bought a farm in Paradise Twp., which he farmed for a number of years. He was ordained Minister of the Gospel under the rule of the Old Mennonite persuasion on August 28, 1856.

On March 23, 1869, he moved with his son Henry I. Andrews, to the Borough of Strasburg, where he lived a retired life from all worldly pursuites and attended only to his ministerial duties. He died in Strasburg on Dec 3, 1873.

From "A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funch and Other Funk Pioneers, by Abraham James Fretz, Mennonite Publishing Co., Elkhart, IN, 1899, Page 747-751. (supplied by Bill Neff)

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Parents:
 Peter Andreas (1764 - 1857)
 Magdalena Bossler Andreas (1766 - 1838)

Spouse:

 Fanny Funk Andrews (1806 - 1882)*

Children:

 Henry Funk Andrews (1832 - 1914)*
 Jacob Funk Andrews (1836 - 1928)*

Siblings:

 Martin Andreas (1792 - 1882)*
 Joseph Andrews (1792 - 1873)*
 Peter Andrews (1794 - 1841)*
 Esther Andrews Weaver (1795 - 1838)*
 Daniel Andrews (1795 - 1882)*
 Jacob Andrews (1797 - 1873)
 Elizabeth Andrews Beutler (1801 - 1873)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery Strasburg Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Miabeth Record added: Mar 16, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67005384

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(Reverend) Jacob Andrews's Timeline

1797
April 26, 1797
East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1826
October 23, 1826
Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1832
October 5, 1832
Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1836
August 24, 1836
Manor Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
1873
December 3, 1873
Age 76
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States