Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel
Birth Name | Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 86 years, 10 months, 6 days |
Narrative
Jacob's name at birth is recorded in his parents' Bible as "Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel." A Jacob S. Kern, "of Greensburg," died 24 Sep 1829 in McConnellsburg, PA. The death was announced in the Greensburg Gazette. He is presumed to be Jacob's maternal uncle. Source: Mary Jane Mains, compi ler, Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1808-1929 (not all inclusive), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
(Greensburg: Westmoreland County Historical Society, 1994).
In July of 1847, Jacob and his father Henry traveled to New York, evidently by way of Philadelphia, to see a Mr. Sauer/Souer about getting Jacob a job. In his July 12 letter to his wife, Henry said that "Jacob is well and is very well contented. I think that this week or next week he will get a situation." (Source: Letter from Henry to Sarah "Sally" Kiel. See transcript with Henry's information.) Whether Jacob got the position or not is not known.
In 1850, Jacob seems to be in Johnstown. There is a Jacob KEEL, age 20, working as a clerk and boarding with a family named McGrory. (1850 Census, Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA Series M432, Roll 761, page 218, enumerated 1st November 1850)
Jacob's obituary said "Mr. Kiel was one of those who rushed to California in 1849 to dig for gold." Since it was written in 1916, they may have generalized regarding the date of the '49ers rush to California. There is a Jacob Keel recorded as arriving in San Francisco onboard the steam ship Columbus on 17 June 1852. (Source: email from a volunteer researcher, using San Francisco ship passenger lists, by Louis J. Rasmussen, (Colma, Calif., San Francisco historic record & genealogy bulletin, 1965-). (Reprinted?: Baltimore: Printed for Clearfield by Genealogical Pub., [200-]- ). Descendants of Jacob's sister Elizabeth "Eckie" Kiel once had a blue platter, with a gold trim, that had been passed down in the family. It was said to have come from a set of china that Jacob sent back to his mother from California.
Jacob returned to Cambria County within three years and later ran a store in Wilmore. (His obituary, see below.) He and his brother Daniel Morris are said to have started the first livery stable in Johnstown, apparently in the mid to late 1850's.(Source: Frank Kiel's book, Hendrik Gerrit Kiel, page 45.) He was a farmer in Portage for the remainder of his life.
Jacob evidently was in the civil war since his name is on Plaque 4 of the Ebensburg War Memorial. He is listed as a sargent. (Transcribed at www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri.)
Jacob was assessed tax as a retail liquor dealer in Washington Twp in 1865:
1865 Kiel, Jacob, Washington Township, Gannon(?) Road, Retail Liquor Dealer, paid $14.58 on Oct 1
from U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 Record, ancestry.com
In 1867, Jacob was living in Portage when he petitioned as his mother's heir regarding his grandfather Joseph Kern's will. (Frank Kiel's book, page 43.) From at least 1870 until at least 1910, Jacob ran a farm in Portage. (Censuses of Portage.)
He is listed as operating a hotel in Portage in a 1876-77 Directory:
Keil, J.S., hotel.
(Source: 1876-77: Wiggins and McKillops' General Directory of Johnstown and Adjoining Boroughs, (published: Cincinatti), page 155, listing for Portage. (at HeritageQues Online.com)
According to Frank Kiel's book, page 58, an entry for Jacob S. Keil, innkeeper, is crossed out from the Assessment Records of Portage for 1878.
Jacob was also Judge of Elections for more than thirty years and at one time was Sealer of Weights and Measures. (His obituary)
There is a picture of Jacob Kiel and his wife Anne in front of his homestead on Route 53 in Portage, Pennsylvania. It is picture 1-48 in Frank Kiel 's book. Also in the picture are Anne's daughter Annie Campbell, and an Etta Biner, who was with the family in 1880. The home is no longer there.
According to Frank Wilson's book, Hendrik Gerrit Kiel -- Dutch Immigrant to Pennsylvania, (Comfort, Texas: Skyline Ranch Press, 2000), Jacob is buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Wilmore. His grave is unmarked, but is next to one marked "Annie Russell Kiel/Wife of Jacob Kiel." According to rootsweb.com/~pacambri, this cemetery is also called Miller Burial Ground.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | November 8, 1829 | Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States | 1 | |
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Political | July 6, 1859 | Wilmore Borough, Summerhill Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | convention delegate | 2a |
Event Note
Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.), July 06, 1859, Image 2 |
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Death | September 14, 1916 | Portage Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | 3 4a | |
General
Pennsylvania Death Certificate |
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Burial | September 16, 1916 | Lutheran Cemetery, Wilmore Borough, Summerhill Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | Burial of Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel | 5 |
Event Note
Obituary of Jacob S. Kiel, Johnstown Daily Tribune, Saturday September 16, 1916, page 7. Photocopy obtained from Cambria County Library, November 2004.
DEATH CLAIMS JACOB S. KIEL, PORTAGE CITIZEN Funeral services were conducted at the Kiel residence at 9:30 o'clock this morning by E. A. Sharp, pastor of the Portage United Brethren Church. Burial was in the Lutheran Cemetery at Wilmore. |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Henry G. Kiel | April 24, 1804 | February 14, 1848 | |
Mother | Sarah Kern | 1805 | between 1864 and 1867 | |
Sister | Margaret Elizabeth Kiel | May 3, 1825 | January 10, 1918 | |
Sister | Mary Ann Kiel | July 29, 1828 | January 19, 1915 | |
Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel | November 8, 1829 | September 14, 1916 | ||
Brother | Daniel Morris Kiel | December 19, 1831 | February 15, 1919 | |
Brother | Joseph White Kiel | September 13, 1834 | December 24, 1838 | |
Brother | John Henry Kiel | January 7, 1838 | December 31, 1838 | |
Sister | Sarah Eleanor Kiel | February 22, 1840 | September 1, 1919 | |
Sister | Celia Anthus Kiel | April 26, 1843 | January 6, 1929 | |
Sister | Elizabeth Extine Kiel | March 2, 1845 | August 23, 1931 | |
Sister | Emma Henry Kiel | August 4, 1848 | January 11, 1938 |
Families
Family of Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel and Mary A. Altimus |
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Married | Wife | Mary A. Altimus ( b. d. before 1861 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Family of Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel and Annie Marie Russell |
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Married | Wife | Annie Marie Russell ( b. February 1828 d. December 2, 1908 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Harry Morris Kiel | January 10, 1862 | March 3, 1937 |
Pedigree
Source References
- Family Bible of Henry and Sarah Kern Kiel
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Ebensburg Democrat and sentinel
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- Date: July 6, 1859
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- Obituary of Jacob S. Kiel. Johnstown Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 16, 1916, page 7. Photocopy obtained from Cambria County Library, November 2004.
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Pennsylvania Death Certificates
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- Page: Infant Hamilton, Oct 4, 1910, file number 105210, registered number 7958
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- His obituary.
- Copyrighted transcription at www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/ of their marriage announcement in Democrat & Sentinel, Ebensburg, Pa, Wednesday, 11 May 1859, VOL 6, NO 25.
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Frank Wilson Kiel: Hendrik Gerrit Kiel -- Dutch Immigrant to Pennsylvania
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General:
Frank Wilson Kiel, Hendrik Gerrit Kiel -- Dutch Immigrant to Pennsylvania, Comfort, TX: Skyline Ranch Press, 2000, p. 44.
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