Mobile-Monroe County AlArchives Biographies.....Schroebel, Jacob Henry March 17 1801 - September 21 1843
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Author: A.B. Couch 8/26/1880
Published in the Alabama Baptist by A. B. Couch 8/26/1880:

Bro. Teague's articles "Their Way and End" are interesting and instructive and 
ventilate a subject that has been to much neglected.  But in his communication 
in the insite of our paper of Aug. 12 he exhibits a want of correct acquantance 
with the history of Eld. Jacob Henry Schoebel and family. 

It was through the influence of Eld. Alexander Travis not Watson, that he was 
brought into the Baptis church at Claiborne, Alabama.  As regards his tannery, 
preaching, and demise, Bro T is correct.  His widow kept boarding house in 
Mobile for several years after the deaht of her husband and with what she had 
to start with and the assistance of friends such as Thos P Miller, Claiborne, I 
have learned she made a comfortable living.  She married a Methodist Preacher 
named Thomason but remained a member of the the Baptist church to the day of 
her death.  She had no children by her second husband.

His only son, Henry (Note: actually Charles Henry), went to California when 
quite a young man where he has lived ever since.  His eldest daughter, 
Julianna, marred John R. Battelle, a brother-in-law of Thos P Miller.  Bro. 
Battelle was a prominent grocer in the city for many years.  His wife and 
himself were bothe members of the Baptist church.  His second daughter Laura, 
married a Mr. Ruggles of Mobile. Mr. Ruggles was a respected and industrious 
mand, and made a good living for his family.  His widow is the very efficient 
and popular matron of the Protestand Orphan Asylum of this city.  They were 
both members of the Baptist church.  His third daughter Margaret, marred a 
steam boat man named Mercer, who made a good living for his family up to the 
time of his death.  His widow raised her children in Mobile, where she was a 
member of the Baptist chuch up to a short time ago, when she and her children 
went to California, where her brother Henry is.  His fourth daughter Jane, is 
the present wife of Samuel E. Stokes, a prominent citizen and thriving mercand 
onthe easter shore of Mobile Bay.  They are both members of the Baptist churc.  
His grand children so far as I know are Baptists.

Thus his influence as a Baptist preacher is extending and widening and will 
continue to be felt in future ages.  His son Henry has never been a member of 
any church.  Sister Schroebel, as Bro. Schroebel, died a triumphant death, and 
at the request of her children, I preached her memorial in the St. Francis 
Street Church in this city.  I have known the family intimately since the year 
1887

Additional Comments:
Jacob Schroebel was my GGGG Grandfather.  Margaret Mercer his daughter that 
went to California my GGG Grandmother

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