Orange County Indiana
Obituary of Jacob Krutsinger
 
Christian Record, p. 635, 20 August 1875
 
Jacob Krutsinger, the father of W. H. Krutsinger, ahs gone to his
last resting place.  He expired August 20, 1875, at his old home on
Orange County, Indiana, at the age of 84 years, 5 months, and 20
days.  He was born in North Carolina, and when quite young his father
came to Tennessee, where young Jacob spent his bow and arrow days. 
During his teens his father brought him to KY, and at the age of 21
he was located in the hoosier State, Orange County, Indiana, near
where he breathed his last.  Jacob Krutsinger was of German descent,
his father having come from beyond the sea.  The German was spoken in
his father's family until they removed to Indiana; consequently the
subject of this sketch was 21 years of age before he spoke anything
except the German.  His occupation was that of a farmer, although he
was a good blacksmith, at which he sometimes labored.  He was
remarkable for good order and neatness, having a place for everything
and everything in its place.  if he built a fence, it was true as a
plumb; if he laid out a corn row, it was as straight as a line.  His
education was very much neglected, as his father lived in the
"deep-tangled, wild woods," rather than near a good schoolhouse. 
However, he favored education and sought to advance his children in
that direction.  Though a little irritable at times he had a large
organ of reverence, and would often deeply regret that he was not
better able to control himself. He embraced the Tunker faith, more
familiarly known as Dunkards, and received the trine immersion, being
put under the water three times face foremost.  Subsequently he came
into the reformation in which faith he lived till death.  The
following little stanze expresses, in a few words, an epitome of the
good old gentleman's life:  "Reader, whosoever thou art What thy God
had given impart."


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