Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Stecker, Jacob 1824 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JACOB STECKER, farmer, P. O. Findlay, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany,
December 6, 1824, and came with his parents, Gottleib and Caroline Stecker, to
America, and to Big Lick Township, this county, in 1841. Gottleib Stecker died
in 1868; his widow still resides on the home farm, in Big Lick Township. Jacob
Stecker married, May 1, 1853, Miss Rosanna Klink, of Crawford County, Ohio, and
they kthen settled in the southern part of Cass Township, this county. To them
were born four children, two of whom are now living: Catherine, wife of Alden H.
Cobb, and Daniel, who is now a student at the Ohio Wesleyan University. After
the death of his first wife, May 1, 1877, Jacob Stecker married, April 3,1879,
Miss Maria Jameson, daughter of Rev. Ira Jameson, of Big Lick Township, this
county. Our subject has been industrious and successful in life, and has
acquired- a fine farm of 227 acres of fertile land. He has erected thereon a
handsome brick residence, and made many other valuable improvements. In politics
he is a Republican. He was elected justice of the peace in 1870. which position
he held, by re-election, until 1882, and has discharged his duties faithfully
and to the satisfaction of the people. Mr. and Mrs. Steeker are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was largely instrumental in erecting the handsome
structure, Salem Church, in Cass Township, this county. He is strictly a
self-made man, and has made excellent use of the limited advantages he has
enjoyed here in his adopted country. He is a valuable citizen, highly respected
by the entire community.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Cass Township




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