SENECA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: JACOB SCHIFFER (1886)

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SENECA COUNTY
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.727-728
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886

SENECA COUNTY, BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP, OHIO

JACOB SCHIFFER, teacher, New Riegel, was born in Bavaria, Germany, 
September 29, 1839, son of Lawrance and Christena Schiffer, also 
natives of Bavaria, where they were married, and where Lawrance 
Schiffer died in 1847. His widow subsequently married John Brown 
(who died in 1880), and still resides in her native land. Our 
subject immigrated to America on July 1, 1857, first settling in 
Clarion County, Penn. and from there moved to Seneca County, Ohio, 
in 1860, where he remained till 1863; thence went to Dearborn 
County, Ind,, and from there returned to this county, locating in 
New Riegel in 1867, where he has remained ever since. He was united 
in marriage, October 18, 1860, with Theresa Werley, born in Baden, 
Germany, October 14, 1835, daughter of Francis and Agatha Werley, 
natives of Baden, where they remained until their death. Mr. and 
Mrs. Schiffer are the parents of six children, four now living: 
Mary, Stephen, Julius and Rudolph. Our subject has been a teacher 
for over twenty-five years, and is organist in the New Riegel church. 
He and his family are members of the Catholic Church at St. Boniface.