TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO -  BIO: AKER, JACOB (published 1882)
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1882 HISTORY OF LA GRANGE COUNTY INDIANA
F.A. Battey & Co., 1882

        JACOB AKER, the son of Adam and Tena Aker, natives of Germany, was
born in Germany July 21, 1835. His parents died in the place of their
birth, and he came to America in 1850. In Ohio he attended school one
winter and engaged in farm work, receiving from $6 to $11 per month. This
employment he continued four seasons, and December 17, 1855, was married to
Miss Harriet Blasseus, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They subsequently
immigrated to Pretty Prairie, in this county, where they lived six years,
and bought seventy acres of land, next proceeding to this township, where
Mr. Aker, after disposing of his previous purchase, bought eighty acres of
his present property on English Prairie. Their farm now comprises 174
acres, with first-class buildings and improvements. They have had born to
them five children -Adaline (deceased), Martha E., Mary E., Catharine and
Tena. The last two are single and reside at home. Mary is a resident of
Michigan and Martha lives with her parents. Mrs. Aker is the daughter of
Valentine and Mary Blasseus. The former a native of Germany, died in this
county, where the latter, a native of Pennsylvania, is yet living.

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