BIO: Jacob Hollinger, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XLIV.

                           DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

461  DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

  REV. JACOB HOLLINGER, minister and retired farmer, P. O. Mooredale, 
was born in Monroe Township, this county, August 22, 1827.  His great-
grandfather came from Switzerland to America in a very early day, and 
his grandfather, Jacob Hollinger, was born in America.  Daniel 
Hollinger (father of our subject), a native of York County, Penn., 
married Catherine Dillinger, also a native of York County.  Immediately 
after marriage they settled in Monroe Township, this county.  Of their 
eleven children nine grew to maturity and six are now living:  Daniel, 
in Plympton, Kas.; Jacob; John, in Russell, Kas.; Mrs. Elizabeth 
Hutchison; Mrs. Catherine Eckert; and Mrs. Rebecca Martin.  The father 
of these children departed this life in 1859, and his widow survived 
until 1872.  He was a life-long minister of the German Baptist Church, 
and five of his sons, following in their father's footsteps, became 
ministers of the gospel.  He was an upright pioneer, and his memory is 
cherished and honored by all who knew him.  Rev. Jacob Hollinger, the 
subject of this sketch, was married, October 4, 1849, to Mary A. 
Sheaffer, a native of Monroe Township, this county, where her parents, 
Jacob and Elizabeth Sheaffer resided until their death.  After their 
marriage, Rev. Jacob Hollinger and his wife settled in Dickinson 
Township, this county, and in 1852 they moved to South Middleton 
Township, where they resided until 1861, then returned to Dickinson 
Township, and have since resided here.  By industry and good management 
they have acquired a fine farm of 130 acres of well improved farm land, 
and also own thirty-five acres of timbered land on South Mountain.  To 
them have been born eleven children, seven of whom are now living:  
John Edward, George William, Mrs. Florence Hertzler, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Myers, Jacob S., Mrs. Anna Mary Cooper, and Alice Eva.  Our subject 
united with the German Baptist Church in 1854, and was chosen a 
minister in the church in 1869, which relation he has sustained ever 
since.  He is a man of firm principles and strict integrity, a worthy 
citizen, highly respected by the entire community.