BIOS: Jacob N. WALTER, Gebhart, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Roth Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 475 Jacob N. WALTER. Jacob N. Walter, of Gebhart, is a son of Jacob Walter, who was born in Milford township and was the descendant of German ancestors. He was all his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Walter married Margaret Snyder, and their family consisted of the following chidlren: John; Allen; Joshua; Sarah; Jason; William; Charles; Cyrus; Pearl; George; Emma; Ella; and Jacob N., see forward. Jacob N. Walter, son of Jacob and Margaret (Snyder) Walter, was born January 5, 1856, in Milford township, and received his education in the common schools of Westmoreland county, which he attended until attaining his majority. He then engaged in farming, which he has made his lifework, devoting to it his best efforts and achieving a fair measure of success. Mr. Walter married, December 20, 1884, Annie Tayman, and they are the parents of three children: Ralph H., born February 13, 1886; James H., born July 11, 1888; and Wilber J., born July 15, 1903. Mrs. Walter is a daughter of Augustus Tayman, who was born in Berlin, Germany, and when twenty-four years old emigrated to the United States. He married Charlotte Ulmburg, and their children were: George; Samuel; Henry; Augustus; William; Elmer; and Anna, wife of Jacob N. Walter.