OBIT: Jacob HEINBAUGH, 1905, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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Somerset Herald, 17 May 1905
JACOB HEINBAUGH

     Memorial Day this year will have a new interest for hundreds of Somerset 
county solders.  Trembling, but loving hands, will plant a flag and deposit a 
wreath on the new made grave of "Uncle Jake" Heinbaugh, for whom taps sounded 
Thursday night, May 9th, at his home in Rockwood.  No resident of the county 
had a wider circle of friends and none was better loved by his comrades in arms 
than the bearded veteran who has been called before the Captain.  At the various 
New Years gatherings of R. P. Cummins Post G.A.R. there always seemed to be a 
peculiar significance to the homage paid to Uncle Jake by those who have been 
his comrades in the stirring days of the rebellion.  The greeting given him was 
probably a little bit warmer than accorded other out-of-town comrades, and a 
circle of admiring friends loitered around him anxious to contribute to his 
comfort and to enjoy his conversation.  This was probably due to the fact that 
when he volunteered "to help save the Union" he had passed the meridian of life, 
and in camp was looked upon by many of his comrades in the light of a father, or 
because they felt that in him they had a protector and friend to whom none were 
ever known to have appealed in vain.  A man of great physical strength and 
strong personal character Uncle Jake would have attracted attention to any assemblage.
     Mr. Heinbaugh was born in February 1819 and lived all his 87 years in the 
vicinity of Rockwood.  He served throughout the war as a member of 85th Pa. 
Vol.  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Simon R. Parker of Rockwood and by 
one son, Solomon Heinbaugh of Beaver Falls.  The funeral Thursday afternoon was 
largely attended, a squad from R. P. Cummins Post, under command of John C. 
Pile, being present and firing a volley as the casket was lowered into the 
grave, in the cemetery at New Centerville.


Additional Comments:
Jacob's obituary indicates that he died February 1819, however the 1900 
Rockwood, Somerset, PA census lists "born Feb 1818."  Also page 41 of 
the "Rockwood Area Cemeteries" book indicates that Jacob was born "Feb 6, 1818."

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