BIO:  Jacob W. Albert, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Franklin Township, Pg 104

JACOB W. ALBERT was born in Adams County, Penn., in 1821, a son of Rev. J. E. and 
Catherine (Wentz) Albert, of Adams and Perry Counties, respectively.  His great-
grandfather came from Germany, and was sold to pay his passage across the ocean.  
The grandfather was a farmer in Adams County, Penn., and owned a large tract of 
land, which was divided into eight farms.  He was a member of the Reformed 
Church.  The father of subject was a German Reformed minister in Adams and York 
Counties for many years.  He owned three farms in Adams County of 175 acres, 
seventy-five and fifty acres, respectively.  He had twelve children:  Susanna, 
Ezra (deceased), Elizabeth, Jacob W., Mary (deceased), Josiah (deceased), 
Ephraim, Appolonia (deceased), Hiram, Samuel, Rebecca and Catherine.  Jacob W. 
Albert managed his father’s farm when he was seventeen years old, and has since 
followed farming, owning ninety-eight acres of finely-improved land in Franklin 
Township, where he resides.  Like his ancestors, he belongs to the Reformed 
Church.  In 1844 he married Leah Bup, daughter of Frederick Bup, of Franklin 
Township.  They have three children:  Catherine, Sarah and Abraham F.