BIO:  Lewis Jacoby, 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, Manchester Township, Pg 139

LEWIS JACOBY, carpenter and builder, was born in Manchester Township, York Co., 
Penn., August 19, 1844, eldest son of John and Catherine (Frantz) Jacoby, who 
were parents of fifteen children, eleven of whom are now living:  Lewis, Henry, 
Elizabeth, Sarah, William, Adam, Amanda, Anna, Samuel, Augustus and Alfred.  Our 
subject was reared on his father’s farm and has always lived in this township.  
He began learning his trade in York, Penn., in 1862, and started business for 
himself in 1880.  Since he began contracting for the erection of buildings he has 
all the work he can attend to, and has built nearly ever house in the village of 
New Prospect, on Cemetery Hill, near York, Penn.  December 25, 1868, he married 
Adeline Myers, daughter of Peter and Sallie (Hummer) Myers, of Dover Township, 
and this union has been blesses with five children:  Mary Alice, Adelia E., James 
Latimer, Laura E. (deceased) and Margaret Lucretia.  Mr. Jacoby is a member of 
the Lutheran Church.