Brief Life History of Jacob M
When Jacob M Garber was born on 13 April 1785, in Forestville, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, his father, Martin Garber, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Stoner, was 21. He married Salome Hoover about 1814, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Edinburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States in 1870. He died on 7 March 1873, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Flat Rock Cemetery, Forestville, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.
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- Jacob Garber, "United States Census, 1830"
- Jacob Garber, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Jacob Garber, "Find A Grave Index"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
North German: from a personal name composed of gēri, gāri ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright, famous’.
German: northern variant of Gerber .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Gerber , from Yiddish garber.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jacob Garber obit
Birth: Apr. 13, 1785 Shenandoah County Virginia, USA Death: Mar. 7, 1873 Shenandoah County Virginia, USA Jacob Garber was one of at least four children born to Martin and Rebecca Stoner Garber. He wa …
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