When Jacob W. Brantner was born on 15 June 1861, in Breezewood, East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Washington Brantner, was 26 and his mother, Nancy A England, was 23. He married Juliann Wilkins on 18 October 1882, in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Providence Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 7 October 1943, in Breezewood, East Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Union Memorial Cemetery, Mench, West Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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