Jacob Livingston FELKNER ⁵⁴⁹

  General Notes:

JACOB L. FELKNER, farmer, P. O. Ostrander, Delaware County, was born in Hawkins County, East Tenn., September 1, 1819, and is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Hutchinson) Felkner. In 1827, they removed to Franklin County, Ohio, and in 1836 removed to Delaware County, Ohio, where both died. Lewis Felkner, father of Jacob, Sr., was born in Germany, and settled in Virginia. In 1827, the father of our subject bought 120 acres of land here, sixty of which he gave to him. He died Christmas Day, 1840. The subject of this sketch was married, November 5, 1840, to Ellen, daughter of Jacob and Mary Carr, who was born in Grant County, W. Va., in 1821. To them have been born six children, five of whom are living, viz.: Calvin, Mary E., Luther, Dudley and Laura. Jacob L., deceased, aged sixteen years. When twenty-two years of age, he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed fifteen years, and in an early day he made many coffins. He has served as Trustee two terms, and was Land Appraiser in 1870. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Jacob married Ellen CARR, daughter of Jacob CARR and Mary, on 5 Nov 1840 in Ohio. (Ellen CARR was born in 1821 in Grant County, W. Va.)