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Name: Jacob Isaac Fortney
Sex: M
Birth: ABT NOV 1812 in Letterkenny Twp Franklin Co PA
Death: 6 MAR 1877 in Crawford County Wisconsin
Burial: Burnam Cem Crawford Co Wisconsin.
Person Id: I685
Tree Id: 209066

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Parents

Father:

John Jacob Fortney: Birth: 1770-1775 in Lancaster Co PA. Death: 11 Dec 1851-1860 in Trumbull Co Ohio or Mahoning or Wood Counties

Mother:

Maria Christina Reel: Birth: 29 NOV 1780 in PA. Death: 4 NOV 1867 in Grand Rapids Ohio also known as Galena Weston Twp Wood Co

Family
Marriage:

Married: Esther Halstead on 16 Oct 1834-30 Oct 1834 at Trumbull Co Ohio.
Esther Halstead: Birth: 8 FEB 1814 in PA or Ohio. Death: 22 FEB 1879 in Crawford County Wisconsin

Children:

Johan H Fortney: Birth: From 1829 to 1838 in Johnston Twp Trumbull Co Ohio. Death: 1868 in Haney Twp Crawford Co Wisconsin

Notes

Note: N438 BIOGRAPHY: First known record is on the 1820 Tax Rolls at age 8, listed as too poor to attend school - Went to Wisc in 1856 with his son John H. with the Taft family, both families were shoemakers. Served on the Haney Twp. board of Crawford, Wisc. in several different positions. Also was a beekeeper. see findagrave.com
Christopher's bio states "Jacob went to live in the far west".
1850: Jacob Fortney in Johnstown Trumbull Co Ohio with one son Johan or John H.
1860: Crawford Co - Isaac Forney, 1870: Crawford - Jacob Fortna

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