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Facts and Events
| Name |
Elizabeth Washabaugh |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
1745 |
Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United StatesUpper Antietem Hundred |
| Marriage |
1765 |
Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United Statesto Jacob Walker |
| Marriage |
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to _____ Kuhlman |
| Death? |
1815 |
Ligonier (township), Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Burial? |
1815 |
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States |
References
- Jacob married a young widow, Elizabeth Wershenbach (Washabaugh) Coleman, in 1765 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1779 in Capt. Henry Rhoades' Company of the Bedford Co. Militia. He died from injuries which occurred in a 1783 horse race to determine the location of a town later named Berlin [PA]. The accident happened near Pine Hill, Fritz Church area [Brothersvalley Twp, Somerset Co., PA], on a farm owned later by Elias Cober and now owned by Paul Cober of Gettysburg... "The first person reaching a certain site in the race was to be given the choice of a lot. However, a tree stood in the bridle race path; Jacob leaned in the wrong direction when his horse suddenly swerved to pass the tree. Jacob was dashed against the tree and mortally wounded; he died about a month later. The tragic race delayed the mapping out of the town, and in 1784, the present site of Berlin was chosen." Miles Franklin Walker, 'Mongst the Hills of Somerset, p. 403.
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