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p 557 - Jacob Ellaberger was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 1, 1808. His father died when he was five years old, and at the age of eleven years he commenced to earn his own living. When eighteen years of age he went to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there six years, and in 1834 he came to Wayne County, Ind. He was married in Ohio to Mary Ann Rider, of Ross County, Ohio. In 1836 he went to Fayette County, Ind., where he worked at the shoemaker's trade till he moved to his farm near Bentonville. His wife died in July, 1846, and Mr.Ellaberger was married to Mrs. Mary Kolb, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hoover. They were the parents of seven children, six of whom survive---Amos, Ephraim, Martha E., married Peter Whisler, now living in Henry County, Ind.; Mary A., wife of David Vance, of Henry County; Amanda E., wife of Daniel Teeters, and Kate. Mrs. Ellaberger had two children by her first husband, Richard Kolb.
