Jakob Benson Van Vlack
1849 - 1923 (74 years)-
Name Jakob Benson Van Vlack Born 26 Feb 1849 Wheeling,IL 
Gender Male Died 10 Mar 1923 Buried Locust Hill Cem.,Chester,W.VA Person ID I174 Marinus (M1) Tree Last Modified 1 Jun 1999
Father Theodore Paddock Van Vlack, b. 1 Jan 1813, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY , d. 6 Apr 1850, Wheeling,Cook Co.,IL (Age 37 years) Mother Mariah Mattee Aldrich, b. 18 May 1815, Carbondale,PA , d. 21 Nov 1866, Parkersburg,West Virginia (Age 51 years) Married 1838 Berwyn,west of Chicago,IL Family ID F49 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Jane Anderson, b. Cheviot Hills,Scotland , d. 26 Mar 1928 Married 1 Jul 1879 Wood Co.,W.VA Children 1. Maria Aldrich Van Vlack, b. 1882 + 2. Catherine Gilroy Van Vlack, b. 1883 3. George Theodore Van Vlack, b. 3 Apr 1886, d. 12 Nov 1970 (Age 84 years) + 4. Della Marion Van Vlack, b. 25 May 1888, d. 12 Sep 1965 (Age 77 years) 5. Benson Seth Van Vlack, b. 13 Apr 1890, d. 12 Sep 1965 (Age 75 years) Family ID F383 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Jakob Benson Van Vlack, b. Feb. 26, 1849 at Wheeling, IL. Moved with widowed mother at age 2 to Wirt County, W. VA, d. March 10, 1923, m. Catherine Jane Anderson on July 1, 1879, Wood Co., W. VA. She was born in Cheviot Hills, Scotland, d. March 26, 1928. All of their children were born at Volcano, W. VA. Jakob's first venture as a youth was timbering a forest plot he and brother Seth purchased to cut railroad ties for the sawmills. He was later a blacksmith, farmer, and the overseer of 20 workers at the large Stiles Estate and Farm (Stiles was a wealthy oil baron) near the town of Volcano for many years, until Stiles died. He then moved, with some of his family, to Chester, W. VA at 119 Penn Ave. and worked at a steel mill there. They were Presbyterian and are buried at the Locust Hill Cemetery in Chester, W.VA. Children:
Maria Aldrich, b. 1882
Catherine Gilroy, b. 1883
George Theodore, b. 1886
Della Marion, b. 1888
Benson Seth, b. 1890
- Jakob Benson Van Vlack, b. Feb. 26, 1849 at Wheeling, IL. Moved with widowed mother at age 2 to Wirt County, W. VA, d. March 10, 1923, m. Catherine Jane Anderson on July 1, 1879, Wood Co., W. VA. She was born in Cheviot Hills, Scotland, d. March 26, 1928. All of their children were born at Volcano, W. VA. Jakob's first venture as a youth was timbering a forest plot he and brother Seth purchased to cut railroad ties for the sawmills. He was later a blacksmith, farmer, and the overseer of 20 workers at the large Stiles Estate and Farm (Stiles was a wealthy oil baron) near the town of Volcano for many years, until Stiles died. He then moved, with some of his family, to Chester, W. VA at 119 Penn Ave. and worked at a steel mill there. They were Presbyterian and are buried at the Locust Hill Cemetery in Chester, W.VA. Children: