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Jacob
Zulchlag
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biography
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JACOB ZUSCHLAG.-Farmer and coal operator of
West Salem township, Mercer
county, Jacob Zuschlag was born March 3, 1848, in Prussia, a son of
Daniel Zuschlag. He attended school until fourteen years of age in
Prussia, Germany, after which he was employed in a coal mine three
years, then, according to the German custom, served three years in the
army, after which he resumed work in the coal mines. In 1855 he
came
to America, locating in Pymatuning township, Mercer county; he worked
two years in the mines and then purchased his farm, which is now known
as the "Zuschlag Homestead." He married in Prussia in
1839 Margrete
Diehl, born in 1816, a daughter of Peter Diehl, a German miner. By
this union the following children were born: Ludwig, a farmer in
West
Salem township; Daniel, deceased; Catherine, wife of Daniel Heimich,
deceased; Margaret, who married Charles Kuhn, a puddler in West Salem
iron works; Adam, of Joplin, Missouri; Christian, a farmer of West
Salem township; and Jacob. The father was a Republican and a
member of
the Lutheran church. He died in 1877, on the old homestead.
Jacob Zuschlag, of this notice, had but little schooling advantages in
Germany, and at the age of eight years worked on a pump in the coal
mines where his father was employed. He accompanied his parents to
America and here resumed work as a coal miner, which labor he continued
to follow for thirty years. After the death of his parents, he
purchased hid present farm, to which he added ninety-five acres and is
now successfully engaged in farming in partnership with his son Adam.
In 1868, in West Salem township, Jacob Zuschlag was united in marriage
with Elizabeth Miller, born in 1850 in Hessen, Germany, daughter
of Justice Miller, a farmer, and his wife Martha (Volond) Miller. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Zuschlag are: Christian, deceased; Adam,
a partner with his father in the coal industry and farming operations;
Jacob, a farmer of Pymatuning township; John Daniel, employed in their
mines; Fred William, in the same employment as the last named brother;
Ella, wife of John Morrison, a farmer of Pymatuning township; Tillie,
at home; Elmer George, at home. The family are members of the
Lutheran church and in politics Mr. Zuschlag supports the Democratic party.
The son Adam was born July 18, 1869, obtained a common school education
and has always worked about the coal mines with his father, with whom
he is now a partner. He is a Republican in his political views and
a
communicant of the Lutheran church.
Each and all of the members of this family have been worthy citizens
and have the respect and confidence of those with whom they mingle,
both in business and social relations.
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 729-730
Submitted
by Susan McLaughlin
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