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Lafaver, Jacob B.

Personal Information
Last Name Lafaver
First Name Jacob
Middle Name B.
Maiden Name
Death Date 10/9/1880
Birth Date 5/10/1805
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, Oct. 14, 1880
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Myers/Sodom
Family Information
Spouse Lydia Snider (died 1866)
Survived By
Other Age 75 years, 4 months, 29 days. "From Baker Township -- On Saturday night, old Uncle Jake Lafavers departed this life. He was one of our old pioneer settlers." [From the Martinsville Republican for Feb. 6, 1879: From Baker Township -- Recollections of Jacob B. Lafavers: "I was born in Wirth County, Virginia in 1802. My parents removed to Wayne County, Kentucky when I was a mere babe. When I was about 9, we moved to Washington County, Indiana. I lived there with my father until 1825, when I was married to Lydia Snyder, and in the following April, moved to Morgan County, settling in Lamb's Bottom. We lived there 9 years, then moved to Baker Township."] Son of Abraham and Mary Magdaline Brock Lafaver. Father of 10 children.
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