Jacob Legler, p. 1369

JACOB LEGLER is one of the successful agriculturists of Union township. He is a son of Jacob Legler, who was born in Wittenberg, Germany, where he was married to Rosanna Freoh, who was born on the farm near Ruplesburg, where her husband lived. They settled on a farm in their native country, and children were born to them as follows: George, Andrew, Jacob, Catherine, Rosanna and Fredrick, of whom Catherine and Andrew are deceased. Jacob and Andrew came to America in 1852, where Andrew followed the business of a journeyman baker; he died of cholera during the year of their arrival in the New World.

Jacob Legler was born August 19, 1837, on the home place in Wittenberg, Germany, and was but fourteen years of age when he and his brother emigrated. Upon landing in the New World he was apprenticed to a baker, and after the death of his brother continued working in the shop for three years, then followed the trade for two years as a journeyman baker, afterward working three years as a pastry cook in different hotels. After his marriage Mr. Legler was next employed for five years as steward on a steamboat, and in 1865 opened a confectionery store in Monongahela, in which business he continued for twelve years. He finally bought 105 acres of land in Union township, Washington county, and started a coal works, employing from fifty to 120 men. He conducted this enterprise ten years, when, on account of the railroad switch being torn up, they abandoned the works. He then entered into partnership with Messrs. Fritchman & Florsheim, and they opened the Germania Coal Works, which have proved more profitable than the original plant, and employ from 150 to 160 men. In politics Mr. Legler is a stanch advocate of Republican principles, and in religion he is a member of the German Lutheran Church. In 1859 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Gliess, of Allegheny county, Penn., who died some years ago, leaving the following named children: Jacob C., John, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, George, Margaret, Mary and James B. For his second wife he married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Rhine, a retired boat builder of Monongahela, and they are living on the farm in Union township.

Text taken from page 1369 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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