Frey, Jacob

JACOB FREY, farmer, P.O. Linesville, was born in Conneaut Township, this county, September 18, 1806, and is a son of Henry and Barbara (Baumgartner) Frey, both natives of Lancaster County, and of German descent, who settled in this county in 1800, locating in Conneaut Township, where they cleared and improved a farm and there lived and died. They had sixteen children: Catherine, John, Betsey, Polly, Barbara, Nancy, Martha, David, Joseph, Samuel, Jacob, Henry, Enoch, George, Simeon and an infant, all deceased but Samuel, Jacob, George and Simeon. The subject of this sketch was reared in Conneaut Township, this county, and resided here up to 1867, when he purchased the farm in Pine Township where he now resides, a part of which he has improved. The farm comprises 200 acres, about sixty of which are under good cultivation. The subject of this sketch has been twice married. His first wife was Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Payton) Gilliland, of Conneaut Township, this county, by whom he had five children: Mary, Amos (deceased), Benjamin J., Louisa B. (now Mrs. Smith Line), and Alinda E. (now Mrs. William M. Shaw). His present wife is Sarah L., daughter of Andrew and Theodate (Buell) Linn, of North Shenango Township, this county, by whom he has had five children: Arista B. (deceased), Caroline T. (now Mrs. William L. Wildrick), Henry, Nervie, and Buell L. (deceased). Mr. Frey is one of the substantial farmers of Pine Township. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have been connected for many years. He has held several offices in the gift of Conneant and Pine Townships; in politics he is a Prohibitionist.