Biographical Notes of Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA, 1916



Jacob BRENNER, SR. Biography

Jacob Brenner, Sr., was a laborer, he lived in what is now the annex to Pine Grove; he had three sons and one daughter.

The daughter was married to a man by the name of Koch who lived at Lorberry; the sons were Jacob, George and Jonathan. George moved to South Bend, Ind.;

Jonathan was in the Civil War, died in the service;

Jacob Brenner, Jr., was a carpenter, was married to a daughter of Henry Reinoehl, Sr. He built the house on Union street near the Overhead Bridge.

He had three sons: William, a machinist, was foreman for Robert Allison at Pt. Carbon. David was also a machinist. William and David were in the Civil War. Solomon died young.




Source: Biographical Notes, 1841-1916, of Pine Grove, Pa: J. W. Barr: Achenbach & Reber: 1916










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