A portrait of Jacob S. Shade Sr., born 7 March 1831, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Jacob Shade (1790-1871) and Anna Marie [Klinger] Shade (1791-1854).
Jacob S. Shade Sr. established himself as a farmer in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine ‘Kate” Smeltz (1830-1906) and with her had at least nine known children.
Jacob Sr. died on 22 November 1891 and is buried in the Gratz Union Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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