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Brother Jacob Shrack

November 10, 1796 (computed from age at death) – 25 November 1856

Died 25 November 1856, Milford district, Somerset County, Pennsylvania — Brethren obituary from the Gospel Visitor, January 1857

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

25 November 1856

Date of birth

November 10, 1796 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

60 years and 15 days

Place of death

Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Inscription transcription

Obituary from The Gospel Visitor January 1857 page 32

Fell asleep in the Lord, in Milford district, Somerset co. Pennsylvania Nov. 25 last Brother JACOB SHRACK, aged 60 years and 15 days. Text : Isaiah 3 : 10. 11.

The obituary, printed in the January 1857 issue, dates the death "Nov. 25 last" — i.e. 25 November 1856. Our archive's index entry instead gives his years as "1797 - 1857": the index entry's death year (1857) differs from the obituary's own dating (1856), and its birth year (1797) differs from the stated age (60 years and 15 days at death, which would place his birth on about 10 November 1796). The obituary text is treated as authoritative in the structured fields; both readings are preserved here.

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Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — obituary text transcribed from the Gospel Visitor, January 1857, page 32; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Jacob Shrack (d. 25 November 1856) of Milford district, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, from the Gospel Visitor (German Baptist Brethren monthly periodical), January 1857, page 32. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/shrack-jacob-1856/ : accessed [your access date]).

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