JACOB
ZUSCHLAG.- Farmer and coal operator of West Salem township, Mercer
county, Jacob Zuschlag was born March 3, 1848, in Prussia, a son of
Daniel Zuschlag. He attended school until fourteen years of age
in Prussia, Germany, after which he was employed in a coal mine three
years, then, according to the German custom, served three years in the
army, after which he resumed work in the coal mines. In 1855 he
came to America, locating in Pymatuning township, Mercer county; he
worked two years in the mines and then purchased his farm, which is now
known as the "Zuschlag Homestead." He married in Prussia in 1839
Margrete Diehl, born in 1816, a daughter of Peter Diehl, a German
miner. By this union the following children were born:
Ludwig, a farmer in West Salem township; Daniel, deceased; Catherine,
wife of Daniel Heimich, deceased; Margaret, who married Charles Kuhn, a
puddler in West Salem iron works; Adam, of Joplin, Missouri; Christian,
a farmer of West Salem township; and Jacob. The father was a
Republican and a member of the Lutheran church. He died in 1877,
on the old homestead.
Jacob Zuschlag, of this notice, had but
little schooling advantages in Germany, and at the age of eight years
worked on a pump in the coal mines where his father was employed.
He accompanied his parents to America and here resumed work as a coal
miner, which labor he continued to follow for thirty years. After
the death of his parents, he purchased hid present farm, to which he
added ninety-five acres and is now successfully engaged in farming in
partnership with his son Adam.
In 1868, in West Salem township,
Jacob Zuschlag was united in marriage with Elizabeth Miller, born in
1850 in Hessen, Germany, daughter of Justice Miller, a farmer,
and his wife Martha (Volond) Miller. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Zuschlag are: Christian, deceased; Adam, a partner with his
father in the coal industry and farming operations; Jacob, a farmer of
Pymatuning township; John Daniel, employed in their mines; Fred
William, in the same employment as the last named brother; Ella, wife
of John Morrison, a farmer of Pymatuning township; Tillie, at home;
Elmer George, at home. The family are members of the Lutheran
church and in politics Mr. Zuschlag supports the Democratic party.
The
son Adam was born July 18, 1869, obtained a common school education and
has always worked about the coal mines with his father, with whom he is
now a partner. He is a Republican in his political views and a
communicant of the Lutheran church.
Each and all of the members
of this family have been worthy citizens and have the respect and
confidence of those with whom they mingle, both in business and social
relations.
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 729-730; Submitted by Susan McLaughlin
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