Jacob Quickel
Jacob Quickel was born on November 16, 1834, in Pennsylvania to George and Susan Quickel. The family lived in Conewago, Pennsylvania, and his father died around 1845. A eulogist later noted that Quickel “attended school in a little log house…but owing to the death of his father when he was only thirteen years of age his education was very limited. While still a mere lad he began to work.”
By 1850, he was living with relatives in Manchester, Pennsylvania, and working as a laborer. He moved to Clay, Indiana, around 1857 and worked on Daniel and Mary Strickler’s farm. He married their daughter Susan Strickler on October 28, 1860, and the couple settled in Jackson, Indiana. Quickel purchased eighty acres of land and earned a living as a farmer. Later in life, one writer noted, he “took a special liking to Jersey cattle and raised a good many of them which…proved a very profitable investment.”
The couple had no children, but they adopted a daughter named Minnie Whisler. Quickel supported the Republican Party and reportedly “always took an interest in public affairs as long as his health would permit him.” His wife died in 1923, and he died of a “strangulated hernia” in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 11, 1924.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1651) | Quickel, Jacob | 1834-11-16 | 1924-03-11 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (5643) [recipient] ~ John Quickel to Jacob Quickel, 12 March 1866
- (5644) [recipient] ~ Rudolph G. Quickel to Jacob Quickel and Susan Quickel, 24 January 1863
- (5645) [recipient] ~ Rudolph G. Quickel to Jacob Quickel and Susan Quickel, 21 January 1863
- (5646) [recipient] ~ Rudolph G. Quickel to Jacob Quickel and Susan Quickel, 13 January 1863
- (5647) [recipient] ~ Henry H. Quickel to Jacob Quickel, 7 December 1862
People - Records: 5
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 1
- (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011, available from Ancestry.com; The Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, IN), 12 March 1924.
