OBITUARY
JACOB NADER
Died on the 25th day of November 1874, Jacob Nader, who was bornin Rittershoffen, France on the 26th day of June 1799, aged 73 years, 4 months and 30 days.
In 1823 the departed entered the holy estate of matrimony withMiss. Madgalena Kochensparger. To this union were born seven children, five sons and two daughters, of which two sons and one daughter survive. Being active and faithful members of the Ev. Luth. church of which the departed was a very exemplary member all his life. The mother, three sons and one daughter preceded him to the other world in same faith. On the morning of the 27th day on November 1874, the mortal remains of him who so gently had fallen asleep in Christ were laid to rest in the grave yard of the Lebanon church, near Junction City, Perry County, Ohio, on which occasion two sermons were preached, on Psalms 37 in English and on 2nd Tim 4-7 & 8 in German to a large congregation.
The deceased was ever concerned about the welfare of his childrenboth temporally and spiritually, as the paper written by himself shortly before his death plainly shows.
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