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JACOB H. WALTER, Springdale, was born in this county Jan. 7, 1835, son of Adam and Maria Walter, both deceased; they were members of the M. E. Church. Jacob H. was reared on a farm, and had only such educational advantages as the common schools afforded, but by earnest effort soon qualified himself to teach school, an occupation he followed winters for several years. He remained at home until twenty-two years of age, when he married Lillie Ann, daughter of John and Jane Euwer, and to them were born three children: John Grant (deceased), Maria L. (wife of R. A. Kennedy, attorney in Pittsburgh) and Lillie Lincoln (wife of W. H. Ellis, a Pittsburgh lawyer). After Mr. Walter’s marriage he followed farming and teaching for two years, then merchandising three years; was then clerk a short time in the prothonotary’s office; was elected and served as chief clerk in the county commissioners’ office for three years, during which time he was elected prothonotary of Allegheny county, Pa., which office he filled for six years; since then he has been engaged in the oil-refining and producing business. Mr. Walter has a beautiful residence and ten acres in Springdale, where he resides; the family are members of the M. E. Church.