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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JACOB B. DELP. The Delps are an old family of German descent, long settled in Hatfield and adjoining townships in Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. Isaac (grandfather) was educated in the schools of his day, and devoted his life to farming interests. He married a Hatfield woman, and their only child was Ephraim, who was born on the farm in Hatfield township at that time occupied by his parents.

Ephraim Delp was educated in neighborhood schools, and then became interested in farming, which pursuit he still follows. He married a Mrs. Baker and had the following children: Henry, Amanda, Charles, Ida, Addie, four who died young, and Jacob.

Jacob B. Delp was born in Hatfield township, on the family homestead, August 26, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of Hatfield township, and then took a course at Ursinus College, and still later a commercial course at the North Wales Academy and School of Business, conducted for many years by the late Professor Samuel U. Brunner. He then engaged in the occupation of teaching for several years, taking charge of schools in Lower Salford and Franconia townships. He met with much success in this calling, but being desirous of a more active and remunerative occupation he learned the carpenter trade, and made a decided success of that business from the beginning. He engaged very extensively in building and contracting in the borough of Souderton, and has erected many homes that are very creditable to his skill and genius in his profession. Mr. Delp is an earnest Republican, and is at present a useful and valued member of the town council of the borough of Souderton. He has the unbounded confidence of all his fellow citizens, and has done much to promote the interests of the community in which he lives.

He married in 1889 Miss Sarah Moyer, daughter of Hezekiah Moyer, of an old Mennonite family. Her father, now deceased, was an able farmer of Lower Salford. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Delp: Elmer, Ephraim, Annie C., and another that died in childhood.

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This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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