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Jacob W. Shoemaker diary
Jacob W. Shoemaker descended from a family of Shoemakers that migrated from Virginia to Western Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, to George Shoemaker and Lydia Newcomer. In 1866, he married Rachel Hinkle of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil...
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| Collection: | Jacob W. Shoemaker Diary |
| Collection Number: | 3622 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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Jacob W. Shoemaker descended from a family of Shoemakers that migrated from Virginia to Western Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, to George Shoemaker and Lydia Newcomer. In 1866, he married Rachel Hinkle of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, Jacob served with Company H, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and he later founded the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia. He died in Kansas in 1880.
This diary dates from just after the Civil War when Jacob was the superintendent of schools for the Freedmen's Association in Virginia. Topics he wrote about include Reconstruction, elections after the war, current events, and his relationship with his wife. |