Charles Jacobs 1841 - 1863Name: Charles Jacobs
Enlistment Date: 13 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Ohio
Unit Numbers: 1840 1840
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 September 1861 at the age of 20
Author of the letter below: Shaffer, Onesernus P. (ca. 1843 – ????), 2nd Lieutenant, “B” Co., OH 19th Infantry. Enlisted on 9/13/1861 as a Private. Enlisted on 9/13/1861 as a Private. On 9/13/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. OH 19th Infantry. He resigned on 5/19/1865. Promotions: Hospital Steward 2/18/1862, 2nd Lieut. 2/20/1865 (As of Co. B). Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 2/18/1862 from Company “B” to Field & Staff, 2/20/1865 from Field & Staff to Company “B.” (First name: Onesernus or Onesernas).
Head Quarters 3rd Div. Hospt. 21st A. C.
Oct 2nd, 1863
Mr. Jacobs
Sir,
I suppose long before this you have heard that your son Charles Jacobs was wounded in the Battle near Chattanooga and I presume you have received a letter from Capt. Perciville of Company “B” stating that Chas. wanted you to come and see him. I do not know whether you have any later news from your son than this but if you have not it becomes my painful duty to inform you that your son died of his wounds September 30th at 6 o’clock in the evening. His leg was amputated Sept. 30th about noon but poor boy he did not survive the shock. He lived but 4 or 5 hours after. Henll Smith and Aini Stilson of Company “B” were in the same tent when he died.
He was buried yesterday Oct. 1st in a plain coffin as well as us boys could make. The men of his Company was across the River at Chattanooga and could not be here to see him buried. I will make the grave where he is buried. We left a small piece of writing in his pocket book which he wrote at Crawfish Springs just before the fight which will send you. He also had eight dollars in money and eight postage stamps also his knapsack with all his small articles in. I consulted with Smith and he thought it was not safe to send the money by mail so I will send you a note to my father Andrew Shaffer of Youngstown and he will pay you the money and I will keep this and the postage stamps making in all $8.25. If I would send it by mail you night lose it. I would be happy to hear from you and any information that you want write and I will let you know all about matters.
Yours Respectfully,
O. P. Shaffer
Hospital Steward
19th O. O.
I enlisted in the same Company as Charlie.
Hand this note to my father the artist in Youngstown and he will give you the money.
(Letter found posted on EBay)
Source: JRL, Descendants of Abraham Jacobs, 25 Aug 2006 The Kimmel Name: Its Origin, Meaning and EvolutionIntroduction by Timothy W. Kimmel, Fort Wayne, IN
Most of us have gotten one of those mail-in heraldry reports that say Kimmel means "one who gathers caraway seeds." And Kimmel (actually Kümmel) is the German word for caraway. As a matter of fact, several of the coats-of-arms awarded to Kümmels in public positions in Kassel, Hessen state, Germany, had the caraway plant or a figure holding a caraway plant on them.
However, the word Kimmel and surname Kimmel evolved separately. Professor Hermann Kümmell's report in the Deutsches Geschlechterbuch (Vol. 66, which offers the lineage for J. Michael Kimmel's ancestors back to Dilmanus Kumel of c.1391 Neuenkerken) cites the research of the then-renowned German genealogist, Dr. Schoener of Marburg.
Doctor Schoener traces the Kimmel surname back to "Chunemar." The name comes from "kuoni" (kühne, or "brave") and "mar" (berühmt, or "famous"/"celebrated" and also kampslustig und stark, or "bellicose/pugnacious and strong.") Loosely translated into English, the name Kimmel means "a brave and powerful warrior." The Deutsches Wörterbuch (1873, Grimm & Grimm) supports this two-source view.
Compare the meaning of Kimmel with its English counterpart--the name Kimble. Surnames of the United Kingdom (Harrison 1969) noted that Kimble came from the Old Cymric "Cynbel", meaning "cyn" (chief) + "bel" (war). Kemble was translated from ancient Saxon "Cynebald", meaning royally bold. A Dictionary of British Surnames (Reaney 1958) groups Kemble, Kemball, Kimball, Kimbell, Kimble, Kimmel and Kemple together with the "cyn" + "bel" origin offered in the other book. This comes mighty close to what the German surname researchers found.
The name evolved over the centuries roughly along this path: Chunemar > Chumil > Cumel > Komel > Kommel > Kummel > Kümmel > Kimmel. This isn't exact. In reality, the name never stayed stable in its spelling, and wasn't even the same with each individual at different times. Variations included Khummel, Kömmel and Kummelious. As in early America, there was no real pattern as to when the names were spelled with a single "m" or two, or a single "l" or two.
Prof. Kümmell noted that Jost Kümmell, who migrated from Kassel to Weisbaden in 1597, may have been the first family member to use the surname spelled as "Kimmel." That spelling appears to have caught on with other branches of the family about the time many were leaving for America in the mid-1700's. Old Pennsylvania German church records still used Kümmel at the time but the families were Kimmel in other public records.
The most common American variations are Kimel, Kimmel and Kimmell. Cimmel was used in a few early cases but never caught on. A few Germans coming to America took on the old German version Kummel. Most of the time a spelling change was intended to make the family more accepted or to give it status. Generally a Kimmel adopted the surname Kimmell because it had more status; for example, professionals and gentlemen were more likely to be Kimmells in public records than common farmers and workers. In one case an "l" was added (Kimmell) to distance the family from whiskey-producing relatives. Adopting the spellings Campbell, Keehmle, Kiemle, Kimbel, Kimble and Kimmal made the name more "American" and therefore more acceptable in the United States. For a time the Philadelphia doctors and lawyers in the Keehmle family went a step further in claiming status by using the spelling Keehmlé, making it more French, which at the time was the language of aristocrats. An Illinois Kimmel family dropped an "m" (Kimel) for a practical reason--it fit better on the bags of flour at their mill, but the reason for the Kimel family in North Carolina is unknown. In another instance the military dropped the last "l" in a Kimmell family members' record and the Kimmel spelling was kept so he wouldn't risk losing pension benefits.
Kimmel (or its Kümmel variation) came to mean things besides caraway or caraway seed. In America was Kimmel corn, a hardy variety of corn developed by Henry H. Kimmel of McLouth, Kansas. Kümmel was also a cherry-flavored brandy in Germany, and one who overindulged in drinking--particularly with brandy--was said to have kimmeled. (Actually, "verkümmeln" or to get drunk.)
Another use of the name involves Admiral Husband Kimmel. The Admiral has been credited with--among other things--getting the American naval forces in the Pacific in shape prior to World War II. In Pearl Harbor, the Verdict of History, Gordon Prange tells of how much a stickler Admiral Kimmel was in maintaining the efficiency and dignity of his personnel. He was strict to the point of insisting they wear formal uniforms, including ties and hats, when ashore in Hawaii, even though more comfortable attire was offically acceptable. Says Prange, "The officers especially resented the hats, which they dubbed 'Kimmels.' --Timothy W. Kimmel
Sarah (Anna) Kimmel 1757 - 1847Sarah was a member of the Snow Hill Cloister. Below is some of the information found on the internet about this group. It was related to the Ephrata which had at least one member from the Price Family.
Photo courtesy of "Antietam Ancestors" and the Waynesboro Historical Society
Snow Hill Cloister
Quincy Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
In 1762, George Adam Martin left the Seventh Day Baptist settlement at Ephrata on a mission project to expand the teachings of Conrad Beissel along the southern border of Pennsylvania where there were numerous Dunker settlements. His talented efforts garnered several family members of Swiss immigrant Hans Schneeberger (Ger. "Snow Mountain") to the teachings of Sabbatarianism. Andreas (son of Hans) married Barbara Karper and these two Dunkers (both of Dunker families) offered their home as a gathering place for a newly formed group. Barbara was the first to accept the new teachings and with her child, left a reticent husband for Ephrata. He succeeded in finding her and was later baptized into the new faith. Beissel visited them in July of 1763. These events were the beginning of the Snow Hill "Nunnery" located along Route 997, about two miles north of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, along one of the northern branches of the Antietam Creek.
This page is dedicated to the individuals and families of Snow Hill who turned their faith in God and fellow humankind into a "utopian experiment" in a quiet, sparsely settled farming community in 18th century southcentral Pennsylvania. Their vision did not die with the passing of the last "solitary" brother at Snow Hill, Obed Snowberger, in 1895. It lives on in the hearts and imaginations of their descendants and we establish this site as a testament of our love, honor, and great respect for those who came before us.
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The Congregation
As at their mother cloister, Ephrata, the Snow Hill community included both celibates, the sisterhood and brotherhood and married couples and families. The celibates lived separately; and the married members lived in the surrounding area. At Snow Hill the celibate members, called Solitaries, were members of the Society. Married members, called Householders, belonged to the Snow Hill congregation and worshipped at the Cloister but were not members of the Society. The Society and the running of the Cloister fell under the administration of a 5-member Board of Trustees, elected from members of both the Society and the Congregation. All Snow Hill worshippers were entitled to vote in the election which was held every four years on the first Sunday of the year. To learn more about the individuals and families of Snow Hill, visit our Congregation page.:
The Solitaries The Householders The Vorstehers
The History
In 1763, when the original Kloster (Cloister) was flourishing, two devout young men came to Ephrata --- John Horn from the German Baptists from Germantown and George Adam Martin. Following a warm reception there, they were given letters of introduction of the Seventh Day Baptists congregation in York County. The following year, George Adam Martin preached at a revival on the southern border of Pennsylvania. His efforts resulted in the organization of a congregation near where the Antietam Creek crosses the Mason-Dixon line. It was called the Antietam Congregation. Reports of the fervor of this new congregation reached Ephrata and inspired Conrad Beissel and a group of the Brothers and Sisters to visit their new brethren. Three things of historical significance happened during this visit. Schoolmaster Enoch Brown and his seven pupils were massacred by Indians near Greencastle, George Adam Martin was installed as Vorsteher (teacher and leader) and Beissel baptized Barbara Karper Schneeberger (Snowberger). To learn more of the history of Snow Hill, click here
The Community
In the 1760's, Quincy township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania was still a part of Antrim township, Cumberland County. The tax census of 1751 shows 98 homeowners and 16 freemen living in what is today, Antrim, Washington, and Quincy townships. Like most of what would become Franklin County, these early settlers came for the most part from two distinct groups --- the Scotch Irish and the Germans. In what was to become Quincy and Washington townships, however, the "Germans" which included Swiss and Dutch immigrants, predominated as early settlers. For the most part, they poured over South Mountain from what is today Adams, York, Lancaster and Chester counties. With them they brought the strong spiritual faith that had driven them to leave their homelands to come to this wilderness of religious freedom. They came before the land was freed from conflict with native Americans and they came to stay. To learn more about the community in which Snow Hill thrived, click above.
The Music
The congregation at Snow Hill continued the choral music originated at Ephrata. Introduced by a musician named Ludwig Blum, the style was then built up by Conrad Beissel. It was a most unusual and inspiring form of harmony, using the tones of the Aeolian harp as the primary inspiration and standard. This music was written in four, six and seven parts. The lead part was sung by the strongest female voice.
From a sub-page related to Music:
The Music
Through the courtesy of Doris Sink, we have these words about the choral music for which Snow Hill was so well known from a note written by Obed Snowberger on 10/25/1888. The last celibate member of the Snow Hill Society, Obed died in 1895. (Read more about Obed Snowberger on our Congregation - Solitaries section).
"The Music is chiefly composed in five parts, a few pieces in seven parts. The scale upon which the music is arranged includes three whole octaves, bass, tenor, and treble tone. There are used the lowest tones of male voice, and highest tones of the female voice. The leading part is sung by the best female voice. Counting from below, the first part is lower base, second , upper bass, third female tenor, fourth female treble, fifth counter, high female voice, sixth leading voice, seventh second leading voice. The lower and upper bass have the F clef on the fourth line. The third and fourth part have the c clef on the fourth line. The fifth part the c clef on the third line. The sixth and seven part, the C clef on the first line"
From: 1853, Hazards Register of Pennsylvania quoting a Mr. Fahnestock on the music of Ephrata and Snow Hill:
"The tones from the choir imitate soft instrumental music conveying a softness and devotion almost superhuman to the auditor. The whole is sung in the falsetto voice, the singers scarcely opening their mouths, or moving their lips, which throws the voice up to the ceiling, which is set high, and the tones, which seem to be more than human, at least so far from common church singing, appear to be entering from above, and hovering over the heads of the assembly."
And quite probably it's the same gentlemen quoted in another publication on Snow Hill---a Dr. W. M. Fahnestock, who wrote in 1835:
"The music at Ephrata and Snow Hill is heavenly. I became ashamed of myself,
for hardly had these strains of celestial melody touched my ear, than my face
was bathed in tears. They were not tears of penitence for my heart was not
subdued to the Lord, but tears of ecstatic rapture, giving a foretaste of the joys
of heaven".
Webmaster's comment: It gives me chills just reading the description of the music they sang. I hope some day to actually hear it. There must be music scores left; there has to be!!!!
From a sub-page related to Community:
Snow Hill Cemetery Records , Quincy, Franklin Co., PA
The Snow Hill Institution, 1798-1889, is located on a branch of Antietam Creek, along Route 997, about two miles north of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
It was incorporated under the name of "The Seventh Day Baptist Society of Snow Hill" (4). Later it became known as the Snow Hill Institution. Neighbors referred to it as the Nunnery. (1)
Cemetery records were compiled in 1983 by Elmer Q. and Ruth R. Gleim.
Additional documentation in parenthesis and footnotes added by Dianne Gleim Bowders.
Names with asterisks * indicate people who were original members of the Monastic unit.
· *Bauman, Henry d. March 20, 1878 aged 74y 5m 22d. He was a member of the Society for 48 years and served as the charitable treasurer. Henry served as prior from Sept. 24, 1850 to Nov. 17, 1851.
· *Fyock, Jacob (Jr.?) Withdrew from the Order. (married Mary Snowberger b. 1828-d. 1890, d/o Jacob and Margaret Shockley Snowberger-Source: Antietam Ancestors)
· *Snowberger, Veronica d. January 13, 1841, 58y 7m 12d (b. Dec. 3, 1782, daughter of Jacob and Catharine Miley Snowberger- Source: Treher)Antietam source gives date of birth as Jan.15,1841
· Rank, Barbara d. Dec. 25, 1841, 74y 1m 9d (computed birthdate Nov. 16, 1767)
· Mentzer, Hannah d. Oct 16, 1843, 31y 10m 7d. (Was also called "Theckla")
(computed birthdate- Jan. 9, 1812)
· Kimmel, Anna d. Aug 11, 1847, 90y 3m 18d (computed birthdate Apr. 23, 1757)
· Snowberger, Catharine d. May 1, 1855, 73y 8m 18d (computed birthdate-Aug. 13, 1781)
· Snowberger, Elizabeth d. Sept 17, 1854 (?), 73y 5m 25d, (Prioress until 1848. Source: Treher)
This is only a part of the page. More names are available on the actual website!
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The Snow Hill Cloister 21 Aug 2006 Jacobs Family CrestOrigin: Germany
Spelling variations of this family name include: Jacobsen, Jacobson, Jacobs, Jacobse, Jacob, Jacober, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacoby, Jacobsohn, Jacobssohn, Jakobs, Jakober, Jakobsohn, Jacobsson, Jakobsson, Jakobssohn, Jakobsen, Jakobi, Jakobson, Jakobie and many more.
First found in Silesia, where the name was an integral part of a feudal society which would shape modern European history.
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