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Compiled by John H. Wheeler Published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Biography Page 217 |
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JACOB DISCHER
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Jacob Discher is a native of Ohio, born in Putnam county, March 15, 1847, and there he was reared until sixteen years of age. His parents were John and Maria (Hedrick) Discher, both natives of Germany. They emigrated to America in the early part of the last century and located in Ohio. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom the subject was the youngest. He received his education in the public schools of his native county and, although leaving school when quite young, had managed to acquire a fair knowledge of all the common school branches. At the age of sixteen years, accompanied by his elder brother, William Discher, he went to southern Michigan, and located in Branch county, where he remained about eighteen months, employed at such labor as he could find to do. St. Joseph county next became his residence and later Osceola county, where he was employed in a saw-mill, in the woods on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. These various occupations he followed until 1869, when he came to Wexford county and settled on a farm in Clam Lake township which is now his home and where he has since resided. He is one of the very oldest settlers in Wexford county. On this farm, which consists of one hundred and twenty acres, he erected a large barn in 1898, besides other necessary farm buildings, substantial, convenient and commodious. Eighty acres of the place are cleared and in a fine state of cultivation. On the 13th day of September, 1875, in Clam Lake township, Jacob Discher was united in marriage to Miss Sophronia Hoffman, a native of Calhoun county, Michigan, born November 27, 1858. Her parents are the late Hugh and Mary (Fritz) Hoffman, natives of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Discher four children have been born, viz: Burt, Edward, Minnie and Kittie. Minnie is the wife of Gustave Brehm, and they have one child, Gladys. Burt wedded Miss Gertrude Mead and they have two daughters, Alpha May and Blanche Kittie. The family is most estimable and highly respected throughout the county. In politics Mr. Discher is a consistent and thorough-going Democrat, who not only believes in the principles of the party but who is willing to make some sacrifices in its behalf. The family are members of the German Lutheran church, regular attendants upon its services and devout worshippers. |