JACOB DETWILER, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Bloomville, was born April 9, 1828, in Columbiana County, Ohio. His parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Detwiler, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., settled in Bloom Township, this county, in 1844, locating a new farm which they at once began to clear and improve. Jacob Detwiler, Sr., died in 1850, his widow in 1860. They were parents of the following children: Samuel, Jacob and Mrs. Hannah Geiger. (Mrs. Jacob Detwiler, Sr., was also the mother of five children by her previous marriage with Christ Shetter.) Our subject was united in marriage, April 30, 1857, with Elizabeth Muckley, born in Bloom Township, this county, March 6, 1834. Her father, George Muckley, came from Germany to Stark County, Ohio, and was there married to Miss Magdalena Troxel, a native of Ponnsvlvania. They located in Bloom Township, this county, in 1833. Mr. Muckley died March 20, 1843. His widow subsequently married Isaac Rohrer, and now lives in Mahoning County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Detwiler located where they now reside, in 1860, and have one of the best improved farms in the township. Their children are Emma O., Mary M., George E., Della J. and Samuel M. Mr. Detwiler is a member of the Mennonite society, and Mrs. Detwiler, of the Reformed Church.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.735-736
BLOOM TOWNSHIP