"Biography of The Jobe's"
"Jacob W. Job - Branch of the Job Family"
"Biography of the Cougher Family"
(Three narratives by Haines Job and by Wm. T. Jobe, of Pennsylvania)

The following pages are my transcription of photocopied pages from the hand printed pages "Written and Compilled by Wm. T. Jobe, LeMoyne Penn." The biography includes three sections as described in the title above. Mr. Jobe used lined paper in what appears to have been a classic black-and-white-cover school notebook; and he used dashes and dots between his words and sentences, possibly for spacing purposes. I have attempted to retain his exact text as much as possible. It is so unfortunate that I cannot duplicate the exact pages because the printing of this 79-year-old man is fine to look at.

The information in this document "Biography of The Jobe's" is a more complete description of the family than the information in a shorter, typed, narrative "Jacob W. Jobe--Branch of the Family." The dates appear to be consistent between the two versions of the documents, but there are a few discrepancies in some printed and even typed letters that I cannot read (e.g., "Vatchell," "20£ (pounds) sterling" vs. "50£" in other places, and $5.00 vs. $50.00 as the apprentice earnings). I have added page numbers for our easy reference.

Eleanor Orthun

Great-granddaughter of Wm. T. Jobe; grand-daughter of Hattie Irene Jobe (b. 1875);

and Daughter of Eva Cloe Stevanus Barnett

Descendant of John Stevanus, b. 1810, Penna; and of Andrew Job, arrived Portsmouth 1650.

eorthun@worldnet.att.net 5/10/2001

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The cover page of the original narrative is printed in large, scrolled letters:

"Biography

of

The

Jobe's"

"The Genealogy of the Job Family reaches back to feudal days and their associations, with their fellow men were most honorable and upright, they were identified with the Quakers or Friends at the institution of that Denomination in the Early days when preaching was done by its founder, John Fox.

"Andrew Job came to America, from Wales, in the fall of the year 1690-located in East Nottingham; then chester, now- Delaware County-

"He married Elizabeth Vernon-1692 the following children were born to them. Benjamin - B-1693 D-1693, Jacob B-1694, Thomas B-1695 - married Elizabeth Maxwell (niece of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe) 8-28-1725 - Mary B-1696, married John White 1717, Enoch B-1698-D-1699 Enoch 2d B1700, married Abigail Vatchell 1724 Abraham B-1702 married Sarah Vatchell 1726, Caleb B-1704 - Joshua B1706, married Margaret McCoy 1730, Hannah B-1708, Patience B-1710, married Robert McCoy, 1732.

"Andrew Job served as sheriff, Chester County in 1697. Served in the Provincial Assembly for Chester County removed to the new settlement. laid out by the Proprietary, "Wm. Penn himself called West Notingham" in 1702, Where he died 4-5-1722

"Nearly all of this tract comprising nearly twenty thousand acres is now in Cecil County Md.

"This Settlement is kown as Brick Meeting-house, and is a, Quaker community, and lies, about five miles. south of Oxford, Chester County. Just over the Mason and Dixon line

"At the time this line was located the Forty. acres of land Penn gave with the meeting-house sight was a part of his Notingham lots which extended from around New Castel to the Chesapke Bay.

"The forty acres were afterward Deeded to the Quakers by Penn's Son John who. inherited the property

"When the bounday was adjusted in 1768, between Wm. Penn and Lord Baltimore the Early Setlers on Penn's grant, were required to show the Maryland authorities, the validity of their grant. they presented a document to that effect (now on record), Signed by the following, persons, Henry Reynolds, Cornelias Empson, John Empson, John Richardson, James Brown, William Brown, Henry Bates, Edward Benson, James Cooper (of Derby) Randal Janney, Andrew Job, John Churchman, Ebenezer Empson, and John Guest (of Philadelphia)

"These Colonists arrived in 1702 and a meeting, was Established at the house of Wm. Brown, and continued there untill 1709, when the first meetinghouse was Erected, it, was constructed of Chestnut and Poplar logs. the present Brick Meeting-house was built in 1724 a large company worshipped there, and John Grifith, a travelling minister who had visited all the meetings in America and England wrote it was a large meeting and a zealous body of Friends belong thereto.

"The woodwork of the meetinghouse was destroyed by fire in 1751, the next year it was repaired, and a stone addition added but the old name, is still retained, in 1810 the woodwork, was again burned and repaired

"The records, are complete, and preserved from 1730 to the present time 1920

"During the Revolutionary, War, several members of the meeting, Were disowned for taking up arms in defense of their country in violation of disciplin,

"During April 1778, a detail of GenL. Smallwood's Division of the Continental army took possession of the meeting-house for Hospital purposes.

"A number of the Soldiers dying they_ were burried in a corner of the burrying ground.

"GenL Lafayette on his march to Yorktown Bivouacked, in the Meeting-house Wood.

"Probably no one of the Pioneers of the Brick Meeting-house community can trace their ancestry back to those of greater celebrity than the Job Family.

"It was Andrew Job's son Thomas who in 1725 married Elizabeth Maxwell, niece of Daniel Defoe, She, having run away from her Mother, and uncle in London, when Eighteen years of age, in consequence of being refused Encouragement in matrimonial affaairs.

"Having no money to pay her passage She agreed with the Captain of the Ship to be sold for passage, on arrival in America for a term of years, he to receive the money in payment of her fare.

"Andrew Job was in Philadelphia the day Elizabeth Maxwell and other Redemptioners, were offered for sale and bought, her for a term of years.

"After her marriage in 1725 to Thomas Job, she wrote her mother and uncle in London of her whereabouts and surroundings. her uncle replied, that her mother was dead, and had left considerable Property, amongst which were several chairs, one of the chairs, sent over is now in possession of Hannah Griffith, of Brick Meeting-house, who is a decendant of the Defoes

"It is a hand carved narrow piece with a painfully straight back, and decended to the Defoes from their Flemish Ancestry, Who sought refuge under the Banner of Queen Elizabeth from the Tyrany of Philip.

"Elizabeh Maxwell Job died in 1782 aged 82 years, all of her decendants have worshipped in the Brick Meeting-house and only one of the name - Haines Job - is now a resident of the Village

"Brick Meeting-house, stands upon a knoll from which six roads diverge. it is still in an excellent, state of preservation and the arched hoods over the doors, with their quaint locks and heavy handles belong to the past centuries.

"Inside, the room is divided by wainscoating and sliding sashes, of time mellowed wood the Pews, have high backs, and the clerks leaf desk, is much, Inkspotted.

"Above a galary runs around the room and back of its open front are rude heavy benches, without backs which tradition says were used in the meeting in Wm. Penns day.

"For one hundred and Seventy-five years the Village bore the name Brick Meeting-house, but in 1878, the Post Office Department deseided a shorter name was necessary, and on suggestion of the name Calvert by a woman of the Villag it was adopted.

"While many Families can Boast of Celebrated Ancestors none can trace to more distinguished source than the Trimbels they are lineal decendants of Elizabeth Maxwell Job, Niece of - Daniel Defoe - who came from England in 1718, married Thomas Job, a son of, The first Job that settled at the Nottingham lots laid out by Wm. Penn in 1702, and is the Progenitor of the Job Family of the present day

"All of the original Families of Job and Trimble when called upon to pay the last debt of nature, have been laid away in the burial grounds, attached to the Brick Meeting-house.

"In order to explain, it will be neecessary to give a short History of Daniel Defoe because of his persistent writing on all Exciting subjects of the times, he was forced to seek an assylum with his widowed Sister Elizabeth Maxwell, in the city of London in order to avoid arrest, three years before he had published his "Shortest" Way, with Dissenters, for which he had suffered, the Pillory, fine and Imprisonment

"The Government had offered 50£ Sterling for the discovery of his hiding place, "Proclamation" "Whereas" One Daniel Defoe is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, Entitled "The Shortest Way With Dissenters" minutely describing him [etc etc]

"Whoever shall discver the said Daniel Defoe to one of her majesties Secretaries of State, or any of her majesties, Justices of the Peace, that he may be aprehended, Shall receive a reward of 50£ Sterling.

"On his arrest and release he was again arrested and imprisoned for his Political Pamphlets and through the influence of Lord Oxford was again liberated.

"But in his sisters house, secure from his political foes, he continued to send forth his barbed arrows with impunity, and it was then that his sisters only Daughter named herself for "Elizabeth" four years old, when her uncle, came to live with them, she received her Education under his Tutilage and there "Robinson Crusoe" was written, one year after his "niee" ran away, perhapse, her absense, suggested the writing of it to his mind.

"The Defoes were members of the Society of Friends and attended a meeting designated by the Odd name of the Bull and Mouth, which is often mentioned in the Annals of the Society

"At Eighteen years, Elizabeth Maxwell contracted a matrimonial Engagement, which was promptly broken off by her mother this caused an alienation and she privately left home and embarked for America

"Being without, funds, she contracted with the Captain to be Sold for her passage on their arrival in Philadelphia, to reimburse him for same.

"Accordingly with several others, she was offered for sale on landing in Philadelphia, and Andrew Job, a resident of Nottingham, "Now in Cecil County Maryland" happening to be in the City bought her for a term, of years, and brought her to his home

"In 1725, Elizabeth Maxwell became the wife, of Thomas Job son of Andrew Job.

"Now being happily settled she wrote to her mother, and uncle, in London, giving them the first information of her whereabouts, as soon as possible, a letter came from her Uncle stating, her mother, was dead and much property, had been left her by will in case She Ever was found, an inventory of goods sent, accompanied the letter,

"and Especial attention, solicited, for the preservation, of such articles as he had, used in his study they had descended to the Family from ther Femish ancestors who sought refuge under the banner of Queen Elizabeth, from the Tyrany, of Philip.

"He also regrets the condition of two chairs the wicker seats of which had been worn out and replaced by wooden ones.

"One of these chairs is in the possession of James Trimble and the other which belonged to his brother Joseph and was, after, his death presented by James, to the Historical Society of Delaware, in Wilmington because it was in that city the last thirty years of the business life of Joseph Trimble was spent.

"All the letters received from her Uncle were carefully preserved by Elizabeth Job until her death which occurred on the 7th day of September 1782 at the age of Eighty two.

"One of her Grand-sons, Daniel Defoe Job, living near, was almost constantly with her.

"She took great delight, in relating recollections of her childhood, of how she used to bother her uncle medling with his papers until he would expell her, from his study,

"Daniel spoke of his Grand-mother, as a little old yellow-looking woman, pasionately fond of Flowers, and retaining her activities of mind and body untill the End of Life.

"Another of her Grand-sons, also named Daniel Job, died at a verry advanced age, well within my recollection, and it was the first Funeral I ever attended,

"Another, Andrew Job, a brother of the last named Daniel Job a bachelor, and (Hermit, because of a love affair) for more than fifty years lived Entirely alone in a forest belonging to his Estate, about two miles from Brick Meeting-house.

"His habitation consisted of two rooms one above, the other below, it is not known that he ever left it during all these years,

"He is said to have been very tall in his youth. at the time I saw him he was upward of Eighty years and much stooped, his hair and beard was long of a redish hue, though of so great age only slightly gray,

"He scorned the style of clothes then worn and winter and sumer was robed in a blanket his only covering,

"And though a man of abundant means never left his retreat, to procure, the necessaries of life, and as he would have but little to do with his relatives they Engaged some one, in whome he had confidence to take him necessary, supplies, his grain, he made into flour, himself,

"Once when a child I went with my Father, who visited him, twice a year, and was kindly treated,

"He gave me a drink of cider made by himself by pounding the apples and squeesing them in his hanands,

"The goblet from which I drank Was a huge Gourd and he stirred the sugar in with his finger, children as a rule, are not verry fastidious and I am glad to remember I did not slight the old mans hospitality

"After we had left him and gone through the woods to the road I found I had left my sun shade "about the diameter of a good sised saucer,"

"I was loth to leave it and the same time, afraid to return for it but my Father reassured me, and very reluctantly I returned to the door, where Andy stood holding it with a helpless expression of having something left on his hands, that might prove a burthen to him.

"He handed it to me in silence and I received it in the same manner, he did not take kindly to visitors they troubled him coming to see him out of curiosity, and when he caught sight or sound of them he hastened in doors and refused them admission

"He evined but little curiosity as to the great world around him from which he had withdrawn, though, inteligent he conversed but little, and that in a subdued tone scaarely intelligible, to me unacustomed to it

"He as honorable and upright in all his dealings, and seemed, desirous of giving as little trouble as possible he kept no money about him, gave orders on those having his property in trut,

"He lived in this way untill a log falling out of his fire place set his house on fire and burned it down he was then compelled to live with two nieces and a nephew, Children of his brother Daniel, who, were of middle age, and unmarried,

"Here he remained Eleven years untill his death, which occurred the first day of April 1863 in the ninety second year of his age, in him were conspicuous the characteristics of the Defoe Family from the author down to those of the present day, remarkable longevity, a disposion to remain single or to marry late in life indomitable independence of spirit so prominent in the character of Daniel Defoe and his niece, Elizabeth Maxwell Job,

"Joseph and James Trimble whose mother was a Great-Great Niece of Daniel Defoe, lived at one time in a beautiful place a half mile from the village of Brick Meeting-house. Joseph was a bachelor, was very excentric, and made his home with his brother James who was married but Childless.

"James Trimble with his Family moved to Pennsylvania many years ago Where Joseph died and his body was brought here for interment in the buriel ground at Brick Meeting-house, where the Job ancestors worshipped with Elizabeth Maxwell Job and their Progeny,

"Owing to the fact that so many of the Job's live unmarried the Race is well nigh extinct at old Nottingham.

"The family of Jacob Job a reputable Citizen and a Great Grand-Son of Elizabeth Maxwell Job is all of that name now residing in Cecil County - Except the writer

"The wife of Nathan Griffith of Brick Meeting-house, Grand Niece of Andrew Job the Hermit who was a Grand-Son of Elizabeth Maxwell Job consequently She is related to the Job race

"By Haines Job

Cecil County..Md."

"The Progenitor of the Jacob W. Job branch of the Jobe Family was born in Carlisle Cumberland County Pennsylvania Dec. 14 1799 his Father was Jacob Job Grand-son of Thomas Job of West Nottingham lots laid out by Wm Penn, the Propietary the Early History of this section is given in the Early History of the Job Family and it is not necessary to repeat it here

"Jacob Job had served in one of the Regiments of the Penn line during the revolutionary War, came to Carlisle in 1797, married Miss Mary Cougher pronounced Cowfer and dying suddently shortly after their marriage left their son an orphan before his birth

"Several years after Jacob W. Job was born his mother married a man by the name Donohoe to whome she had four other sons, and three daughters, this boy Jacob W. Job lived with his Grand Father Martin Cougher until he was fifteen years old, when he was apprenticed by his mother Mrs. Mary Donoho, who had again become a widow,

"To a man by name John Proctor- a white, or lock smith for the term of five years, he to have maintainance, and two suits of clothes-during this time-one of them to be new and $5.0_ at the end of his term of apprentice

"At the expiration, of his term of apprentice, and the receipt of what was due him, he removed to Loudan Fraklin Co. Penn,

"While here because a man who came to Carlisle a while before he left there, spelling his name Jacob W. Job He concluded to avoid confusion in mails to add, a letter thereafter, spelling his name Jacob W. Jobe

"His mother with his half Brothers removed to the vicinity of Ironton Ohio about the year 1847 Where his mother, died a few years later at the age of ninety-four years and a few months

"He remained in Loudon several years then removed to Boiling Spring in Cumbrland Co. Where he met the Lady who became his Wife, - Nancy A Fetrow - Daughter of Philip Fetrow of Conowago York County, She was born - April 25 1807

"They were married September second Eighteen Twenty Seven

Five children were born to them, Samuel F_Jobe, Born Sept. 8 1818 married Miss Louanna

"David M. Jobe Born Oct 4 1831 Married Miss Hattie Muehmore of Athens Ohio in 1865

"All of the male members of the Jacob W. Jobe Family srved in the Union army, during the Civil War, David M. Jobe, holding three honorable discharges, therefrom,

"Samuel F. Jobe, served in the Regular army in Mexico, in the Army of occupation in 1848 and was discharged therefrm in 1850

"Mary A E Jobe - married Moses Zeigler of Iowa in 1880 who died at his home in Iowa a few months thereafter

"Wm. T. Jobe - married miss Fannie A. Hurst of Shepherdstown Cumberland Co. Jan 2nd 1870

"To them twelve children were born,

"Ina May Job - B-Dec. 6th 1870

married Harry Nickel

"Myra Anna Jobe - B-Jun 18th 1872

married, Harry Houck

"Marion Edwin Jobe, Born-Sept 7th 1873 married Miss Catherine Wolf
of Franklin Ill.

"Hattie Irene Jobe Born July 12 1875

married Wm J Stevanus of Franklin, Ill. 1898

"Ivan Arthur Jobe - Born - Aug 5.1877

married Miss Jennie Campbell of Pittsburg

"Elmer Hurst Jobe - Born-Nov. 20 1879

married-Miss Maye Gemmell of Ill.

"Mattie Ray Jobe - Born-Aug. 30 1881

married Calvin W. Hoffman of Adams Co.

"Edith Pearl - Born-Sept 24 1883 - died February 28 1885

"Carrie Estella - Born-August 2nd 1885. married Harry Smith of Adams Co.

"Valerie Maude - Born-Feby 22nd 1887 married Russel Bentz of Lemoyne Cumberland Co.

"Charles Russel Jobe - Born-April 23rd 1889,

"Walter Ralph Jobe - Born June 18th 1893.

"Of these five boys Marion Edwin Jobe served through the Spanish American War as second seargent, in the 5th Regiment Infty Penna Volunteers

"Charles R. Jobe - Enlisted in Buffalo NY and served on the Mexican border in what was known as the third NY field artillery as seargent on Aug 4th 1917 the Regt was drafted into the army of the United States as the one-hundred and sixth Field artillery.

"About this time Charles was appointed and commissioned second-lieut in the Supply Company of the Regt, they were then ordered to Camp Wadsworth South Carolina Where they remained in training until June 6th 1918_ When the Regt shipped for France the Voyage Ended on the 18th of June at the fishing Port of St Nazaire-France

"They were sent to the front as part of the fifty second Brigade Field artillery north West of Verdun on the 6th of September and from that date until the signing of the Armistice they were engaged Every day but two, in the St. Michael Sallient and the Argonne,

"And History records the Last, artillery shots were fired from the Batteries of the fifty second, artillery Brigade.

"Water R. Jobe, Enlisted in Seattle, Washington, in the second Washington Infantry then sent East to Camp Mills, New York. He was here made Corporal in his company and his Regiment attached to the Forty-first Division as the One hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Infantry they arrived in France in Early December 1917 and were sent front to train under French officers they were at various positions until the Armistice was signed, when, Walters Company was sent to Cablentz as replacement in the three hundred and thirteenth Engineers.

"And remained there several months untill ordered home having served eighteen months over seas.

"Marion Edwin Jobe had passed a creditable examination and had been ordered to the Officers training Camp at Waco Texas but on the signing of the armistice the Order was countermanded and his hopes to get into active service were thus disappointed

"Grand-Father - Jacob W. Jobe - died June 13th 1876 - Aged 75 y. 5 mo. and 29 d-

"Grand-Mother - Nancy A. Jobe - died October 24th 1887 -
Aged 80 y 5 mo. and 29 d.

"Biography of the Cougher or the Cowfer Family as the name is variously spelled, since they came to the United States from Germany

"Their identity is derived from the recollection of Wm. T. Jobe of naratives by his Father Jacob W. Jobe who was a Grand-son of Martin Cougher, who becamse a resident of Carlisle after the American Revolutionary War until his death, which occurred about the year 1818

"Shortly after this time the younger members of the Family moved South into Va and there the Civil War found them amongst the Va Confederates.

"Grand Father Cougher, was blind, for many years before his death, He had Emmigrated to America prior to the Revolution, through all of which he fought with the Continental troops coming to Carlisle after the War

"His only Daughter, Mary Cougher married Jacob Job from Bick-Meeting-house now in cecil County Maryland. and became the mother of Jacob W. Jobe the Progenitor of the present Jobe Family

"His Uncle Charles Cougher fought through the War of Eighteen Twelve and fourteen,

"In fact the records show that the Families of Cougher and Jobe are closely identified with all the wars in which the United States has ever been Engaged

"Many of both Families fought in the Mexican War of 1846 and their numbers were legion on both Union and Confederate Sides in the Southern Rebellion between the Northern and Southern States.

"And their valor and devotion, to cause, tested on every field, both North and South and none were ever known to shirk any duty assigned them

"The records show both Families present in the war with Spain.

"Many of both Families gave their last full measure of devotion to their Country and the Flag and died on the fields of France in the great world war for their Countrys Honor for Humanity and the freedom of the world in general. May they rest in peace where they fell, and untill Gabriels bugle summonses them to answer the Last Roll Call

"Written and Compilled

By

Wm T. Jobe

Lemoyne Penn"