Jacob Garl
Jacob Garl, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 17, 1815, in Stark County, Ohio; son of Reuben and Catharine (Clay) Garl, natives of Northamptom County, Penn., and early settlers of Stark County. His grandfather, a native of Germany, was a teacher in Pennsylvania, and his father followed this profession in the same State and in Ohio. Our subject was married, February 21, 1833, to Miss Elizabeth Kreichbaum, who died in 1876, and he subsequently married Caroline, widow of John Cook, born in Mahoning County, this State, January 12, 1823, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte Hudson. Mr. Garl was father of the following children: George; William (deceased); Catherine (Mrs. Walter) now deceased; Sarah (Mrs Rose); Mary (Mrs. Myers) deceased; Lydia (Mrs. Ague); Daniel, residing in Portage County, and Eli, in Kansas. Mr. Garl has a comfortable home comprising eighteen acres of land in Suffield Township, this county, besides eighty-two and a half in Summit County. He has given his children all a start in life. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and his wife of the Disciples denomination. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885