Jacob H. Pickering
We trace the ancestors of the Pickerings to Ireland for their nativity. The first to come to the United States was Jacob Pickering, the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He came about the middle of the last century. His time was sold after his arrival here to pay his passage. Some time after his freedom he went to Virginia. It was here that his son Jacob was born in Rockingham County in the year 1783, and in the year 1809 married Hannah Miller. They came to Ohio in 1834, and located in Fairfield County, where he died in 1860. James C., his son, was born in Virginia in 1812, was brought to Ohio in 1824, and married Catherine Smith in 1835. By this union there were nine children, all still living. Mr. P. still resides on his homestead in Fairfield County. Jacob H., his eldest child, was born in 1836, and was raised on the farm. 1n 1863 he married Sarah J. Boyle. and come to Washington Township in 1866, and settled on land entered by Michael Boyle, his wife’s father, in 1846. They have by their marriage one child, John L., born in 1864.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883