JACOB and KATIE FREDERICK
Jacob Frederick was born in the 1820s in Ohio. (1)
Jacob appears to have been married four times. In 1848, Jacob married Mary McDaniel and she died sometime before 1854. In 1954, he married Mary Drum, who died in 1862. In 1864, he married Catharine Dove, who died in1872 or soon afterward. His fourth wife also was named Mary. (2)
Jacob’s children: (3)
Fanny Elizabeth, born about 1849.
Nancy, born about 1851.
Richard, born about 1864.
Caroline, or Carrie (Forerider), born in 1868.
Clarinda, or Clara (James), born in 1870.
Robert, born about 1871.
Olive Elnora, or Nora, born March 8, 1872. Married Thomas C. McDaniel.
An unpublished McDaniel genealogy also mentions a Henry, Emma (Brady) and Jane (Pangborn), indicating that they were children of Jacob and his fourth wife. However, the source also includes Richard as a child of Jacob’s fourth wife, even though his age – listed as 16 in the 1880 Census – would indicate that he was the son of Catharine.
Jacob appears to have been a very young settler. He is listed as a real estate owner in Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, when it was separated from Hardin County in 1845. (4) He probably was between 18 and 22, but it’s difficult to say since census records differ on his birth year.
On June 8, 1848, Jacob married Mary McDaniel, who was born about 1831 in Ohio. It’s very likely that she was the daughter of James McDaniel, who also lived in Jackson Township. (5)
The 1850 Census lists Jacob as a 23-year-old farmer in Jackson Township. His wife was 19-year-old Mary.
Mary appears to have died between 1851 and 1854, the time between Nancy‘s birth and Jacob second marriage.
On June 22, 1854, Jacob married Mary Drum. Mary was born about 1832 in Ohio. (6)
The 1860 Census lists Jacob as a 34-year-old farmer in Jackson Township, with real estate valued at $2,000. His wife was 28-year-old Mary.
Mary died Feb. 8, 1862 and was buried at Jackson Center Cemetery in Wyandot County. (7)
On June 16, 1864, Jacob married Catharine Dove in Wyandot County. (8) Catharine, who was known as Katie, was probably the daughter of Richard and Sarah Dove. The Doves appear in the 1860 in Jackson Township, Hardin County, which abuts Wyandot County. (9) In 1860, they had a 15-year-old daughter named Catharine. In addition, Katie and Jacob’s first son was named Richard, probably after Richard Dove.
The Fredericks moved to Marion County, Ohio, sometime before Nora was born 1872 in Morral. According to family tradition, Katie died when Nora was a baby.
In the 1880 Census, Jacob is listed as a farmer in Montgomery Township, Marion County. His wife is listed as Mary, who was 44 and had been born in New York. No children younger than Nora are listed, which would seem to indicate that Mary had no children with Richard before this point. In fact, it seem very likely that Henry, Emma and Jane were children from a previous marriage.
Mary died about 1887 and the children then lived with a cousin, Vesta, and her husband Riley Davis. (10)

(1) The 1850 Census of Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, says he was 23 on Oct. 7. The 1860 Census of the same township says he was 34 on July 25. The 1880 U.S. Census of Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio, says he was 57 on June 12. The 1880 Census says he father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother was born in New York. (2) While it seems improbable that Jacob would have a wife die every few years, no other Jacob Frederick appears in the census records in this area at this time. Details on each marriage follow. (3) All information on Nora comes from her funeral book. Other children’s names and birth dates come from the census records of 1850, 1860 and 1880. The names of the other daughters’ husbands come from an unpublished McDaniel genealogy provided by Ardeth Semler of Arlington, Ohio, in 1989. The McDaniel genealogy attributes Richard, Henry, Emma and Jane to Jacob’s fourth wife, Mary. However, Richard was obviously born before Jacob’s marriage to his fourth wife. It seems certain that he was Catharine’s son since his age, accoridng to the 1880 Census, would put his birth about the same time as Jacob and Catharine’s marriage. In addition, Nora’s funeral book lists Carrie, Clara, Robert and Richard as siblings but doesn’t list her known half- or step-siblings. Also, since Henry, Emma and Jane don’t appear in the census records cited above, it’s uncertain how they fit into the family. They may be nicknames for the children already listed, children born to Jacob and his fourth wife or children from a possible previous marriage of the fourth wife. (4) "The History of Wyandot County, Ohio," page 835. Jacob’s name appears – out of alphabetical order – at the end a list of real estate owners for that year, which may indicate that he was a late addition. (5) Wyandot County Probate Court Marriage Book 1, page 104. (6) Wyandot County Probate Court Marriage Book 2, page 105. Birth information is from the 1860 Census of Jackson Township, Wayndot County. (7) "Wyandot County, Ohio, Cemetery Burial Records," page 380. (8) Wyandot County Probate Court Marriage Book 3, page 179. (9) Richard Dove is lised as a 39-year-old Farmer who was born in Virginia. Sarah was 35, and was born in New York. Their children were: Catharine, 25; William, 13; Sarah E, 11; Electia Ann (probably the name was really Electra Ann), 9; Mary Eta, 7; Emily probably 7; John, 1; and Harry, 1. All of the children were born in Ohio. (10) McDaniel genealogy.