Biography

02/10/1860 - 08/01/1926

HERTZOG, Jacob B., a Representative from Berks County; born, February 10, 1860 in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pa.; attended, Oley Academy; farmer; painter; teacher (38 years); organist (33 years); secretary and clerk, Berks County Democrat Committee; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1892 and 1894; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1896); appointed, court crier, orphans’ court, Berks County (1916-1926); died, August 1, 1926 in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friedens Church Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania.