JACOB MOONEY

Jacob Mooney, a farmer near Jerome, was born in Washington County, Penn., December 20, 1816. He is a son of John and Mary (McVey) Mooney, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively, and a grandson of a Mr. Mooney who came from Ireland before the Revolutionary war. Jacob's parents removed to Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1824, and resided there till 1862, when they came to Jerome Township. Mr. Mooney died October 12, 1869. His wife died in 1836. Jacob was reared principally in Jefferson County, and in 1854 came to Jerome Township and bought eighty acres of land. October 4, 1841, he and Miss Rosanna Winters, daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Winters, were married. Mrs. Mooney was born in Jefferson County, May 2, 1822. They have six children, viz.: Johnson, born July 26, 1842, married Susan C. Freshwater; Rhoda W., born April 20, 1844, wife of George Wollpert ; Mary J., born September 10, 1846, wife of Luther Lane ; Rosa W., born March 4, 1850, married Emily Bigelow; Catharine E., born July 3, 1857, wife of William Stewart ; and Olive E., born December 4, 1863, and died April 6, 1865. Mr. Mooney owns a farm of eighty acres, and pursues the avocation of farming and rearing fine sheep.