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Jacob H. Lamotte, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hershey) Lamotte, of Maryland and
Pennsylvania, and of French and German descent, was born in Baltimore County, Md., May 8,
1819, and was the eldest of seven children. He was brought up on the farm and educated in
the common schools in Maryland. He was married in Carroll County, Md., to Elizabeth
Zimmerman, of German descent, and had seven children: Joanna (deceased), Eli (deceased),
Jeremiah (deceased), Joshua (deceased), Calvin, Cornelius and Ella. He brought his family
to York County, in 1840, and settled in Manheim Township, where he lived until 1884, when
he rented his farm and removed to New Freedom. He was one of the organizers, and is a
director of Codorus & Manheim Insurance Company. He has held various township offices,
and in 1879 he was elected county commissioner for three years. The family are members of
the German Reformed Church. His parents died in 1865 and in 1847, respectively, aged
seventy-six and fifty-four!
years. The farm which he owns in Manheim Township contains 170 acres of finely
cultivated land.
Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical
Editor