Jacob Tome: Difference between revisions

Jacob Tome was born on August 13, 1810, in [[Hanover, Pennsylvania|Hanover]]<ref name="dickinson"/> or [[Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Manheim Township]]<ref name="baltsun">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75502889/death-of-jacob-tome-17-mar-1898-the/ |title=Death of Jacob Tome |date=1898-03-17 |page=7 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2021-04-10}}</ref> in [[York County, Pennsylvania]] to Christina (née Badger) and Christian Thom.<ref name="baltsun"/> At the age of 16, he worked for a farmer in York County; 15 months later, he became as a superintendent of fisheries on [[Stony Creek (Susquehanna River tributary)|Stony Island]] on the [[Susquehanna River]].<ref name="baltsun"/> In 1830, he worked for a manufacturer of tinware in [[Marietta, Pennsylvania]], for two years, and then became a teacher in [[Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="baltsun"/>