Jacob Kreps

Of Schuylkill County, Orwigsburg, Jacob Kreps was the son of Michael and Catherine Kunz (Kuntz) Kreps, born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pa., March 13, 1782; attended public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to the state House of Representatives, 1812-1813; to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Wilson and served 1826-1827; elected to the state Senate, 1828-1836; resumed agricultural pursuits; married Elizabeth Bayer in 1799; died in Orwigsburg, Pa., September 26, 1847; interred in St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.