Gotwalts, Jacob V.

Jacob V. Gotwalts, born on May 13, 1840 in Lower Providence Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, entered Dickinson in 1856 pursuing a career as an attorney. He later entered the Montgomery County bar in 1867, acted as the District Attorney for the county from 1875 to 1878, and was a candidate for state senate. He married Henrietta Royer in 1873, lived in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and died on January 6, 1921. (By Brandon Rothenberg)
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Class of 1860, UPS
    Full name
    Jacob V. Gotwalts
    Place of birth
    Lower Providence Township, PA
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    3
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    0
    Family
    Jacob Gotwalts (father), Esther Vanderslice Gotwalts (mother), Henrietta Royer (wife) 
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Attorney or Judge
    Educator
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Lutheran
    Other
    Other Religion
    Mennonite
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    Local government
    How to Cite This Page: "Gotwalts, Jacob V.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/33026.