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)
Life Span
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Dickinson Connection
Class of 1860, UPS
Life Summary
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
