Jacob Vandeventer

Jacob was born on November 6th, 1785 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Jacob's father was Abraham Vandeventer and his mother was Mary Jones.  His paternal grandparents were Isaac Vandeventer and Sarah Cowenhaven. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Peter, John, William, Robert, John, Abraham, Charles Delham, Anna, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth.  He was the sixth youngest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 47 on October 24th, 1833 in Illinois.