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submitted by
Joan Sanders

OBITUARY

Wayne County Press
March 21, 1901
page 4

Death of
Jacob C. Brock

At 5:30 o'clock last Saturday morning

Jacob C. Brock, one of Fairfield's oldest and most highly respected citizens, passed away. He was sick with pneumonia but a few days and his death came as a sudden shock to many, who did not know his illness had assumed such a serious form. He had not been in good health for some time but attended church on the Sunday before he was called away. Much of his life was spent in Wayne county and he had a wide acquaintance. He was held in high regard by all, and that a good man has been taken from us is universally conceded. The funeral occurred at the Christian church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon and was highly attended. Elder J.A. Battenfield preached the sermon, after which the remains were interred in the Fairfield cemetery. To Elder Battenfield we are indebted for the following obituary notice:

Jacob C. Brock was born in Monroe county, Ohio, December 17, 1826. When he was twenty years of age he came into the church of Christ which worshiped near his father's home. January 14, 1847, he was united with Miss Rebecca Flick in the holy bonds of wedlock. This union was blessed with seven children, one of whom passed away in childhood, and another in 1895.

In 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Brock came to this county and for many years lived the quiet and peaceful life of farmers. As Jesus glorified labor, being a son of toil, so did they. during the later years of life Mr. Brock was in business ten years and in Fairfield five years. The last four years have been lived in retirement.

For 74 years, 2 months and 29 days this venerable father of Israel has lived with the sons of men and deported himself grandly; for three years more than half a century he has lived with his devoted wife and companion; for fifty-five years he has been one of God's children on earth and has now gone to join the vast and countless throng of those redeemed from earth, there to enjoy with them the blissful life in the great Father's family while the ceaseless ages roll.

He leaves a widow, three sons, two daughters, sixteen grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one older and invalid brother in Ohio, one older and invalid sister in Clark county, Ill., one younger brother who is a resident of this county, and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn their loss over his departure and to be consoled with the thought that they may soon go to be with him in the better house on high.