Biography of John Pancake
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1041
JOHN PANCAKE, farmer, P. O. South Charleston, was born in Madison County, Ohio, August 1, 1835, and is a son of Jesse and Martha (Cooper) Pancake. The former was born in Virginia June 29, 1801, and the latter in Madison County, Ohio, in 1814. They were married in Madison County, in 1834, he having emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1812, landing first in Ross County, where they remained a few years, after which they came to Madison County, where they settled and remained until their death; the former, November 23, 1877, and the latter in 1839. Our subject was united in marriage with Serelda Paulin, January 15, 1862. She was born in Clark County, Ohio, July 20, 1839. Mr. Pancake, when seventeen years of age, began superintending his father's farm, which his father afterward divided between him and his sister, giving each about six hundred acres. To this Mr. Pancake has since added until he now owns 750 acres of fine land in a high state of cultivation. He has been engaged in farming and trading in stock all his life. He acquired a common school education, has filled the office of Trustee of Stokes Township three terms. He and wife are the parents of five children--Jacob W., Martha C., Mary P., Jessie and Addie. Mr. and Mrs. Pancake are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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