Jacob named son John A in his will, the A stands for Aurand, the maiden name of Jacob’s wife.

He lived his life in or near Lewisburg. John Aurand is designated P5c1.

He was Treasurer of Union County from 1861 to 1863. Later, he was a Justice of the Peace in Union County.

John is found in Census in Lewisburg in 1850, 1860 and 1870.

John A died intestate 14 Nov 1879. In December, Reuben F Brown, John S Schnook and Philip Frederick were appointed administrators of his estate. You might think they were sons-in-law but according to either the 1870 or 1880 Census, Reuben was married to Minerva (1848), John was married to Sarah (1845) and Philip was married to Angleine (1839) -- the women are the right ages to be daughters of John but the names do not work with what we know of John’s daughters from Census listings. His wife was named Catherine at the time of his death, though it had always been Mary in Census.

John and Mary are on find-a-grave.

From Census, his daughters were Elizabeth Ann born about 1844, Amanda 1847, Emma 1853 and Louisa 1855.

I tracked Amanda further when I got interested in the many Amanda Mertz in those years and what happened to each.

From Census, his sons were:

Jacob K (P5c2-1) born about 1841, moved to Minneapolis. And John born about 1849, Charles 1859 and George B 1861 -- I know nothing more about any of these three.

Her daughter Amanda’s death certificate says Mary was Mary Koer. That may not be an accurate spelling of Mary’s real name, it is not a name I recognize.