The apparent cause was a heart attack, his son Joseph said.
His son Joseph later served as a member of the provincial assembly.
He published the first pictures of his secret son Joseph at family functions.
He then learned of the death of his young son Joseph due to smallpox.
In 1770 their son Joseph, the future bishop, was born.
Jacob gave his son Joseph a coat of many colors.
He was succeeded by his son Joseph eight days later.
His son Joseph, 16, said that after the crash the whole area "looked like a disaster."
The image of his young son Joseph sprang into his mind.
The property became the possession of his son Joseph upon his death in 1893.