Jacob Breinig, third son of Peter, was born in Breinigsville, June 14, 1811. He was educated in the local schools and at a school in Norrisstown, N. Y. He engaged in business at Breinigsville, but in 1845, removed to Philadelphia, where he was the junior member of the wholesale grocery firm of Miller, Eninger, & Breinig, which did a prosperous business until the panic of 1857. In 1858, Mr. Breinig removed to Allentown, and engaged in the business of manufacturing paints and fertilizers, which has been conducted since 1867 under the name of the Allentown Manufacturing Company. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church, of Allentown. He died on Jan 4, 1896, aged 84 years. His wife, Mary Rebecca Miller, a daughter of Peter Miller of Montgomery county, died in 1888. They had three sons: Milton and Edmond, who died in early manhood; Alfred J.