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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
BETHEL TOWNSHIP
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Page 636
CYRUS JACOBS,
farmer; P. 0. Tippecanoe City; was born June 8, 1852,
in Bethel Township, Miami Co., on the old farm where he resides; he is
a son of Cyrus and Mary Jacobs, spoken of in the biography of L. W.
Jacobs; his occupation has always been in tilling the soil, and he
is an enterprising young farmer. On the 3d of June, 1879, he married
Elizabeth Wigand, who was born in Elizabeth Township, Miami Co., May
27, 1853; she is the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth
Wigand, who
came" from Germany in 1835, and located in Dayton; they moved to
Elizabeth Township in about 1842, where he died in 1876, at the age of
72 years his widow is still living and resides on the old farm.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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Page 636
L. W.
JACOBS, farmer; P. 0. Tippecanoe City; is a son
of Cyrus and Mary Jacobs, and a grandson of
Mark Jacobs, who was one
of the very early settlers of Miami Co., and entered 160 acres of land
in Bethel Township. This farm has ever been owned by the Jacobs
family, and is now left by will to Mary Jacobs, the widow of
Cyrus Jacobs. He was a native of this State, born Sept. 11, 1804, and
departed this life April 3,1877. She is a native of Virginia, born in
June of 1809, but the exact day is not known. The subject of this
sketch was born in Bethel Township, Miami Co., July 12, 1838, and
brought up on the farm. He served four years in the war of the
rebellion, first enlisted for two years, and then for three years. He
now resides on one of his mother's farms and carries on farming,
although he is not able to do much of the work himself, as his health
was impaired in the army. In 1870, Dec. 22, he married Clarissa E. Uptegraft, a native of this township, born May 10, 1847. She is a
daughter of Augustus and Elizabeth (Black) Uptegraft. He was born in
Greene Co. April 28, 1819, and she in Bethel Township, Miami Co. Her
death occurred March 12, 1880. L. W. and Clarissa E. Jacobs are the
parents of two children—Charlie B., born Nov. 6,1872, and William
Augustus, Oct. 20, 1874.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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