JACOB, David Morris 1858/1859 - 1939

JACOB, MOLLEY, MILLER

Posted By: Richard K. Thompson (email)
Date: 7/29/2011 at 20:58:52

Fairfield Ia. Daily Ledger
Friday August 18, 1939
Pg. 3 Col. 5

DAVID JACOB DIES AT 81

Had been residents (sic. resident) of this city since 1908; services Saturday

David M. JACOB, 81, resident of this city since 1908, passed away at the Jefferson county hospital this morning. He had been at the hospital since Wednesday.

Mr. JACOB was born on Feb. 18, 1858 (sic. headstone engraved DOB year is 1859) in Ohio and came here from Burlington in 1908.

He is survived by a son, Ralph, of Davenport; a brother, Robert, of Paris, Missouri, and a sister, Mrs. Mellie MOLLEY of Wapello.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hoskins funeral home in charge of the Rev. W.R. Yingling. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: A prior Evergreen cemetery transcription used the surname as "JACOBS"; the obituary and headstone, however, use "JACOB".

Full given name: David Morris JACOB. Husband of Sarah 'Sadie' MILLER JACOB. Buried in Evergreen cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. 2nd.214. A grandson, Ralph R. "Junior" JACOB (1920-1926) is also buried in this plot.