JACOBS, SAMUEL

JACOBS, CREIGHTON

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/13/2013 at 12:23:30

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Washington Township

Page 791

JACOBS, SAMUEL--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 12, P.O. Grinnell. Was born in Carroll county, Maryland, August 5, 1849; moved with his parents to Whiteside county, Illinois, at the age of six years, where his father (J.A.) engaged in agricultural pursuits, and the subject of this sketch was raised and educated. He came to Poweshiek county in the spring of 1873 and located where he now resides; his farm consists of 320 acres, all under cultivation and well stocked. Mr. Jacobs makes a specialty of stock-raising, and he is one among the many successful and substantial stock-men of the county. He was married February 28, 1873, to Miss Mary Jane Creighton, of Whiteside county, Illinois. From this union they have had two children: Mary Agnes and Samuel Guy (deceased.)