Elias White Hale Jacobs
Elias White Hale Jacobs was born around 1829 in Pennsylvania to Alexander Jacobs. His father was a carpenter. Jacobs probably grew up in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and by 1850, he was working as a carpenter. He moved to Clayton County, Iowa, soon afterward, and he married Emeline M. Cook there around 1853. They had at least six children: Stella, born around 1854; Blanche, born around 1857; Adaline, born around 1859; Edward, born around 1860; Frank, born around 1863; and Mary, born around 1870.
 
By 1860, he was working as a master carpenter in Clayton, and he owned $1,000 of real estate and $300 of personal property. A decade later, he was living in Mendon, Iowa, and he owned $2,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property. By 1880, he was working as an architect. He died around 1893.
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(842)Jacobs, Elias White Hale18291893
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (2803) [recipient] ~ John F. Drips to Elias W. H. Jacobs, 31 March 1862
  • (2804) [recipient] ~ Margaret A. Drips to Elias W. H. Jacobs, 24 May 1863

People - Records: 3

  • (842) Jacobs, Elias White Hale is the [sibling of] (840) Drips, Margaret A.
  • (842) Jacobs, Elias White Hale is the [sibling-in-law of] (841) Drips, Andrew W.
  • (842) Jacobs, Elias White Hale is the [sibling-in-law of] (844) Drips, John F.

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (787) [death] ~ Iowa

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com.