George W. Jacobs
George W. Jacobs was born on October 29, 1832, near Middlesex, Pennsylvania, to Henry Jacobs. His father was a farmer who owned $9,000 of real estate in 1850. Jacobs grew up in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and by 1850, he was working as a farmer.
 
He married Phoebe Wetzel on December 25, 1855, and they had at least eight children: Elmira, born on January 22, 1858; Anna, born on March 22, 1860; Willis, born around 1864; Charles, born around 1866; Sallie, born around 1868; Susan, born around 1870; George, born around 1877; and John, born around 1880. They lived in Middlesex, and by 1870, he owned $18,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property.
 
The family moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the late 1800s, and by 1900, he was working as a driver for the Beetem Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Jacobs joined the Carlisle Springs Lutheran Church, and a local resident remembered him as a “man of strict integrity, of kindly disposition, [and] a loving husband and father.” On June 9, 1903, he was thrown from a wagon and landed on his head. He died at his home in Carlisle the following day without regaining consciousness.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1643)Jacobs, George W.1832-10-291903-06-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 21

  • (5630) [recipient] ~ Joseph A. Stair to George W. Jacobs, 6 January 1863
  • (5631) [recipient] ~ John P. Brindle to George W. Jacobs, 6 March 1863
  • (5632) [recipient] ~ Joseph A. Stair to George W. Jacobs, 16 March 1863
  • (5633) [recipient] ~ John P. Brindle to George W. Jacobs, 28 March 1863
  • (5634) [recipient] ~ John P. Brindle to George W. Jacobs, 12 December 1863
  • (5635) [recipient] ~ John P. Brindle to George W. Jacobs, 11 January 1864
  • (5636) [recipient] ~ William C. Wolf to George W. Jacobs, 16 February 1864
  • (5637) [recipient] ~ William C. Wolf to George W. Jacobs, 29 April 1864
  • (5638) [recipient] ~ John P. Brindle to George W. Jacobs, 2 May 1864
  • (5639) [recipient] ~ William C. Wolf to George W. Jacobs, 28 September 1864
  • (5640) [recipient] ~ William C. Wolf to George W. Jacobs, 16 November 1864
  • (5641) [recipient] ~ Alfred L. Sponsler to George W. Jacobs, 5 November 1873
  • (5642) [recipient] ~ Joseph A. Stair to George W. Jacobs, 27 January 1863
  • (6608) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs, 6 February 1863
  • (6610) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 25 December 1862
  • (6616) [recipient] ~ Joseph A. Stair to George W. Jacobs, 24 February 1865
  • (6617) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 22 March 1862
  • (6618) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 28 February 1862
  • (14995) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 21 May 1864
  • (14997) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 4 July 1864
  • (15001) [recipient] ~ Henry Wetzel to George W. Jacobs and Phoebe Jacobs, 25 December 1864

People - Records: 8

  • (1643) Jacobs, George W. is the [friend of] (1642) Stair, Joseph A.
  • (1643) Jacobs, George W. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2171) Wetzel, Henry
  • (1643) Jacobs, George W. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2172) Wetzel, George W.
  • (1643) Jacobs, George W. is the [husband of] (2188) Jacobs, Phoebe
  • (1644) Brindle, John Peter is the [friend of] (1643) Jacobs, George W.
  • (1645) Wolf, William C. is the [cousin of] (1643) Jacobs, George W.
  • (5202) Jacobs, Elmira Catherine is the [child of] (1643) Jacobs, George W.
  • (5203) Jacobs, Anna Mary is the [child of] (1643) Jacobs, George W.

Places - Records: 2

  • (1703) [birth] ~ Middlesex, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  • (322) [death] ~ Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), 11 June 1903; History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886).