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     Daniel Lafayette Jacobs was born in 1876 at Indiana.¹ He married Anna B. Reed, daughter of Isaac Elder Reed and Laura Jane Watson. Daniel Lafayette Jacobs married Daisy Jane Windell, daughter of George H. Windell and Rachel Cunningham, on 5 January 1905 at Harrison Co., IN. Daniel Lafayette Jacobs died in 1943. He was buried in 1943 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lexington, McLean Co., IL, Findagrave #147657290.

     Donald W. Jacobs was born circa March 1914 at McLean Co. (probably), IL.¹ He was the son of Daniel Lafayette Jacobs and Daisy Jane Windell.¹

     Edgar Jacobs was born on 21 June 1879 at New Carlisle, St. Joseph Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Michael Jacobs and Nora A. Stover.¹ Edgar Jacobs married Matilda Sens, daughter of John Sens and Barbara (?), in 1908, Ceremony by Rev. A. P. Heirman.¹

     Edith Jacobs married Henry Isaac Carr on 27 August 1927 at Hoskins, Wayne Co., NE. Edith Jacobs died on 5 August 1982.

     Elsie Jacobs was born on 27 November 1886 at Montgomery Co., PA. She was the daughter of William N. Jacobs and Laura P. Milsay. Elsie Jacobs died on 30 September 1892 at Montgomery Co., PA, at age 5. She was buried in October 1892 at Friedens Union Church Cemetery, Sumneytown, Montgomery Co., PA.

     Elsie R. Jacobs was born on 17 January 1910. She married Walter Guy Harrison, son of George Washington Harrison and Minnie Jessie Demorest, on 23 December 1925. Elsie R. Jacobs died on 22 February 1984 at age 74.

     Epsie Jacobs married Robbie I. Davis, daughter of Cyrus Livingston Duncan Davis and Carmilla Askren, on 3 March 1917 at Harrison Co., IN.

     Fred Jacobs was born on 13 December 1888.¹ He was the son of Michael Jacobs and Nora A. Stover.¹ Fred Jacobs died on 23 December 1904 at age 16.¹

     Fred A. Jacobs was born on 13 August 1909 at Beaver, Barton Co., KS.¹ He was the son of Edgar Jacobs and Matilda Sens.¹

     Gary Lou Jacobs was born on 9 May 1940 at Oshkosh, Garden Co., NE. He was the son of Louis George Jacobs and Gladys Arlene Roudebush. Gary Lou Jacobs died on 31 March 2013 at age 72.
Note: Married 1965, Denver, Adams Co., CO, divorced JUL 1971, two daughters.

     Gilbert O. Jacobs was born circa April 1916 at McLean Co. (probably), IL.¹ He was the son of Daniel Lafayette Jacobs and Daisy Jane Windell.¹

     Helen M. Jacobs was born in December 1897 at Montgomery Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of William N. Jacobs and Laura P. Milsay.¹

     Henry Floyd Jacobs was born circa 1905 at Heth Twp., Harrison Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Daniel Lafayette Jacobs and Daisy Jane Windell.¹

     Homer Miller Jacobs was born circa 1893 at Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of William N. Jacobs and Laura P. Milsay.¹ Homer Miller Jacobs married Genevieve K. McCracken, daughter of George McCracken and Emily Searles.² Homer Miller Jacobs lived on 12 January 1920 at 666 Haws Avenue, Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA.²

     Irvin M. Jacobs was born on 13 November 1864 at Lansdale, Montgomery Co., PA.¹ He was the son of John N. Jacobs M.D. and Sarah S. Miller.
Note: Did not marry.¹

     J. Henry Jacobs was born in 1899 at Montgomery Co., PA. He was the son of William N. Jacobs and Laura P. Milsay. J. Henry Jacobs died in 1900 at Montgomery Co., PA. He was buried in 1900 at Friedens Union Church Cemetery, Sumneytown, Montgomery Co., PA.

     James Harold Jacobs was born circa 1907 at Heth Twp., Harrison Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Daniel Lafayette Jacobs and Daisy Jane Windell.¹

     Jennie Jacobs was born on 21 December 1867.¹ She was the daughter of Michael Jacobs and Nora A. Stover.¹ Jennie Jacobs died on 4 September 1877 at age 9.¹

     Jeremiah Jacobs was the son of Samuel Jacobs and Elizabeth (?)¹ Jeremiah Jacobs married Juliann Penn Moland, daughter of William Moland and Hannah Noble.

     John Jacobs was the son of John M. Jacobs.¹

     John M. Jacobs was born on 6 March 1867 at Lansdale, Montgomery Co., PA.¹ He was the son of John N. Jacobs M.D. and Sarah S. Miller.

     John N. Jacobs M.D. was born on 7 January 1839 at Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of William M. Jacobs and Magdalena Nice.¹ John N. Jacobs M.D. married Sarah S. Miller, daughter of George Miller and Barbara Smith, on 10 March 1861, Five children born, four living as of the 1900 census.^1,2 John N. Jacobs M.D. died on 30 January 1924 at age 85 Dr. Jacobs attended the country schools of his neighborhood, until he was 14 years of age, when he was entered at the Penna. College at Gettysburg. He then matriculated at the medical dept. of the Penna. College at Phila., and graduated in the class of 1861. The civil war breaking out, he organized Co. M. 8th Pa. Cav. and was made its 1st Lieut; the following June promoted to 1st Lieut; served throughout the was with but one injury, whiich occurred during the seven days fight before Richmond, where his horse fell on his right leg, dislocating the ankle joint, which necessitated his temporary retirement. His certificate of disability was granted July 1, 1862, but on Aug. 11th, he was back in the service and was appointed Asst. Surgeon of Vols. In this capacity he served with the Army of the Potomac till after the Battle of Gettysburg, when he was sent to Vicksburg and served with Grant's army until brought up to Chattanooga under Sherman only a few days before the Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge fight took place. Immediately after the fight, he went to Knoxville with Sherman to the relief of Gen. Burnside's army and returning to Knoxville, was encamped along the line of the Memphis & Charleston R.R. during the winter of '63 and '64. On May 6, 1864 he started with Sherman's Army for Atlanta and after that city's fall, went to Savannah and from thence marched North towards Goldsboro, N.C. After the surrender of Gen. Joseph Johnson's confederate army, the Sherman forces marched to Richmond and on to Washington, taking part in the Grand Review. Received his discharge in June 1865.
After the war Dr. Jacobs began practising medicine at Kulpsville and after four years removed to Lansdale, then a village of less than 30 houses. Here he invested in a large tract of land which later became part of the borough.
In 1873 he organized the National Bank at Green Lane, Pa., and became its cashier, this bank was practically moved to East Greenville, Pa., under the name of the Perkiomen National Bank, chartered in 1875 and was a flourishing concern, at the expiration of its charter in 1895 it became the Perkiomen Trust Co., increased prosperity followed the change until the stock holders voted to liquidate its affairs and surrender its charter in 1899, this was done and the stock-holders were paid over three dollars for every dollar invested in stock.
A new Perkiomen National Bank was opened that same year, Dr. Jacobs continuing as a Director.
In 1887 he organized the Lansdale Trust & Safe Deposit Company and for nine years he served as President, during which time by shrewd conservative management he overcame a $30,000 defalcation by one of the company's officers and closed up a brilliant career, when it went into voluntary liquidation and made a handsome distribution to share-holders.
This splendid financing gave Dr. Jacobs fame among the bankers of the State and led to his being called to rescue the Montgomery Trust Co. of Norristown in 1890 and the Doylestown National Bank in 1903, both tasks were accomplished successfully.
Dr. Jacobs had many interests in Lansdale; for a time he was in the coal and lumber business; he cleared his real estate, laid out streets; advertised for home seekers; built a church and school house and quite a number of dwellings on his land. He was truly the "Father" of Lansdale; no one gave so freely of time, money, and influence to improve local conditions.
He was one of the first to advocate borough incorporation and was for years president of Council and president of the School Board.
He organized the first Building & Loan Association in Lansdale and was its Secretary and Treasurer; was a Director of the Perkiomen R.R. Co; President of the Stony Creek R.R. Co., and President of the Spring Garden Farmers Market of Philadelphia.
When in 1911 Montgomery County qualified by reason of having 150,000 inhabitants, as entitled to a Controller, Governor Tener appointed Dr. Jacobs to the position, to the great satisfaction of the people, and was elected for a term of four years the following fall. When he assumed the office, the county had a debt of nearly $700,000 and at the expiration of his term the county had $223,000 in bank and $75,000 outstanding in uncollected taxes.
One of the local papers said of him "Dr. Jacobs never knew what failure meant. He tackled tough propositions in his time and with that Pennsylvania German tenacity of his, won out in every instance. He won his spurs by clear grit. Where other men sat down to brood over their misfortunes, he sat up and worked and plodded on until failure spelled success. His voluntary enlistment, at the opening of the Civil War, showed the stuff he was made of. As a surgeon he bound up gaping wounds and relieved his suffering comrades. Later in life as a surgeon in the financial world he bound up many a gaping wound. Like the gangrenous limbs of wounded soldiers were cut off to save life, so later in life Dr. Jacobs served as a surgeon to lop off gangrenous appendages from wrecked banks in this section. To be sure, some of them had to go on crutches for awhile, but before the Doctor was through with them, they all had new legs and could stand on their own and walk as well as their fellows."³

     Julia Bell Jacobs was born on 16 December 1911 at Texas. She married Mason Arthur Worsham on 26 November 1927. Julia Bell Jacobs died on 28 April 1931 at Dallas Co., TX, at age 19. She was buried in 1931 at Powers Chapel Cemetery, Rosebud, Falls Co., TX, Findagrave #46421510.

     Katherine M. Jacobs was born on 1 July 1869 at Lansdale, Montgomery Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of John N. Jacobs M.D. and Sarah S. Miller.
Note: Did not marry.²

     Lawrence Edgar Jacobs was born on 9 November 1912 at Beaver, Barton Co., KS.¹ He was the son of Edgar Jacobs and Matilda Sens.¹

     Leah Jacobs married Daniel H. Oller, son of John S. Oller and Anne Hollinger. Leah Jacobs was born circa 1848. She died after 1915.

     Lillian Jane Jacobs was born circa 1867 at Ohio.¹ She married David Stitzel Arnold, son of Jacob Arnold and Elizabeth Stitzel, on 25 October 1893 at Carroll Co., IL, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900:

GROOM BRIDE CNTY DATE VOL/PAGE LIC
ARNOLD, DAVID S JACOBS, LILLIE J CARROLL 10/25/1893 B/ 107 4243. Lillian Jane Jacobs died after April 1910.

     Lois Velma Jacobs was born on 18 January 1878 at Van Wert Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Abraham Jacobs and Statira Eliza Russel.² Lois Velma Jacobs married Wilbur H. Clippinger, son of Adelbert Leroy Clippinger and Flora Bird Webster, circa 1899.¹ Lois Velma Jacobs married William F. Woodward on 3 August 1911. Lois Velma Jacobs died in April 1963 at age 85.

     Louis George Jacobs died at Commerce City, Denver Co., CO. He was born on 21 October 1909 at David City, Butler Co., NE. He married Gladys Arlene Roudebush, daughter of John Roudebush and Constance Erma Law, on 1 August 1938 at Oshkosh, Garden Co., NE. Louis George Jacobs lived in 1970 at Denver, CO, sheet metal worker (city directory.) He died on 2 February 1992 at Commerce City, Adams Co., CO, at age 82.

     Lucille Gertrude Jacobs was born on 16 October 1916 at Beaver, Barton Co., KS.¹ She was the daughter of Edgar Jacobs and Matilda Sens.¹ Lucille Gertrude Jacobs died on 15 February 1917 at Beaver, Barton Co., KS.¹