Fredus Howard Jacobs

Brief Life History of Fredus Howard

When Fredus Howard Jacobs was born on 25 September 1828, in Preble, Preble, Cortland, New York, United States, his father, David Jacobs, was 38 and his mother, Rhoda Gaines, was 38. He married Margaret Ann Kennedy on 12 July 1861, in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 March 1877, in Township of Clyde, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Heaton Cemetery, Township of Mount Pleasant, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fredus Howard Jacobs
1828–1877
Margaret Ann Kennedy
1833–1881
Marriage: 12 July 1861
David G. Jacobs
1860–1863
Anna Isadora Jacobs
1862–1951
Oraletta Lucinda Jacobs
1864–1941
Infant Jacobs
1864–1865
Carrie Blanche Jacobs
1867–
Emma Jane Jacobs
1869–1923

Sources (9)

  • Fredus H Jacobs in household of David Jacobs, "United States Census, 1850"
  • U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
  • Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Whiteside, Illinois, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Dutch, Flemish, German, English, and Jewish: patronymic from the personal name Jacob , ‘Jacob's (son)’, with genitival (or, as an English name, post-medieval excrescent) -s. This surname is also found in France (Nord, Alsace, and Lorraine). As a Jewish surname it has absorbed various other Jewish patronymics from the same personal name, as for example Jacobowitz , and in North America also cognates from other languages, for example Slovenian Jakopič (patronymic from an old variant of the personal name Jakob ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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