Brief Life History of Sheridan
When Sheridan Jacobs was born on 15 March 1890, in Horsehead Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, his father, William S. Jacobs, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Madaline Janes, was 22. He married Della Carol Lee Byers on 31 December 1916, in Newton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Stonewall Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1940. He died on 21 December 1955, in Hunt, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hunt, Johnson, Arkansas, United States.
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- Sheridan Jacobs in household of Peter Cloos, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sheridan Jacobs, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Sheridan Jacobs, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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