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James Benton Jacobs

M, #16661, b. 30 December 1840, d. 17 August 1915

Parents

Father*John Dowden Jacobs (b. 25 June 1813, d. 9 October 1865)
Mother*Jane Harris (b. 11 October 1816, d. 24 October 1880)

Family: Geneva Peters (b. 15 December 1853, d. 7 July 1912)

Son*Emery Jacobs (b. 6 January 1879, d. 11 January 1907)
Daughter*Blanche Catherine Jacobs (b. 1881, d. 29 March 1888)
Son*James Franklin Jacobs (b. 21 August 1883, d. 6 October 1902)
Son*John Jacobs (b. 1884, d. 1904)
Son*August Earl Jacobs (b. 21 July 1888)
Daughter*Anna May Jacobs (b. 20 August 1895)

Biography

James Benton Jacobs was born on 30 December 1840 in Clark County, Indiana.1,2,3 He was born in 1841 in Clark County, Indiana.4 He and Mary Jane Gibson were married on 28 April 1873 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.5,6 He and Geneva Peters were married on 3 April 1878 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.6,7 He died on 17 August 1915 at age 74. He was buried after 17 August 1915 in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana. buried in New Chapel Cemetery3
James Benton Jacobs appeared on the census of in 1850 in the household of John Dowden Jacobs in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.1 James Benton Jacobs served in the military in 1865 in Indiana.8 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Clark County, Indiana. lists Jane Downs as mother2 He was pensioner on 15 July 1889 in Indiana.8 He and Geneva Peters appeared in the census in 1900 in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.9 He and Geneva Peters appeared in the census in 1910 in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.10

Citations

  1. [S2438] IN Census 1850 recorded as Extract #3026 1850 Indiana Federal Census and Index, Original, FHL#0007726.
  2. [S2437] IN 1880 Census recorded as Extract #3025 1880 Indiana Federal Census and Index, 1880 Original.
  3. [S161] ClarkCoIN Genealogy recorded as Extract #204, Clark county, Indiana Family Genealogical Records (Salt Lake City: Charlestown, Library, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Clark county Genealogical Records.
  4. [S2450] Vaughn, Warren Correspondence recorded as Extract #3044 Letter from Vaughn, Warren J. (708 Navajo Dr. New Albany, IN 47150) to Jenny Rasmusson, 1980's; (.)
  5. [S8880] IN Newspapers recorded as Extract #10485 New Albany Newspapers Database, 1849 - 1889, online http://199.8.200.229/db/albany_display.asp?ID=15691. Hereinafter cited as New Albany Newspapers.
  6. [S11511] IN Marriages 1811-1959 recorded as Extract #12157 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959, online FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/). Hereinafter cited as Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959.
  7. [S11007] IN Marriages 1780-1992 recorded as Extract #11718 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, online FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/). Hereinafter cited as Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992.
  8. [S6150] US Military CW Pension Applications recorded as Extract #8467 WC835-0008; Civil War Pension Applications (Washington, D.C.: US Government.)
  9. [S198] IN Census 1900 recorded as Extract #247, 1900 Indiana Census and Soundex (). Hereinafter cited as 1900 Indiana Census.
  10. [S207] IN Census 1910 recorded as Extract #257, 1910 Indiana Census (). Hereinafter cited as Indiana 1910 Census.
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