Sunday's Obituary: James Jacobs (1902)

Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Kentucky)
15 March 1902

VENERABLE JAMES JACOBS

Former Resident at Carlisle Aged 97 Years -- To be Buried Here Sunday

The venerable James Jacobs died Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs. W. S. Dudley, of Carlisle. His critical condition was mentioned in Friday's Bulletin, the news of his death coming just after we went to press.

Mr. Jacobs was born in 1805, and had consequently reached the advanced age of ninety-seven years. He was born in Prince William County, Va., and in 1826 came to Maysville with his three brothers, John, Lewis and Benjamin, the four engaging in the manufacture of plows, their shops for a time being on Fourth street, just west of Plum. They built the four brick residences on the south side of Third, just west of Plum, and these buildings were long known as "Jacobs' Row." Mr. Jacobs was the first to take plows to the South, and this firm in course of time built up a big trade in that territory.

The latter years of his life were spent in Flemingsburg and Carlisle. His wife was Martha, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Ballinger) Power. Of their children, only two survive -- Mrs. Alex. Calhoun, of this city, and Mrs. W. S. Dudley, of Carlisle.

Mr. Jacobs had long been a devoted member of the Ironside Baptist Church. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Carlisle. The remains will be brought here to-night and taken to Mrs. Calhoun's residence. The interment will be Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Maysville Cemetery. Burial private.