Person:Maria Jacobs (6)

Arnold, Stephen, 33, farmer, RE = $100, b. CT
, Marie, 32, b. IN
, Omer, 6, b. IL
, Mary, 2, b. IL

Name: Maria Magdalena Jacobs
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 31 May 1818
Birthplace: ZION REFORMED CHURCH,HAGERSTOWN,WASHINGTON,MARYLAND
Father's Name: George Jacobs
Mother's Name: Elisabeth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50775-1
Source: GS Film number: 14145

George Jacobs, only child of Geroge and Magdalena, born 24 November, eight days after father's death. He married Elizabeth Johnston, of Haggerstown, Md., June 16,1812. Subsequent to 1824 he removed to Fulton County, Ill.,where he was as truly a pioneer as his grandfather been in the Jacobs church neighborhood seventy years befoe. The overland journey of nearly a thousand miles was made with two covered wagons, one of which carried his family, the other their household goods. Several years after he reached his destination Black Hawk’s war occurred, and he served for a time as a volunteer in defense of the frontier. In 1844 he removed to Iowa county, Wis., and there he resided until his death, May 16, 1878. Elizabeth, his wife, died March 26, 1866. Their family consisted of ten children, viz., Sarah Ann, who married Herman Liscum, a farmer and teacher of Plattsille, Grant County, Wis., where she died on the 28th of November, 1863; John, who died in childhood; Maria M., who married Stephen Arnold; Martin, who died in childhood; Susanna, who married James W. Burns; Eliza Jane, wife of John Wrisley, Medford, Ore.; George F. and Cyrus W., who died in childhood; Robert S., harness maker, Livingston, Wis., and Nathan J., farmer, Linden, Wis. Robert S. Jacobs was in the military service during the Civil War as a musician in the band of the Second Wisconsin volunters and was discharged in September, 1862. Nathan J. Jacobs was in the service from September, 1862, until Jun 12, 1865, as a musician in the Iron Brigade Band, First Regiment, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps.

George Jacobs, 1 male under 10 [John], 1 male 10 to 16, 2 males, 16 to 45 [George, unknown], 2 females under 10 [Sarah, Maria], 1 female 16-45 Elizabeth][;
4 persons in agriculture, 1 person in manufactures;
1 male slave under 14, 1 male slave 14-26, 1 male slave 26-45, 3 female slaves under 14, 1 female slave 26-45

George Jacobs, 1 male 25-30 [George], 1 female under 5 [Eliza], 2 females 5-10 [Susanna, Maria], 1 female 10-15 [Sarah], 1 female 25-30 [Elizabeth]

George Jacobs, 2 males under 5 [Nathan, Robert], 1 male 35-40 [George], 2 female 15-20 [Eliza, Susanna], 2 females 20-25 [Maria, Sarah], 1 female 35-40 [Elizabeth]; 1 person employed in manufacture and commerce

Mariah M Jacobs Arnold
Birth: unknown
Death: 1859
Burial: Borah Cemetery, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA

Inscription [from photograph]: Mariah M./wife of/Stephen/Arnold/Died/___[worn by lichens] 31, 1859

Spouse: Stephen Arnold (1818 - 1875)
Children: Omar J. Arnold (1844 - 1916)