He served in the 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company A, Mobile Cadets in the Civil War with the rank of Captain. Jacob Granville was named for his grandfather, Jacob Mordecai, an highly respected Jewish educator who ran a girls school for several years in Warrenton, NC.
After the Civil War, Jacob became a cotton weigher/cotton factor until his untimely death at the age of 31. He died from bronchitis at the residence of his father-in-law, George Tuthill.
He served in the 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company A, Mobile Cadets in the Civil War with the rank of Captain. Jacob Granville was named for his grandfather, Jacob Mordecai, an highly respected Jewish educator who ran a girls school for several years in Warrenton, NC.
After the Civil War, Jacob became a cotton weigher/cotton factor until his untimely death at the age of 31. He died from bronchitis at the residence of his father-in-law, George Tuthill.
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