Iroquois County Times
Watseka, IL
January 26, 1878
A Weary Worker at Rest
Jacob Hoober was born Nov. 12th, 1824, in Frederick Co., Old Virginia, from which his father removed, when he was about three years of age, to Ohio. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth J. Miles, who continued to be his faithful companion until his death.
In 1846 he commenced working at the blacksmith trade in Ross Co., Ohio, having previously been a farmer. He removed in 1849 to Fayette Co., Ohio, In 1861 he joined the Protestant Methodist Church, and thence forward lived the life of a faithful Christian. In 1863 he came to Indiana, where he bought a farm, to which he removed in the following year, and where he remained until his coming to Illinois in 1869, and located near Watseka. The remaining part of his career is well known to the citizens of this place.
On the tenth day of December he and his wife started for Kansas to visit one of their sons. He had not been well for some time before starting. Soon after arriving at his destination he was taken with a severe attack of sore throat with fever. On the 10th day of January he died, leaving a wife and three children. His remains were brought back to Watseka for interment.
Mr. Hoober was a man of quiet and unostentatious manners, a good citizen and neighbor, and possessed those sterling qualities of character which make a man valuable to a community
Watseka, IL
January 26, 1878
A Weary Worker at Rest
Jacob Hoober was born Nov. 12th, 1824, in Frederick Co., Old Virginia, from which his father removed, when he was about three years of age, to Ohio. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth J. Miles, who continued to be his faithful companion until his death.
In 1846 he commenced working at the blacksmith trade in Ross Co., Ohio, having previously been a farmer. He removed in 1849 to Fayette Co., Ohio, In 1861 he joined the Protestant Methodist Church, and thence forward lived the life of a faithful Christian. In 1863 he came to Indiana, where he bought a farm, to which he removed in the following year, and where he remained until his coming to Illinois in 1869, and located near Watseka. The remaining part of his career is well known to the citizens of this place.
On the tenth day of December he and his wife started for Kansas to visit one of their sons. He had not been well for some time before starting. Soon after arriving at his destination he was taken with a severe attack of sore throat with fever. On the 10th day of January he died, leaving a wife and three children. His remains were brought back to Watseka for interment.
Mr. Hoober was a man of quiet and unostentatious manners, a good citizen and neighbor, and possessed those sterling qualities of character which make a man valuable to a community
Iroquois County Times
Watseka, IL
January 26, 1878
A Weary Worker at Rest
Jacob Hoober was born Nov. 12th, 1824, in Frederick Co., Old Virginia, from which his father removed, when he was about three years of age, to Ohio. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth J. Miles, who continued to be his faithful companion until his death.
In 1846 he commenced working at the blacksmith trade in Ross Co., Ohio, having previously been a farmer. He removed in 1849 to Fayette Co., Ohio, In 1861 he joined the Protestant Methodist Church, and thence forward lived the life of a faithful Christian. In 1863 he came to Indiana, where he bought a farm, to which he removed in the following year, and where he remained until his coming to Illinois in 1869, and located near Watseka. The remaining part of his career is well known to the citizens of this place.
On the tenth day of December he and his wife started for Kansas to visit one of their sons. He had not been well for some time before starting. Soon after arriving at his destination he was taken with a severe attack of sore throat with fever. On the 10th day of January he died, leaving a wife and three children. His remains were brought back to Watseka for interment.
Mr. Hoober was a man of quiet and unostentatious manners, a good citizen and neighbor, and possessed those sterling qualities of character which make a man valuable to a community
Watseka, IL
January 26, 1878
A Weary Worker at Rest
Jacob Hoober was born Nov. 12th, 1824, in Frederick Co., Old Virginia, from which his father removed, when he was about three years of age, to Ohio. He was married in 1843 to Elizabeth J. Miles, who continued to be his faithful companion until his death.
In 1846 he commenced working at the blacksmith trade in Ross Co., Ohio, having previously been a farmer. He removed in 1849 to Fayette Co., Ohio, In 1861 he joined the Protestant Methodist Church, and thence forward lived the life of a faithful Christian. In 1863 he came to Indiana, where he bought a farm, to which he removed in the following year, and where he remained until his coming to Illinois in 1869, and located near Watseka. The remaining part of his career is well known to the citizens of this place.
On the tenth day of December he and his wife started for Kansas to visit one of their sons. He had not been well for some time before starting. Soon after arriving at his destination he was taken with a severe attack of sore throat with fever. On the 10th day of January he died, leaving a wife and three children. His remains were brought back to Watseka for interment.
Mr. Hoober was a man of quiet and unostentatious manners, a good citizen and neighbor, and possessed those sterling qualities of character which make a man valuable to a community
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