John Jacobs, employed on the Herman Kugelin farm west of Holton, was found dead in the barn Monday evening ....The suicide is supposed to be the result of a disordered mind, as Jacobs had not been entirely rational for some time. He was past fifty years old and unmarried. He has lived in the community many years and was always an industrious farm hand ....
The Holton Recorder, November 15, 1917:
John Caster Jacobs was born in Caster county, Kentucky, June 15, 1865, and died near Holton, Kan., November 5, 1917, at the age of 52 years, 5 months and 4 days. He is survived by his father of Lanesville, Ill., five sisters, Mrs. Mattie Vincent and Mrs. O. J. Sewell, of Holton; Lucy Hill, of Lebo, Kan.; Mrs. Ellen Litterest, Mrs. Rebecca Messer Smith and Mrs. Bettie Messer Smith and Mrs. Jennie Culver of Illinois; two brothers, James and Will of Springfield, Ill. At the age of 15 he became a Christian and united with the Christian church …. The body was placed to rest in the Holton cemetery …. .
John Jacobs, employed on the Herman Kugelin farm west of Holton, was found dead in the barn Monday evening ....The suicide is supposed to be the result of a disordered mind, as Jacobs had not been entirely rational for some time. He was past fifty years old and unmarried. He has lived in the community many years and was always an industrious farm hand ....
The Holton Recorder, November 15, 1917:
John Caster Jacobs was born in Caster county, Kentucky, June 15, 1865, and died near Holton, Kan., November 5, 1917, at the age of 52 years, 5 months and 4 days. He is survived by his father of Lanesville, Ill., five sisters, Mrs. Mattie Vincent and Mrs. O. J. Sewell, of Holton; Lucy Hill, of Lebo, Kan.; Mrs. Ellen Litterest, Mrs. Rebecca Messer Smith and Mrs. Bettie Messer Smith and Mrs. Jennie Culver of Illinois; two brothers, James and Will of Springfield, Ill. At the age of 15 he became a Christian and united with the Christian church …. The body was placed to rest in the Holton cemetery …. .
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52 yrs
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Lucy Frances Jacobs Hill
1857–1944
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Ellen Jacobs Letterst
1859–1918
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Martha Jane "Mattie" Jacobs Vincent
1862–1953
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Catherine "Kittie" Jacobs
1863–1875
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Virginia Mason Jacobs Culver
1866–1940
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Amanda Jacobs
1869–1876
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Rebecca Mary Jacobs Messersmith
1872–1956
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William Francis Jacobs
1875–1933
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Hattie Mae Jacobs Sewell
1877–1960
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Elizabeth Jacobs Standridge
1883–1956
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