Added by DStonebraker 12/11/2023
[Source: "The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County its Cities, Towns, &c" By William Henry Perrin, 1879]
JACOB AUGUSTUS, deceased; one of the early settlers of this county, and whose portrait appears in this work; was born in the State of Virginia Oct. 21, 1793; when quite a small boy, he moved to Jefferson Co., Ky., where he resided until April, 1831, engaged in farming, when he moved to Edgar Co., settling in this township, where he lived upon his farm up to the time of his death, July 12, 1864. He was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners August, 1838, for the short term, and re, elected in 1839, serving upon the Board until August, 1842. He married Miss Cornelia Owens, of Jefferson Co., Ky., in the year 1815; they had a family of eleven children, five living-Frederick R., Shapley O., Larz A., Henry Ward, Mary E. (now Mrs. H. J. Hogue, of Kansas, in this county). Mr. Augustus was a man of strong and vigorous mind; as a public officer, he was prompt in the discharge of his duties, and it might with truth be said, he was one of the best officers the county ever had; as a neighbor, he was kind, and beloved by all; positive in his opinions and convictions, strictly upright and honest in all his dealings, prompt in all his acts and business; a member of the Christian Church, in good standing, always ready to aid in the work of the Church, donating largely to the building of churches and support of the ministry; it can be truthfully said of him that he was an upright and just man.
[Source: "The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County its Cities, Towns, &c" By William Henry Perrin, 1879]
JACOB AUGUSTUS, deceased; one of the early settlers of this county, and whose portrait appears in this work; was born in the State of Virginia Oct. 21, 1793; when quite a small boy, he moved to Jefferson Co., Ky., where he resided until April, 1831, engaged in farming, when he moved to Edgar Co., settling in this township, where he lived upon his farm up to the time of his death, July 12, 1864. He was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners August, 1838, for the short term, and re, elected in 1839, serving upon the Board until August, 1842. He married Miss Cornelia Owens, of Jefferson Co., Ky., in the year 1815; they had a family of eleven children, five living-Frederick R., Shapley O., Larz A., Henry Ward, Mary E. (now Mrs. H. J. Hogue, of Kansas, in this county). Mr. Augustus was a man of strong and vigorous mind; as a public officer, he was prompt in the discharge of his duties, and it might with truth be said, he was one of the best officers the county ever had; as a neighbor, he was kind, and beloved by all; positive in his opinions and convictions, strictly upright and honest in all his dealings, prompt in all his acts and business; a member of the Christian Church, in good standing, always ready to aid in the work of the Church, donating largely to the building of churches and support of the ministry; it can be truthfully said of him that he was an upright and just man.
Added by DStonebraker 12/11/2023
[Source: "The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County its Cities, Towns, &c" By William Henry Perrin, 1879]
JACOB AUGUSTUS, deceased; one of the early settlers of this county, and whose portrait appears in this work; was born in the State of Virginia Oct. 21, 1793; when quite a small boy, he moved to Jefferson Co., Ky., where he resided until April, 1831, engaged in farming, when he moved to Edgar Co., settling in this township, where he lived upon his farm up to the time of his death, July 12, 1864. He was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners August, 1838, for the short term, and re, elected in 1839, serving upon the Board until August, 1842. He married Miss Cornelia Owens, of Jefferson Co., Ky., in the year 1815; they had a family of eleven children, five living-Frederick R., Shapley O., Larz A., Henry Ward, Mary E. (now Mrs. H. J. Hogue, of Kansas, in this county). Mr. Augustus was a man of strong and vigorous mind; as a public officer, he was prompt in the discharge of his duties, and it might with truth be said, he was one of the best officers the county ever had; as a neighbor, he was kind, and beloved by all; positive in his opinions and convictions, strictly upright and honest in all his dealings, prompt in all his acts and business; a member of the Christian Church, in good standing, always ready to aid in the work of the Church, donating largely to the building of churches and support of the ministry; it can be truthfully said of him that he was an upright and just man.
[Source: "The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County its Cities, Towns, &c" By William Henry Perrin, 1879]
JACOB AUGUSTUS, deceased; one of the early settlers of this county, and whose portrait appears in this work; was born in the State of Virginia Oct. 21, 1793; when quite a small boy, he moved to Jefferson Co., Ky., where he resided until April, 1831, engaged in farming, when he moved to Edgar Co., settling in this township, where he lived upon his farm up to the time of his death, July 12, 1864. He was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners August, 1838, for the short term, and re, elected in 1839, serving upon the Board until August, 1842. He married Miss Cornelia Owens, of Jefferson Co., Ky., in the year 1815; they had a family of eleven children, five living-Frederick R., Shapley O., Larz A., Henry Ward, Mary E. (now Mrs. H. J. Hogue, of Kansas, in this county). Mr. Augustus was a man of strong and vigorous mind; as a public officer, he was prompt in the discharge of his duties, and it might with truth be said, he was one of the best officers the county ever had; as a neighbor, he was kind, and beloved by all; positive in his opinions and convictions, strictly upright and honest in all his dealings, prompt in all his acts and business; a member of the Christian Church, in good standing, always ready to aid in the work of the Church, donating largely to the building of churches and support of the ministry; it can be truthfully said of him that he was an upright and just man.
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