Contra Costa-San Francisco-San Mateo County CA Archives Biographies.....Jacob, David 1836 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

DAVID JACOB.—Born in France, June 4, 1836, where he resided until twenty years
of age, when he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York. There he
remained one year, after which he went to Brazil, where he stayed five years,
and then returned to New York. After staying a short time there he went to
Mexico, and resided there until the Fall of 1866; then came to California, and
located in San Francisco; remained there six years; spent three years in Spanish
Town, San Mateo county, and in February, 1876, moved to Contra Costa county, and
settled in San Pablo. There he purchased the general merchandise store of A.
Cerf which business he now carries on. In 1880 our subject was appointed
postmaster of San Pablo, a position he still holds. Married in San Francisco,
October 24, 1876, Jeanne Boris, a native of France. There are three daughters by
the marriage, namely: Ellen, Irma and Blanche.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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