Yolo-San Joaquin County CA Archives Biographies.....Jacobs, George N. 1855 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

GEORGE N. JACOBS

    In this work appears a sketch of the long and honorable career of the Hon.
Isaac W. Jacobs. He married Almira E. Martin and had twelve children, one of
whom, George N. Jacobs, of Woodland, Yolo county, Cal., it is the purpose of the
writer to refer to somewhat at length. Mr. Jacobs was born near Stockton, San
Joaquin county, Cal., April 11, 1855. He was a year old when he was taken by his
parents to Yolo county. He grew to manhood on a farm near Yolo, helping his
father and picking up much easily assimilated information concerning the
production of crops and stock. He gained his primary education in the public
school near his home, then later was a student at Hesperian College, Woodland.
His father's farm having been turned over to him, he gave his attention to
ranching to the exclusion of all other practical pursuits and has since been
engaged, year after year, in grain and stock raising. Under his capable
supervision the old homestead has yielded large crops, as witness its production
of seven thousand sacks of grain in 1910. That year the wheat yield on the ranch
was twenty-two sacks to the acre. He is an extensive and enthusiastic breeder of
full-blooded and graded shorthorn Durham cattle, his being recognized as Durhams
of as high grade as are to be found in California. For twenty years he has had
his residence on First street, Woodland, in order that his children might enjoy
the fine educational advantages of the city. In 1893 he married Miss Emily J.
Ely, a native daughter of Yolo county, who was graduated from Hesperian College,
Woodland, and the San Jose State Normal School. Her father, Isaac J. Ely, an
honored pioneer of Yolo county, is represented elsewhere in this volume. Mrs.
Jacobs has borne her husband three children. Isaac W. is a namesake of his
grandfather in the paternal line. Nora Almira died, aged three months. Virginia
is the youngest of the family. Mr. Jacobs and members of his family are active
supporters of the Christian church of Woodland.

    In some ways Mr. Jacobs is a leader among his fellows. There is probably no
citizen of Woodland who takes a deeper or more abiding interest in all that
pertains to the public welfare than does he. There is no movement for the
upbuilding and development of the natural resources of Yolo county that does not
receive his moral support or his financial aid. Altogether he is a worthy son of
a worthy sire.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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