Jacobs, Charles E; 1905 Bio, Eagle County, Colorado
http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/eagle/bios/jacobsce.txt

---------------------------------------
Donated May 2001
Transcribed by Judy Crook <jlcrook@rof.net> from the book:
Progressive Men of Western Colorado 
Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.

---------------------------------------
Charles E. Jacobs  

     Born in Wood county, Ohio, on September 3, 1871, and now living 
and prospering in Colorado, Charles E. Jacobs, of Eagle county, a 
successful ranch and cattleman living near Basalt, has come to his 
present location and estate by progress through two or three 
intervening states and industrious effort for advancement in them all.  
His parents, Oliver and Lavina (Locy) Jacobs, were also natives of 
Ohio, and in 1873 moved to Iowa, then to Fort Scott, Kansas, afterward 
to Joplin, Missouri, and from there in 1878 to Colorado, locating at 
Leadville, where they lived until 1881, when they moved to Gunnison 
county.  In his younger life the father was engaged in farming, and his 
later years were devoted to the drug business.  In this state he 
occupied himself in mining, sometimes in the employ of others, 
sometimes independently for himself.  He supported the Republican party 
in political matters and fraternally was connected with the order of 
Odd Fellows.  Three of the five children born in the family are living, 
Charles E., Oliver G., and Luetta, wife of James Bowles, of Newcastle 
[sic], this state.  The father died on July 3, 1885, and since then the 
mother has made her home with her son Charles.  He was educated at the 
public schools, with meager advantages, and while yet a mere boy began 
to assist in the farm work in the interest of his parents.  He remained 
with them until 1892, then rented a ranch for himself in Eagle county, 
which he farmed three years, at the end of which he took charge of the 
home ranch.  This comprises one hundred and sixty acres, of which 
ninety can be cultivated.  Large crops of excellent hay are produced, 
with grain, vegetables and fruit in abundance, and cattle are raised 
for market and horses for use on the place.  Mr. Jacobs conducts his 
business with vigor and success and stands well in the estimation of 
the people around him.  He belongs to the order of Odd Fellows, and is 
independent in politics.  The ranch is well located five miles west of 
Basalt and has many natural advantages for farming and the stock 
industry.  Mr. Jacobs was united in marriage June 1, 1904, with Miss 
Marian Pearson, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a daughter of George 
and Anna (Ghent) Pearson, the former a native of England and the latter 
of Frankfort, Indiana.  They now live at Rifle, Colorado.

===================================================
Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project
(http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive
Project

USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any
format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons.
Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain
the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative
of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof
of this consent.  The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb 
Archives to store the file permanently for free access.