Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....Jacobs, Frederick L. December 13, 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Rayburn http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006128 September 2, 2015, 10:37 pm Source: Vol. II pg.61-62 The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923 Author: History of Florida, Past and Present FREDERICK L. JACOBS, secretary of the Southern Drug Manufacturing Company of Jacksonville, Florida, is one of the dependable business men of this part of the state, and one of the active factors in the Masonic fraternity in this section of the country. He was born at Columbia, South Carolina, December 13, 1862, a son of FREDERICK C. and LOUISE (LYONS) JACOBS, both of whom are deceased. The parents had six children, all of whom are living, and Mr. Jacobs of this notice was the firstborn. The father was a steamboat man for many years, and later held public office. During the war between the North and the South he was a staff officer in the Confederate Army, and as such participated in all of the battles and campaigns of his command. He was an ardent democrat in his political convictions. Growing to years of usefulness at Columbia, FREDERICK L. JACOBS attended a private school of his native city, and when he was sixteen years old he entered the employ of the Columbia Gas Company, with which he remained for two years. Going to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a bookkeeper for JOHN WANNAMAKER, and held that position until he was twenty-one. At that time Mr. Jacobs went into the retail drug business at Asheville, North Carolina, and was so engaged for about eight years. During two years of this period he was in business for himself. He then became a traveling salesman, representing John Wyeth & Brother of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and after over eleven years with that firm was with the J. L. Ellwoodlee & Company. Still later he was engaged with Frederick Stearns & Company of Detroit, Michigan, and then, in April, 1907, came to Jacksonville to become associated with the Southern Drug Manufacturing Company. A communicant of the Episcopal Church, he belongs to St. Mary’s parish, and is president of the choir. Mr. Jacobs married ELMIRA MAE POELSTRA. He was made a Mason at Asheville, North Carolina, by Mount Herman Lodge No. 118, F. and A. M., October 13, 1884. He entered the Apprentice Fellow Craft October 16, 1884, and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason October 20, 1884. From 1884 to 1887 he continued with this Lodge and then demitted. On July 5, 1917, he was made a member of Solomon Lodge No. 20, Jacksonville, Florida. On November 19, 1884, Mr. Jacobs was initiated in Asheville Chapter Number 25, R. A. M., taking two degrees on the same date. On November 26, 1884, he received the highest degree in that body. On July 12, 1917, he affiliated with Jacksonville Chapter No. 12, R. A. M. On November 26, 1884, he was made a Royal and Select Mason and a Supreme Excellent Mason in Ionic Council No. 9 at Asheville, North Carolina. He demitted July 19, 1917, and affiliated with Hallmark Council No. 3, R. S. M., December 19, 1917, at Jacksonville. On June 1, 1885, he was made a Red Cross Knight Templar and Knight of Malta by Serene Commandery No. 5, K. T., at Asheville, North Carolina, and served it as eminent commander from September 27, 1888 to the same date the following year. He was made grand Junior Warden of the Grand Commandery of North Carolina in 1889, and grand Senior Warden in 1890. He demitted June 28, 1917, and affiliated with Damascus Commandery, Jacksonville, September 11, 1917. The Scottish Rite degrees were conferred on Mr. Jacobs by J. W. COURTLAND, and he was raised to the thirty-second degree at Asheville, North Carolina, December 23 and 24, 1893. He demitted from Asheville Lodge of Perfection October 9, 1917, and affiliated with Orient Lodge of Perfection No. 4 at Jacksonville, Chapter Rose Croix, McLean Council of Kadosh, Florida Consistory, November 2, 1917. Mr. Jacobs was elected Knight Commander of the Court of Honor by Supreme Council 33 for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, October 21, 1919. He was made a Noble of the Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine at New Orleans, Jerusalem Temple, February 7, 1892, and demitted and affiliated with Oasis Temple February 11, 1895, and affiliated with Morocco Temple, Jacksonville, December 14, 1910. He was made a member of the Order of the Eastern Star by Jacksonville Chapter No. 15, February 7, 1918. Mr. Jacobs is also connected with other fraternities, and is a past vice grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, K. of P., and is past Chancellor of the Pisgah Lodge No. 32, K. of P., of Ashville, North Carolina. He is a member of Swanna Lodge No. 56, I. O. O. F., which he joined in August, 1890. He was initiated by Jacksonville Lodge No. 221, B. P. O. E., for Asheville Lodge, North Carolina, January 16, 1904, and demitted to Jacksonville Lodge, April 11, 1911, and is a past exalted ruler of the latter. Probably no other man in Florida has so many fraternal connections as he, and few have had so many fraternal honors bestowed upon them. He is zealous in his work for his orders, especially all the branches of Masonry, and has accomplished much in arousing and maintaining interest among his fraternal associates. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/duval/bios/jacobs143bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/flfiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb