Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Jacobsen, August 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com December 13, 2005, 10:34 pm Payette Enterprise 3-4-1920 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, March 4, 1920 SUDDEN DEATH OF AUGUST JACOBSEN The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. August Jacobsen were grieved to learn of the sudden death of Mr. Jacobsen which occurred at Long Beach, California, on Thursday, Feb. 25th. It had been generally known that Mr. Jacobsen had been in feeble health for some time but his sudden departure came as a surprise, casting a gloom over the people of this community. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen, in company with their daughter, Mrs. Lester Seawell, left their home in Payette late last fall for Long Beach, as had been their custom to spend the winter in a milder climate, and at this time their plans were made to soon return home when Mr. Jacobsen was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and death ensued within a few hours after. Funeral services were held the following Saturday at Long Beach and the body laid to rest in Englewood Cemetery, it being the request of Mr.. Jacobsen that he be laid away in California. August Jacobsen was born in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, in 1835, under the Danish Administration. He came to the United States about the year 1857, landing in California during the gold excitement. A few years later he came to Idaho to participate in the mining industry at Warren and later was proprietor of a Hotel at Umatilla Landing. He also conducted a butcher shop at Auborn, Oregon. About the year 1871 he returned to Germany where he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Marxen and again returned to the United States landing at Boise. To this union one son was born, Arthur Jacobsen who is now living at Woodriver, Idaho. His wife departed this life about the year 1876 and about the year 1884 was again united in marriage to Lucia Asmussen. To this union one daughter was born, Mrs. Lester C. Seawell who is now living at Payette. Upon his second return to America he located near Boise and for a number of years engaged in the stock raising business, and later to the Payette Valley where he continued to make his home until the time of his death. In the passing of this pioneer the community has lost a friend with but few his equal. Until his declining years he was an energetic worker always ready to assist in the upbuilding of the community in which he lived. Honesty and uprightness, and to do unto others as he wished to be done by was his motto through life. His word to pay an honest debt was even better than his note, and was so considered by those with whom he had dealings. Besides a wife, he is survived by one son and one daughter, Arthur of Woodriver, Idaho and Mrs. Lester C. Seawell of Payette, and one brother, N. A. Jacobsen of Payette, besides many friends who join in the sorrow with the bereaved relatives. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/j/jacobsen863nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb