Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Loeb, Jacob 1829 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Jacob Loeb, merchant, Attica, was born in the state of Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, April 15, 1829. He was the third child of a family of ten sons. His
father's given name was Benedick, and his mother's maiden name Esther Maas. When
thirteen years of age he began working on a farm, handling grain and cattle, and
milling, and spent his time at these various occupations until his emigration to
America. In the rebellion of 1848 he served a term of three months in the
Hessian army, and fought at Baden-Baden, receiving a severe wound in the right
hand, partially crippling it. Mr. Loeb came to America in 1856. He had been too
poor to marry in the fatherland, where a license cost $200, and a man was
obliged to prove himself the possessor, in his own right, of a certain amount of
property before the government would grant him a passport to the state
matrimonial. So, taking his affianced bride, he sought the land of cheap
licenses and free divorces, and on his arrival in New York city celebrated his
marriage with Miss Esther Lauman, who was born December 3, 1827. On reaching La
Fayette this plucky couple found themselves without means to continue their
journey, but Father Doffinger, who had never seen them before, kindly loaned
them $2.50 to pay their fare to Attica, where they arrived on the first trial
train on the Wabash railroad, run between the two places. Mr. Loeb bought a
blind horse for $9, and traveling behind him drove through the country peddling
clothing, dry goods and notions. This business he followed four years, quitting
it in 1860 with $744. He then went to butchering. After two years he received
Jacob Lauman into partnership; at the end of a year this firm sold out for
$7,050. The firm of S. & J. Loeb & Co. had been previously formed, and Mr. Loeb
now gave his attention to the business of this company, in which was his only
remaining mercantile interest. About 1864 they associated Isaac Lauman with
themselves and organized a second partnership, styled Loeb, Lauman & Co. Mr.
Loeb has four living children: Leo, born April 14. 1857; Henry, January 22,
1858; Louis, February 15, 1859, and Charley, January 20, 1867. He and his wife
belong to the Benai Jeshurun congregation (Jewish church). Mr. Loeb has been an
Odd-Fellow two years, and held offices of appointment in the lodge. He is a man
of temperate habits, and much respected as a citizen.

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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