OBIT: Abram A. JACOBS, 1887, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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DEATH'S DOINGS.
Those Who Have Crossed to the Other Shore.

A. A. JACOBS.

  After an illness extending over a period of six years our friend, Mr. 
A. A. Jacobs, died at his residence, in Altoona, Saturday afternoon, 
2nd inst., in the 67th year of his age.  Mr. Jacobs was a native of 
this county, and for a number of years conducted a boat-yard in this 
city, on the site now occupied by Henry & Co.'s coal and lumber wharf, 
doing a lucrative business until the main line was sold and passed out 
of the control of the State, but soon afterward he closed his yard and 
engaged in the hotel business, which he successfully conducted for a 
few years.  Seven years ago he removed with his family to Altoona and 
secured employment in the P.R.R. shops as a car builder, which he 
followed until the 1st of October, 1881, when he was stricken with 
paralysis, from which he never recovered sufficiently to enable him to 
resume work.  On the 29th ult. he was again stricken, the disease so 
affecting his throat that he was unable to take nourishment from that 
time until death relieved him of his suffering.  Mr. Jacobs was married 
in 1847 to Miss Anna C. Port, of this city, who survives him.  Three 
daughters and three sons are also living, viz: Mr. Howard L. Carmon, 
and Mrs. J. L. Smith, of Gainesville, Texas; Mrs. Anna C. Richter, of 
Altoona; Mrs. Harry L. Jacobs, of Huntingdon, and Edw. S. and Jas. P. 
Jacobs, of Altoona, Pa.  He was a kind and indulgent husband and 
father, highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him.  His remains 
were brought to this city on the morning of the 5th and laid to rest in 
the cemetery here.  Peace to his ashes.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, July 15, 1887

1870 Huntingdon West Ward, Huntingdon County census -
Abram A. Jacobs, 48  
Annie C. Jacobs, 40  
Stella M. Jacobs, 12  
Harry L. Jacobs, 10  
Annie S. Jacobs, 8  
Edward S. Jacobs, 5  
James Jacobs, 2