BIO:  Franklin L. Jacobs, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Manchester Township, Pg 139

FRANKLIN L. JACOBS, is the eldest son of William and Mary (Landes) Jacobs, 
natives of York County, and of English and German descent.  He lived with his 
parents, working some at farming, but before he was twenty-one he learned the 
trades of cigar-maker and plasterer, and has followed both trades since.  He 
began business for himself in his native township, when about twenty-one years of 
age.  He was married, September 24, 1874, to Annie E. Paff, daughter of Amos Paff 
of Hellam Township, and has had four children, one – Horace C., died in infancy; 
the living are Mary Estella, William Garfield and Ivy Rebecca.  He removed to 
Manchester Borough in the spring of 1875, and has since been engaged in the 
manufacturing of cigars, employing a few hands, and making 150,000 cigars per 
annum.  His plastering work is done under contract, and he does most of the first 
class work in his neighborhood.  He has held the offices of inspector of 
elections and auditor of Manchester Borough; was elected chief burgess of 
Manchester Borough in the spring of 1884, and is an active Republican.  He 
belongs to the Evangelical Association.