BIOGRAPHIES:  Engel Sigebert JACOBSON, Almena, Barron County, WI

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Engel Sigebert Jacobson, general merchant of Almena, was born at Little
Falls, Wis., Sept. 5, 1874, son of Theodore and Anna (Monstrud) Jacobson.
He was reared on Section 28, Crystal Lake Township, this county, attended
school in the neighborhood, and remained with his parents on the home farm
until 1897. In that year he secured employment in a store at Cumberland.
After eleven years' valuable experience as a clerk in Cumberland, he came
to Almena, in 1918, and opened a general store. His success was assured
from the start, and his business has gradually grown. He knows how to buy
to advantage and he knows how to sell. His genial personality makes his
store a popular headquarters for the people from the rural districts, and
his sense of fair dealing has established for his goods a reputation of
sterling worth. In 1913 to accommodate his rapidly growing business he
erected a new brick store, 40 by 60 feet, one story in height, with
basement, and here he has excellent opportunity for the adequate display of
his full stock of goods. He carries a general line of merchandise, and also
does a large business in hardware and farm implements and machinery. Aside
from this he is a buyer and shipper of general farm and dairy products, and
has an especially large business in potatoes--his potato warehouse, erected
in 1915, being one of the best of its kind in the county. Fraternally he is
a member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of P., the M. W. A., the S. A. S. and
several clubs, and he and his wife are both members of the Eastern Star. In
public life, he has been a member of the local school board. For four years
he was an alderman of the city of Cumberland. He and his wife are members
of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Jacobson was married at Baldwin,
Wis., Sept. 1, 1899, to Mary Stena. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson have two
children: Edna M., born April 30, 1903, graduated in 1921 from the
Cumberland High School. Pearl T., born July 17, 1909, is at home and
attending school.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 379-380.