Eau Claire County WI Archives Obituaries.....Feirer, Jacob February 25, 1899
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Eau Clair Leader,  March 1, 1899 
Title of Eau Clair Leader article: "ALL THAT WAS MORTAL OF JACOB FEIRER LAID 
AWAY, BODY FOLLOWED TO THE LAST RESTING PLACE BY A LARGE CROWD.  THE CATHOLIC 
KNIGHTS OF WISCONSIN ATTEND IN A BODY.  SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE AT GRAVE."  The 
article said Jacob died in an accident on the Omaha Railroad. 126 Knights, the 
family and others in vehicles, and a large "concourse of citizens on foot" 
followed the casket from the house to the church.  Knights in full dress 
and "swords at the present" flanked the casket as it entered the church.  
After mass, the priest, Rev. Father Metzler, gave a sermon in both English 
and, then, in German. He said that the large crowd was evidence that Jacob was 
a good man and neighbor.  After acknowledging the family's and friends' loss, 
he said that he had lost a best friend.  He went on: "When I came here five 
years ago and saw his dark complexion and his wild eye, I said to myself that 
this is a wild man. I was never so deceived. Jacob's complexion may have been 
dark but his heart was white, and a stauncher friend I never met."  Then, the 
casket was taken to the German Catholic (Sacred Heart) Cemetery, ..."the 
Knights still tending, and followed by an indeterminable procession of 
carriages and sleighs.  The casket was lowered to his last resting place, the 
grave being surrounded by the Knights with their swords at the salute."

The Milwaukee Sentinel Feb 26, 1899: SECTION FOREMAN KILLED  Jacob Feirer for 
Twenty Years in Emply of Omaha Road  Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 25--Jacob Feirer 
for twenty years foreman of the Altoona section of the Omaha road, was killed 
by a switch engine to-day.  He and his crew had removed their handcar from the 
track, but Feirer had not thought that it had been moved to let the engine 
pass, and was about to do so when the engine struck him. He was 50 years old 
and leaves a wife, and ten sons and a daughter. (note: number of children 
incorrect)

Additional Comments:
Jacob Feirer, b.July 25, 1845 Bohemia, d.February 1899 Eau Claire, Eau Claire, 
WI, bu.February 28, 1899 Sacred Heart Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI. The WI death 
record transcriber misspelled Jacob Feirer's last name ("Ferrer") on the 
online index.  
WIFE: His Catholic rite marriage certificate to Agnes Schuster (m.August 03, 
1875 in Eau Claire) also misspells Jacob's last name ("Ferie").  Agnes, 
b.April 18, 1854, Berlin, Prussia (Germany), d.January 19, 1908, Eau Claire, 
Eau Claire, WI, bu.January 22, 1908 Sacred Heart Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI.
PARENTS:  George and Barbara Feirer, Germany (other children, Jacob's 
siblings: Theresa (Tracy) Feirer, b.March 1837 Germany, d. November 07, 1901 
Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, bu. November 10, 1901 Eau Claire, WI; Mary Feirer 
Grill, b.August 1847 Germany, resided in Eau Claire, WI in 1900).
CHILDREN: Marie R. Feirer Steuding, b.May 1876, WI, d.February 20, 1955 Eau 
Claire, WI, bu.Sacred Heart Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI; John Albert Feirer, 
b.July 01, 1879 WI; Agnes J. Feirer Lang, b.December 1880, d.January 30, 1905 
Eau Claire, WI, bu.February 02, 1905 Sacred Heart Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI; 
Fanny Feirer, b.August 1883 Eau Claire, WI, d.May 03, 1904 Eau Claire, WI, 
bu.May 05, 1904 Sacrad Heart Cemetery Eau Claire, WI; Anna E. Feirer Lambert, 
b.July 21, 1885 Eau Claire, WI; d.December 04, 1962 Chippewa Falls, WI; 
Matilda ("Tilly") G. Feirer Mannion, b.1888 WI; d.1970 PA, bu.Calvary 
Cemetery, Erie, PA; Elizabeth J. Feirer Jones, b.September 1891 Eau Claire, 
WI; and Serafina ("Sadie") Marguerite Feirer Mannion, b.June 01, 1894 Eau 
Claire, WI, d.October 27, 1966 Aberdeen, WA, b.Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, 
WA.

Per Irene Mannion's written history (daughter of Serafina "Sadie" Feirer 
Mannion):  "Sadie's (Serafina) father (Jacob Feirer) was killed in a railroad 
accident when she was about six.  She often told us the story about how it 
happened on a Sunday morning while the rest of the family was at High Mass; 
the flame on the altar candle went out, and the priest turned to the people 
and said, 'Let us pray for the soul of a member of our congregation who has 
just passed away.'  A short time after arriving home, there was a knock on the 
door, and they all looked at one another, knowing that they were about to hear 
bad news."

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