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Montour county, and in i860 opened a bakery and confectionery store, this being the be* I'imiing of the large wholesale and retail busi ness which he built up as time passed. H is place o f business w as on Mill street. Mr. Jacobs retired from active participation in the business in 19 0 1, since which time it has been conducted by his sons. H is death oc curred Ju ly 4, 1907. M r. Jacobs w as a man o f enterprising nature, and was an interested worker m local matters, serving the borough fo r one term as member of the council. Po litically he w as a Democrat. H e was a mem ber o f Mahoning Lodge, N o. 5 16, F . & A . M., Danville Chapter, No. 239, R . A . M., and C al vary Commandery, N o. 37, K . T ., and was well known in th,at fratern ity; he also held membership in the I. O. O . F . and Knights o f Pythias. With his w ife he belonged to the Lutheran Church, which he served fo r years as trustee and treasurer. On Dec. i, 1859, M r. Jacobs married Char lotte Frisch, daughter o f Frederick and Eliza beth (D ielrick) Frisch, both o f whom were natives o f Germany. M r. Frisch w as a pat ternmaker, and followed his trade in Danville for some time. M rs. Jacobs died Sept. 28, 1909. She w as the mother of eight children, nam ely: William Frederick. Charles H., George B., C lara L ., A lfred £ ., Elizabeth M argaret, John R . and M ary H . V. Fred Jacobs w as educated in the pub lic schools o f Danville, and learned the bakery and confectionery business with his father, with whom he worked continuously with the exception o f about five years when he was at the St.itc Hospital for the Insane at Dan ville. having charge of the bakery there from Jan uary, 1893. lo October. 1897. When the father retired, in 19 0 1, three o f his sons, W. Fred., George B . and John R . Jacobs, took over the business, whicn has since been con ducted under the name o f J . Jacobs' Sons. W. Fred. Jacobs remained a member of the firm until 19 10, when he sold his interest in the business to his two brothers. F o r one year afterw ard he conducted the Danville Steam I.aundry, and in Jan uary, 19 12, he started the insurance business, handling all kinds of in surance and doing a particularly good busi ness as a fire underwriter. M r. Jacobs main tains the high business standards fo r which his family ha.s been noted, and dcserx'cs the high regard in which he is held by all his fel low citizens. H e takes a deep interest in the general w elfare, as may be judged by his con nection with the Municipal League, o f which he is secretary, and he lu s served part o f a
term, two years, as assessor of the Third ward. In political faith he is a Democrat. Socially he is a Mason (member o f Mahon ing Ix)dgc, No. 5 16, F . & A . M ., which he serves a s sccrctar)') and a member of the Royal Arcanum. H is religious connection is with the Pine Street Lutheran Church. On M arch I I, 1885, M r. Jacobs married Jennie M cCoy, of Danville, who was bom Ian. ig. 1862, daughter o f Robert and Ellen (V o ris) M cCoy, the former a contractor and builder, hour children have been born to .Mr. and M rs. Jac o b s: Randall, now a lieutenant, junior grade, in the U n it ^ States navy, stationed in the N avy Department at Washington, D. C „ was nurried A u g. 28. 19 13 . to Em ily Voris, daughter o f Jo h n L. and M ary (H am or) Voris, o f near Poitsg ro v c; Robert M ., o f W ilkes-Barre, P a., an ophthalmologist, married M argaret E van s, o f Danville, and t h ^ have one child, Eleanor Elm erta; George F . is an ensign in the United Stales navy, on the "M innesota”; .Samuel M . is a student at Pennsylvania State College. E D W A R D W H IT E P E T E R S, sc c re u ry of the Danville Foundry & Machine Company, has been associated with that concern since tg io . H e has been a citizen of the borough since 1884 and has been employed at iron works o f various kinds throughout that M riod . M r. Peters w as born March 25, 1870, at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and received an excellent education, attending high school at Danville and the Franklin and Marshall Academy at Lancaster, P a. F o r a number o f years he was employed by the M a honing Rolling M ill Company and the R e a d ing Iron Company, being chief clerk of the latter for a period o f ten years. In 19 10 he l»ccame secretary of the Danville Foundry & Machine Company, in which position he h as done valuable work in building up the fortunes of this establishment. M r. Peters has been quite prominent in the local government, h a v ing served nine years as tax receiver o f D a n ville, and he is at present councilman, to w hich office he was elected in 19 12 . H e is a K n igh t Tem plar Mason and a member of the S h rin e. ,'md also belongs to the B . P. O. Elks. H ts religious connection is with the R eform ed Church. In 1896 he married E lla B . A ten , o f Danville. T h e Danville Foundry & Machine C om pany is engaged in the manufacture o f spe cial nuchinery and structural iron w ork, and its plant occupies an entire square along E ast >farkct street. T he concern w as originally
