HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO.

preparatory to confirmation. The church building, a

fine brick structure, was erected in the year 1871, in
which, service and Sabbath-school have been hefd ever
since. A graveyard of some four acres lies just back
of the building. He was married July 24, 1857, to Miss
Catharine Wittkamper, of Cincinnati. This' union has
been blessed with five childrenfour sons and one
daughter. One son, Henry, born in 1859, died in i88o,
and was a most promising young man. He possessed
a natural genius for drawing, taking up the art and com
pleting the course almost without the aid of instruction.
He, however, spent one year in Cooper Institute, New
York. He was engraver for Stillman & Co., Front and
Vine streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. He has left some beau
tiful sketchings, of which a "Scene on the Ohio,"
"Church Yard Scene," "Lick Run Church," show a
master hand in the work. He was also of great assist
ance to his father in his church workbeing a musician
and of great use in Sabbath-school service. As the
pride of the Bransdtetter home, he was much missed in
that circle. Rev. Brandstetter is exercising a great in
fluence for good among his people of Cheviot, of which
his people are proud.
Elizabeth Bates, wife of Joshua Bates, railroad con
tractor, resides in Mount Airy, Green township. Mr.
Bates removed to his present elegant homestead in 1859.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church. John Bates (son) was a soldier in the cavalry
service under Kilpatrick, during the late war.
Enoch Jacobs was born in the town of Marlborough,
State of Vermont, June 30, 1809, and was married to
Electa Whitney, of said town, June 22, 1831. His
father, Nathan Jacobs, was born in Connecticut in 1762,
and emigrated to Vermont in 1799. He was a soldier
in the War of the Revolution. He married Sarah, the
daughter of Captain John Clark, of revolutionary fame,
about the -year 1784. She was a native of Old Hadley,
Massachusetts. The subject of this sketch emigrated to
Brooklyn, New York, in 1827, where he engaged in me
chanical pursuits till 1843, when he removed with his
family to Cincinnati. Between that time and the break
ing out of the civil war in i85i, he was engaged in the
manufacture of iron work, being junior partner in the
firm of Vallean & Jacobs. The people of the south be
ing their largest customers, financial ruin followed.
His oldest son, Enoch George, enlisted in the Second
Ohio volunteer infantry, three months' service, and was
in the battle of Bull Run. He afterwards enlisted in the
Twelfth Kentucky volunteer infantry, Federal regiment,
where he was commissioned first lieutenant, and was in
the battle at Mill Spring and th? siege of Knoxville. He
reenlisted as a veteran and served till the army reached
J^onesborough, whem Jiis health .failed, and he resigned
his commission.
His second son, Henry C., enlisted in the Fifth Ohio
volunteer infantry, and served till his death.
His third son, Nathan, enlisted in the Twelfth Ken
tucky volunteer infantry, and was commissioned first
lieutenant in company I of Third regiment. He was a
brave and gallant young officer. While temporarily ab
sent from his regiment he was waylaid and murdered by
a bushwhacker, near Somerset, Kentucky, about the
twentieth of February, 1863.
The elder Jacobs was for a time with the First and
Second Ohio infantry regiments, comprising Schenck's
brigade, and took part in the battle at Vienna, where oc
curred the first bloodshed' in the war south of the Poto
mac. He afterwards identified himself with the Twelfth
Kentucky, commanded by Colonel W. A Hoskins, and
recruited men for it, in which two of his sons hold com
missions, He took part in the battle of Mill Spring,
and wrote the first published account of that battle. It
appeared in the Cincinnati Commercial, and was copied
by papers all over the country, and in Europe.
A month later he took part in the battle at Fort Don-
elson, having obtained a position on the staff of Colonel
Bausenwein, commanding the brigade on the left of the
right wing under General McClcrnand, and with a detail
of twelve men Mr. Jacobs accepted the surrender of two
rebel batteries. About a month later while on his way
to join tiie Twelfth Kentucky en route from Nashville to
Pittsburgh Landing, a railroad accident occurred at Green
river bridge, Kentucky, in which he permanently lost tiie
use of his right arm. In 1863 he was elected justice of
the peace in Mill Creek township, and served till he
removed with what was left of his family to Waynesville,
Warren county, in 1865. He resided at Walnut Hills
from 1847 till 1865, and took a leading part in organiz
ing in that place the first free school in the State under
the school law of 1849 and its amendment in 1850. He
served nine years as trustee and secretary of the board
with the late Dr. Allen of Lane seminary as president.
Ifl the winter of 1870-71 he accompanied the Govern
ment commission, on the United States steamer Tennes
see, to Santo Domingo as the special correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial. He travelled extensively
over the island, and no correspondent went where
he did not. The following winter, 1871-72, he returned
to Santo Domingo, in the interests of the Cincinnati
Commercial and New York Tribune. During that winter
he gathered much testimony as to the alleged com
plicity of high officials in a scheme of speculation in
connectionwith a proposition of our Government to pur
chase the island. This has been hitherto withheld from
the public.
In January, 1873, he was appointed United States
Consul to Montevideo, in the republicof Uruguay, South
America. The United States Minister, Mr. Stevens,
being absent, the work of the legislation devolved upon
him in addition to the duties of the consulate. As the
country was cursed with constant revolutions, it required
all his energies in extending protection to American citi
zens; but the-work-wasfaith&ily doner--In-t874he
came home for his family (wife and daughter) by way of
Europe, and with them returned by the same route to
his post of duty. His health failing he resigned his com
mission and came home by way of Europe in June, 1876.
In October or that year he removed to Mount Airy, and
finished his official life with six months' service as mayor
of that village.

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CHARLES, 22, B, OH
MIAMI CEMETERY BOOK, VOL. 17, PAGE 89
CHARLES E. PG 156
ELECTA WHITNEY, PG 120
ENOCH, PG 160
ENOCH GEORGE, PG 198
ENOCH - FROM MT. AIRY, BROUGHT BACK TOMIAMI CEMETERY FOR
BURIAL, AGE86; WESTERN STAR, 12-6-1894
ENOCH GEORGE lACOBS MD 9-5-1867
MARY KEYS; D/O I. W. KEYS
CHARLES lACOBSMD6-4-1874(WESTERN STAR)CHARLOTTE HEIGHWAY
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AND "HER AUNT ANNIE HEIGHWAV 5-3-1894, WESTERN STAR
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AGE 31,6-11," BUR SECTION F BESIDE HERPARENTS.
'ELECTAJACOBS, 1833-1920 ~ ELECTAJACOBS, 1812-1887 ~E. GEORGE
JACOBS, 1839-1901 -CHARLES E. JACOBS, 1845-1894 - ENOCH JACOBS, 1809-
1894" BURIED SECTION K.
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3o8 HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO.
preparatory to confirmation. The church building, a
fine brick structure, was erected in the year 1871, in
which, service and Sabbath-school have been helH ever
since. A graveyard of some four acres lies just back
of the building. He was married July 24,1857, to Miss
Catharine Wittkamper, of Cincinnati. This union has
been blessed with five childrenfour sons and one
daughter. One son, Henry, born in 1859, died in i88o,
and was a most promising young man. He possessed
a natural genius for drawing, taking up the art and com
pleting the course almost without the aid of instruction.
He, however, spent one year in Cooper Institute, New
York. He was engraver for Stillman & Co., Front and
Vine streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. He has left some beau
tiful sketchings, of which a "Scene on the Ohio,"
"Church Yard Scene," "Lick Run Church," show a
master hand in the work. He was also of great assist
ance to his lather in his church workbeing a musician
and of great use in Sabbath-school service. As the
pride of the Bransdtetter home, he was much missed in
that circle. Rev. Brandstetter is exercising a great in
fluence for good among his people of Cheviot, of which
his people are proud.
Elizabeth Bates, wife of Joshua Bates, railroad con
tractor, resides in Mount Airy, Green township. Mr.
Bates removed to his present elegant homestead in1859.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church. John Bates (son), was a soldier in the cavalry
service under Kilpatrick, during the late war.
Enoch Jacobs was born in the town of Marlborough,
^^ State of Vermont, June 30, 1809, and was married to
Electa Whitney, of said town, June 22, 1831. His
father, Nathan Jacobs, was born in Connecticut in 1762,
and emigrated to Vermont in 1799. He was a soldier
in the War of the Revolution. He married Sarah, the
daughter of CaptainJohn Clark, of revolutionary fame,
about the .year 1784. She was a native of Old Hadley,
Massachusetts. The subject of this sketch emigrated to
Brooklyn, New York, in 1827, where he engaged in me
chanical pursuits till 1843, when he removed with his
family to Cincinnati. Between that time and the break
ingout of thecivil war in 1861, he was engaged in the
-manufacture of iron work, being junior partner in the
firm of Vallean & Jacobs. The people of the south be
ing their largest customers, financial ruin followed.
His oldest son, Enoch George, enlisted in the Second
Ohio volunteer infantry, three months' service, and was
in the battle of Bull Run. He afterwards enlisted in the
Twelfth Kentucky volunteer infantry. Federal regiment,
where he was commissioned first lieutenant, and was in
the battle at Mill Spring and* th? siege of Knoxville. He
reenlisted as a veteran and served till the army reached
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his commission.
His second son, Henry C., enlisted in the Fifth Ohio
volunteer infantry, and served till his death.
His third son, Nathan, enlisted in the Twelfth Ken
tucky volunteer infantry, and was commissioned first
lieutenant in companyI of Third regiment He was a
brave andgallant young officer. While temporarily ab
sent from his regiment he was waylaid and murdered by
a bushwhacker, near Somerset, Kentucky, about the
twentieth of February, 1863.
The elder Jacobs was for a time with the First and
Second Ohio infantry regiments, comprising Schenck's
brigade,and took part in the battle at Vienna, whereoc
curred the first bloodshed" in the war south of the Poto
mac. He afterwards identified himself with the Twelfth
Kentucky, commanded by Colonel W. A. Hoskins, and
recruited men for it, in which two of his sons hold com
missions. He took part in the battle of Mill Spring,
and wrote the first published account of that battle. It
appeared in the Cincinnati Commercial, and was copied
by papers all over the country, and in Europe.
A month later he took part in the battle at Fort Don-
elson, having obtaineda position on the staff of Colonel
Bausenwein, commanding the brigade on the left of the
right wing under General McClernand, and with a detail
of twelve men Mr. Jacobs accepted the surrender of two
rebel batteries. About a month later while on his way
to join the Twelfth Kentucky en route from Nashville to
PittsburghLanding,a railroadaccident occurred at Green
river bridge, Kentucky, in which he permanently lost the
use of his right arm. In 1S63 he was elected justice of
the peace in Mill Creek township, and served till he
removed with what was left of his family to VVaynesville,
Warren county, in 1865. He resided at Walnut Hills
from 1847 till 1865, and took a leading part in organiz
ing in that place the first free school in the State under
theschool law of 1849 and its amendment in 1850. He
served nine years as trustee and secretary of the board
with the late Dr. Allen of Lane seminary as president.
Ijn the winter of 1870-71 he accompanied the Govern
ment commission, on the United States steamer Tennes
see, to Santo Domingo as the special correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial. He travelled extensively
over the island, and no correspondent went where
he did not. The following winter, 1871-72, he returned
to Santo Domingo, in the interests of the Cincinnati
Commercial and New York Tribune. During thatwinter
he gathered much testimony as to the alleged com
plicity of high officials in a scheme of speculation in
connectionwith a proposition of our Government to pur
chase the island. This has been hitherto withheld from
the public
In January, 1873, be was appointed United States
Consul toMontevideo, in therepublic of Uruguay, South
America. The United States Minister, Mr. Stevens,
being absent, the work of the legislation devolved upon
him in addition to the duties of the consulate As the
country was cursed with constant revolutions, it required
all his energies in extending protection to American citi
zens j- but the work was faiihruily done. In 1874 he"
came home for his family (wife and daughter) by way of
Europe, and with them returned by the same route to
his post of duty. His health failing heresigned his com
mission and came home by way of Europe in June, 1876.
In October or that year he removed to Mount Airy, and
finished his official life with six months' service as mayor
of that village.
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Mary L. Cook Public Library
Mary K. Current Ohioana Room
Genealogy-Vertical File-JACOBS
Enoch Jacobs was born in Marlborough, Vermont in 1809. He came from New York
to Ohio in 1843 and settled at Cincinnati, His wife, Electa Whitney Jacobs was born
in 1812. Their children were: Eflecta , E. George who both lived at Mt. Airy.
Jacobs was once appointed Consul to Montevideo, South America and acted as
Minister in the absence of this officer for one and a half years. He was a member of
the Walnut Hills School Board and laid the cornerstone of the first school building
built under the free school law. Entered Civil War with 4 sons, two of whom were
killed, one at Chancellorsville, the other murdered. In first battle of the West at
Vienna and served at one time as a member of the staff.
SOURCE: The History of Hamilton County Ohio with Illustration and Biographical
Sketches. L.A. Williams and Co. Publishers Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A.M. and
Mrs. Kate B. Ford, 1881.from the Printing House of W.W, Williams, Cleveland,
Ohio.
D.Dal ton_January, 1982
Sfihitney? Jacobs (Mrs. J. was cousin of
spouting used in Waynesville homes Hi<3 n early iron down
Electa Whitney Jacobs was a practicing- primarily manufactured jails.
1850's and 1860's. ^ in Waynesville during the
and lived for many years on afarm on t^^'lLerSver^Sr^Mlf
o^g.nally owned by John Heighway and in 1982 is ow^L^iir/a^d'^/j^nn
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ENOCH JACOBS
Mary L. Cook Public Library
Mary K. Current Ohioana Room
Genealogy-Vertical File-JACOBS
Enoch Jacobs was born in Marlborough, Vermont in 1809. He came from New York
to Ohio in 1843 and settled at Cincinnati. His wife, Electa Whitney Jacobs was born
in 1812. Their children were; Etlecta , E. George who both lived at Mt. Airy.
Jacobs was once appointed Consul to Montevideo, South America and acted as
Minister in the absence of this officer for one and a half years. He was a member of
the Walnut Hills School Board and laid the cornerstone of the first school building
built under the free school law. Entered Civil War with 4 sons, two of whom were
killed, one at Chancellorsville, the other murdered. In first battle of the West at
Vienna and served at one time as a member of the staff.
SOURCE: The History of Hamilton County Ohio with Illustration and Biographical
Sketches. L.A. Williams and Co. Publishers Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A.M. and
Mrs. Kate B. Ford, 1881.-from the Printing House of W.W. Williams, Cleveland,
Ohio.