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JACOB HAUSER, a prominent citizen of Tell City, was born in Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, August 31, 1830, being one of five children in the family of Adrian and Barbara (Hallauer) Hauser. He remained in his native country until 1851, when he came to the United States and worked at manual labor in New York and New Jersey for one year. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned and worked at marble polishing three or four years, and later was engaged in merchandising. In 1858 he came to Tell City, where he has since been engaged in various enterprises with the exception of three years, when he lived on a farm in Anderson Township. He built the woolen mills and run them four of five years, rectified liquors one year, and has been for several years in the hotel and saloon business. Although he has met with several losses by fire and speculation, he has been generally successful and has accumulated quite a competency. In 1856 he wedded Susan Heill, a native of Switzerland, by whom he is the father of six children now living. They are Barta, Jacob, John, William, Eliza and Ida. Mr. Hauser was agent for the Swiss Colonization Society for several years; He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.