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Below is a family biography included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published by Biographical Publishing Co. in 1894.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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G. JACOB JOBB is a prominent business man of Maeystown, widely and favorably known throughout the community, and it is with pleasure that we present to our readers this record of his life. A native of Germany, he was born June 24, 1844, to Lewis and Maggie (Heinefourth) Jobb, who were also natives of the same country. They were the parents of eight children, but only two of the number are yet living, Cevilla and Jacob. The parents were both reared and educated in the Fatherland, and Mr. Jobb was a very well informed man. By trade he was a weaver. In 1854 he bade adieu to friends and country, and with his family crossed the broad ocean to America. He at once went to Missouri, and purchasing forty acres of land in Cape Girardeau County, there carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-six years. His wife survived him some time, and her last days were spent in Maeystown, where she departed this life at the age of sixty-three. The parents were both members of the Lutheran Church and were highly respected people.

Midst play and work, Mr. Jobb of this record spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He was only ten years of age at the time of the emigration to the New World, and in Missouri he was reared and educated. He became familiar with all the details of farm life and aided in the labors of the field until nineteen years of age, when he began learning the harness-maker’s trade, which he followed for a period of seven years. In 1862 we find him among the defenders of the country, for he had joined the boys in blue of Company F, Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry. He served for nineteen months, and was then honorably discharged. He participated in the battles of Corinth and Nashville, and was mustered out at Kingston, Ga.

Mr. Jobb at once returned to his home, and for some years past has resided in Maeystown, where he is engaged in business as a harness maker and dealer. He has followed his trade throughout life, and now receives from the public a liberal patronage, which he well deserves, for he carries a full and complete stock and earnestly desires to please his customers. Straightforward dealing has ever characterized his business career and undoubtedly has been an important factor in his success. In 1868 Mr. Jobb married Elizabeth Altes, who died leaving one son, Albert In 1873, Mr. Jobb married Gertrude Dillenberger, a native of Monroe County, and a highly educated and refined lady. Their union has been blessed with a family of six children, of whom five are yet living, and are still under the parental roof, namely: Katie, Jacob, Lizzie, George and Clara. The children have been provided with good educational privileges, and are thus fitted for the practical and responsible duties of life. The parents are both prominent members of the Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Jobb formerly held the office of Treasurer. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, who warmly advocates the principles of his party. Socially, he is connected with Maeystown Lodge No. 3809, K. H., of Maeystown. A man of sterling worth and strict integrity, he has won the confidence and high regard of all who know him.

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This family biography is one of 679 biographies included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published in 1894.  View the complete description here: The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois

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