Rev. H. P. Jacobs, a well-known and "respectable man," died at his Natchez residence on Thursday, 14 December 1899, aged seventy-four years. "For several years before his health failed him he filled several pulpits and charges in various Southern States." Rev. Jacobs had also "represented Adams County in the legislature" during the "Republican regime in Mississippi." His widow, "one of the oldest teachers in the Union school," and a son were left "to mourn his demise."
For Rev. Jacobs's date of death and age at death, see Robert "Bob" Shumway, comp., "Adams County Sexton Records," /Adams County, Mississippi, Genealogical and Historical Research/ (http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/j1.htm), entry for Rev. H. P. Jacobs, 14 December 1899. Also, "Mortality Report," /Daily Democrat/, Natchez, Mississippi, 23 December 1899, page [3], col. 4, entry for "Rev. H. P. Jacobs."
For all other biographical information, see "Well Known Colored Man Dead," /Saturday Evening Bulletin/, Natchez, Miss., 16 December 1899, page [1], col. 3. Note: Rev. Jacobs's obituary incorrectly reports 15 December 1899 as his date of death.
Rev. H. P. Jacobs, a well-known and "respectable man," died at his Natchez residence on Thursday, 14 December 1899, aged seventy-four years. "For several years before his health failed him he filled several pulpits and charges in various Southern States." Rev. Jacobs had also "represented Adams County in the legislature" during the "Republican regime in Mississippi." His widow, "one of the oldest teachers in the Union school," and a son were left "to mourn his demise."
For Rev. Jacobs's date of death and age at death, see Robert "Bob" Shumway, comp., "Adams County Sexton Records," /Adams County, Mississippi, Genealogical and Historical Research/ (http://www.natchezbelle.org/adams-ind/j1.htm), entry for Rev. H. P. Jacobs, 14 December 1899. Also, "Mortality Report," /Daily Democrat/, Natchez, Mississippi, 23 December 1899, page [3], col. 4, entry for "Rev. H. P. Jacobs."
For all other biographical information, see "Well Known Colored Man Dead," /Saturday Evening Bulletin/, Natchez, Miss., 16 December 1899, page [1], col. 3. Note: Rev. Jacobs's obituary incorrectly reports 15 December 1899 as his date of death.
