JACOBS, HMRY. INTERVIEW

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1 JACOBS, HMRY. INTERVIEW

2 - * - \ Form A-(3 DIOGRAP.IY I Cr&l 'W0''j_3 Ii<0( R_S3 AI^.rHSTiiATlOK Indian-Iionf.'jr liivtory Project fsr Oklahoma JACOBS, HHSRY. IRTKRYISW Worker 1 ", name s r;.xrt made on (date) ft nmi >y qi, ia3r T Saory l-6st O.'ficc Address 3. Residence address (or location) 4. IV-.rE OF =iihth: Mo:.th 14 Year 1862* 5. PIice of birth 6. :?OTX of Fith«r Henry Jacobs, 3r, Place of tirth Q»rmany t 1826, Other ini'ormet ion about father Died In 1888> 7. Name o^ Mother MTB. Honry Jacobs, Sr# Place of birth Ot:.er mi'ormation about mother Died in Gewany. Notec or c air. pic to narrative by the field worker do-alinf -vith the li:\ -.rd story of the person interviewed. Refer tj Manual for su;;,-csted sul :ccts 'ind GU3. c tionc, Continue on blank sh^-'tr- if necessary and attach f:rirj.y +0 thii forr., Ni-jr.ber of sheets attached.

3 233 JACOBS, hiexki. ZHTBHVIXW. 9781* Httra Lorrin, Investigator, Jan. 24, An Interview With Henry Jacobs. Gkarche, Oklahoma. I was born in Germany, June 14, 1862, My father, Hanry Jacobs, Si%, was born In Germany In 1886 and died in 1883, I do not re&etsber anythirrabout my mother, except that sha was born in Germany and died there, when I was four years of aga» My father married again and I have tm half-aisters. I Cfflae to the United States fraa Germany -nhen I was nineteen years old and arrived In Hew York harbor in 1881; it took us Just eleven days to cross* I left the old eountry because I did not want to be a soldier, I came to Anerica hoping to find a home whe?e there was less certainty of being used as cannon fedder* J" went from Hew York to Illinois, and found a Job on a farm, near Haahvllle, Illinois, working for a man by the name of Olmeyer, My father and family came over a year and a half later, and they also settled in Illinois. Later I wsnt to Stan wood, Iona v and worked on a farm near that place for about four years, then moved to th#

4 231 JACOBS, HSHRY. ntterviek, town of Bloomfleld, Nebraska, I lited there far quite awhile and in the late *8G's was married to Minnie Utter, When we cams to Oklahoma, we had fire children, all girls* Our two boys were barn to us after coming to Oklahoma* We cade the trip on the truiu and came on account of my wife's health* She had had an operation and the doctor had advised a change of climate, and so we tried Oklahoma, Okarche was our destination, am n«moved to a farm three miles southeast of that place* I bought the plaoe out-right* There was a little shanty on it and a few acres broken out* I had been through this country one time before* thia was when I was on a vacation i into fexas* I had shopped at Oicarche and looked the place f over cad liked it very naah, so I knew what I was coiaiag to* ^ built a fraoe house, 18 x 20 feet, \ator adding a kitchen and an upstairs* farms in the country now* It is one of the best improved I raised cattle, hogs, chickens, wheat, and corn and a good garden* I alto planted a nice peach orchard. These trees later died out, but wmlo they were bearing* I had so many peaches some years that I had to feed them to ay hogs*

5 * 235 JA00B3, HBJRY. DfTERVXSW. 9781* -3- > There war* lots of jack rabbits, quail and prairie dogs* I had a few prairie doge on sy place that moved ia from a prairie dog town that was located on another fellow's claim. I soon got rid of them, however, and there are none around here at the present time* I had no experiences with the Indians, other than to see them arouxfi the country* My children got their edueation by coming to the Lutheran school here in Okarehe. They also attended'ahurch in Qkarehe* I owned a wagon and also a buggy, with which to drive the children to school and any place that they wanted to go* We were pretty badly hailed out one year, but never suffered any cyclones. I obtained toy supplies in Okarche, and used both wood and coal for fuel* As there was a creek on my claim with-some wood along the banks, I did not have far to go for fuel. I dug a well right away and got good water* Our main foods were beans, bacon and potatoes, also milk,butter and eggs* We baked our own bread* We had not been in Oklahoma many months, until there was an outbreak of the Gtorman measles and the whole neighbor-

6 236 JACOBS, HBHRY* INTERVIEW hood had them, I own two Quarter stations of land now and my home la town* There are tiro pastures, 1 one of twenty acres and one of sixty acres, the rest la broke oat and in use as farm land* I still have some tables, chairs, and dishes that I had when I came to Oklahoma, I have seven children, all are living.* One daughter lives in Illinois, and one in Gherokee. Ike rest are living around Qkarche* My wife is dead*-