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Montour county, and in i860 opened a bakery and confectionery store, this being the be* I'imiing of the large wholesale and retail busi­ ness which he built up as time passed. H is place o f business w as on Mill street. Mr. Jacobs retired from active participation in the business in 19 0 1, since which time it has been conducted by his sons. H is death oc­ curred Ju ly 4, 1907. M r. Jacobs w as a man o f enterprising nature, and was an interested worker m local matters, serving the borough fo r one term as member of the council. Po­ litically he w as a Democrat. H e was a mem­ ber o f Mahoning Lodge, N o. 5 16, F. & A. M., Danville Chapter, No. 239, R. A. M., and C al­ vary Commandery, N o. 37, K. T ., and was well known in th,at fratern ity; he also held membership in the I. O. O. F. and Knights o f Pythias. With his w ife he belonged to the Lutheran Church, which he served fo r years as trustee and treasurer. On Dec. i, 1859, M r. Jacobs married Char­ lotte Frisch, daughter o f Frederick and Eliza­ beth (D ielrick) Frisch, both o f whom were natives o f Germany. M r. Frisch w as a pat­ ternmaker, and followed his trade in Danville for some time. M rs. Jacobs died Sept. 28, 1909. She w as the mother of eight children, nam ely: William Frederick. Charles H., George B., C lara L ., A lfred £ ., Elizabeth M argaret, John R. and M ary H. V. Fred Jacobs w as educated in the pub­ lic schools o f Danville, and learned the bakery and confectionery business with his father, with whom he worked continuously with the exception o f about five years when he was at the St.itc Hospital for the Insane at Dan­ ville. having charge of the bakery there from Jan uary, 1893. lo October. 1897. When the father retired, in 19 0 1, three o f his sons, W. Fred., George B. and John R. Jacobs, took over the business, whicn has since been con­ ducted under the name o f J. Jacobs' Sons. W. Fred. Jacobs remained a member of the firm until 19 10, when he sold his interest in the business to his two brothers. F o r one year afterw ard he conducted the Danville Steam I.aundry, and in Jan uary, 19 12, he started the insurance business, handling all kinds of in­ surance and doing a particularly good busi­ ness as a fire underwriter. M r. Jacobs main­ tains the high business standards fo r which his family ha.s been noted, and dcserx'cs the high regard in which he is held by all his fel­ low citizens. H e takes a deep interest in the general w elfare, as may be judged by his con­ nection with the Municipal League, o f which he is secretary, and he lu s served part o f a

term, two years, as assessor of the Third ward. In political faith he is a Democrat. Socially he is a Mason (member o f Mahon­ ing Ix)dgc, No. 5 16, F. & A. M ., which he serves a s sccrctar)') and a member of the Royal Arcanum. H is religious connection is with the Pine Street Lutheran Church. On M arch I I, 1885, M r. Jacobs married Jennie M cCoy, of Danville, who was bom Ian. ig. 1862, daughter o f Robert and Ellen (V o ris) M cCoy, the former a contractor and builder, hour children have been born to .Mr. and M rs. Jac o b s: Randall, now a lieutenant, junior grade, in the U n it ^ States navy, stationed in the N avy Department at Washington, D. C „ was nurried A u g. 28. 19 13 . to Em ily Voris, daughter o f Jo h n L. and M ary (H am or) Voris, o f near Poitsg ro v c; Robert M ., o f W ilkes-Barre, P a., an ophthalmologist, married M argaret E van s, o f Danville, and t h ^ have one child, Eleanor Elm erta; George F. is an ensign in the United Stales navy, on the "M innesota”; .Samuel M . is a student at Pennsylvania State College. E D W A R D W H IT E P E T E R S, sc c re u ry of the Danville Foundry & Machine Company, has been associated with that concern since tg io . H e has been a citizen of the borough since 1884 and has been employed at iron works o f various kinds throughout that M riod . M r. Peters w as born March 25, 1870, at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and received an excellent education, attending high school at Danville and the Franklin and Marshall Academy at Lancaster, P a. F o r a number o f years he was employed by the M a ­ honing Rolling M ill Company and the R e a d ­ ing Iron Company, being chief clerk of the latter for a period o f ten years. In 19 10 he l»ccame secretary of the Danville Foundry & Machine Company, in which position he h as done valuable work in building up the fortunes of this establishment. M r. Peters has been quite prominent in the local government, h a v ­ ing served nine years as tax receiver o f D a n ­ ville, and he is at present councilman, to w hich office he was elected in 19 12. H e is a K n igh t Tem plar Mason and a member of the S h rin e. ,'md also belongs to the B. P. O. Elks. H ts religious connection is with the R eform ed Church. In 1896 he married E lla B. A ten , o f Danville. T h e Danville Foundry & Machine C om ­ pany is engaged in the manufacture o f spe­ cial nuchinery and structural iron w ork, and its plant occupies an entire square along E ast >farkct street. T he concern w as originally