Alfred W. Jacobs ^140,285,543

  General Notes:

After their marriage they lived in Tennessee for a time then moved to Kentucky. This was their home until about 1840 or 41 when they packed their ox cart and with their family came to Linn County. They settled on a farm in the part of the county, which in 1845 became Sullivan County. Both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. When Alfred Jacobs was sixty-five years of age he lost his eyesight and spent the rest of his life living with his youngest son. James Jacobs.

Source: From "The Brookshire Family - by Glenna Beck - page 129 ⁵⁴²

  Life Events:

1. Census, 3 Sep 1850, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. ²⁸⁵ Name: Alfred Jacobs
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1805
Birth place: Tennessee
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 96, Sullivan, Missouri
Value of Real Estate: $1,000
Occupation: Farmer

2. Occupation: Farmer, 1850, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. ²⁸⁵

3. Census, 18 Jul 1860, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. ⁵⁴³ Name: Alfred Jacobs
Age in 1860: 56
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Sullivan, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Scottsville
Occupation: Farmer
Value of real estate: 2700
Value of Personal Estate: $3,170

4. Occupation: Farmer, 1860, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA. ^285,543

Alfred married Martha Brookshire, daughter of Thomas Brookshire Sr. and Rebecca Wyatt, on 4 Sep 1827 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. (Martha Brookshire was born in 1807 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA, died on 24 Aug 1861 in Parsons, Sullivan, Missouri, USA ⁵⁴² and was buried in Hoover Cemetery (Duncan Township, Sullivan, Missouri, USA) ⁵⁴².)