Jacob Emanuel Sr. ¹⁶⁹³

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Farmer. ¹⁶⁹³

2. Occupation: Methodist Episcopal Minister. ¹⁶⁹³

3. Census, 1850, Pike County, Illinois, USA. ¹⁶⁹³ Township 6 S. 5 W; Dwelling number 987; Family number 1020; Page 124.

The names of Jacob and Mahala Truitt Emanuel appear, along with their first born
child, "Francis M. Emanuel" who is listed as age "5/12" in the 1850 census. Jacob Emanuel's younger brothers and sisters were living with the family as of the 1850 census.Their names appear as follows: Henry, Sydney, Clarinda and Andrew.

4. Census, 1860, Stark County, Illinois, USA. ¹⁶⁹³ Osceola Township, no Post Office listed. Page number 973.
Dwelling number 1410. Family number 1377.
An extract of the census record follows:

Jacob Immanuel age 33 p.o.b. Ohio
Mahala age 30 p.o.b. Ohio
Frances M. age 11 p.o.b. Ill.
Sarah E. age 5 p.o.b. Ill.
John age 3 p.o.b. Ill.
Susan age 1 p.o.b. Ill.
Jacob is listed as a Farmer, and his Real Estate is valued at 100 Dollars.
He also has Personal Estate listed as being of $250.00 value.

5. Census, 1870, Warren County, Iowa, USA. ¹⁶⁹³ Washington Township, Post Office Indianola; page 467; Dwelling # 97; Family #101. An extract of the census record follows:

Jacob Emanuel age 43 p.o.b. Ohio
Mahola age 41 p.o.b. Ohio
Francis age 19 p.o.b. Ill.
Sarah age 16 p.o.b. Ill.
John age 13 p.o.b. Ill.
Lincoln age 11 p.o.b. Ill.
Susan age 9 p.o.b. Ill.
Jacob age 6 p.o.b. Ill.
Mary age 5 p.o.b. Iowa
Alice age 9 / 12 p.o.b. Iowa month of birth listed as "Aug." (of previousyear.)
Jacob is listed as a "M.E. Minister" and his son Francis is listed as a"blacksmith."

6. Census, 1880, Madison County, Iowa, USA. ¹⁶⁹³ Walnut Township; Page27; Enumeration District 116; Family # 63; Dwelling # 68.

Jacob Emanuel is listed as the Head of Household in this Census record. Mahala, his wife, is listed as being 51 years old at the time of thiscensus. Her place of birth is listed as Ohio. The place of birth the father of Mahala Truitt Emanuel is listedas Delaware. Her mother's place of birth is listed as Ohio. Mahala and Jacob appear in this census recordwith the following three children: Lincoln age 18, Mary age 14 and Alice age 10.

Jacob married Mahala Truitt, daughter of James Isaac Truitt and Elizabeth Ann Bowen, on 1 Jul 1849 in Hancock County, Illinois, USA.¹⁶⁹³ (Mahala Truitt was born about 1830 in Ohio, USA,¹⁶⁹³ died in 1866 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA ¹⁶⁹³ and was buried in Old Winterset Cemetery (Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA) ¹⁶⁹³.)