Wolf, Jacob ""Uncle"

Passed:

Age: 80

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1901-04-19

Information: "Uncle"" Jacob Wolf, who died at the home of his son, J. F. Wolfe, at Marshall, was a son of James Wolf, who died on Elk Fork in 1857.  ""Uncle Jake"" would have been 81 had he lived until the 18th of August.  He was a native of the county and always resided in  except for a period of seven years spent in Meigs county - from 1869 to 1876.  He has a brother, Abram Wolf, who is ten years older than himself and is the father of N. S. Wolf, J. M. Wolf, Mrs. Levi Moore, the late Mrs. Granville Morrison and others.  Another brother, Thomas, lives in Missouri.  The late James Wolf, of Station Camp, was also his brother.  Also the late George Wolf, father of L. A. Wolf, W. H. Wolf, and other citizens of the county.  George was 94 at the time of his death.  His brother Joseph died at 80.  He has three sons, Frank of Marshall,  J. G. of Minersville, and C. P of near Ripley.  His daughters, Mrs. R. E. Parrish and Mrs. A. H. Parsons of Hereford.  His good wife was named Rosa........, sister to the late Ammon B......and died July last.  ""Uncle Jake"" was strictly honest, had a lever head, was a powerful man in his younger days, weighing 200 pounds and upwards, always a hard worker, universally respected and his children enjoy the same degree of esteem.