JACOBS Hollis Linwood

JACOBS Hollis Linwood[1]

Male 1913 - 1978  (65 years)

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  • Name JACOBS Hollis Linwood 
    Birth 8 Jan 1913  Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 18 Apr 1930  Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • (Age 17; grocery store salesman; living with uncle Clyde Morgan.)
    _UID 3D5F0D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000105B 
    Death 3 Mar 1978  New Sweden, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4

    • (OBIT: New Sweden - Hollis Jacobs, 64, died unexpectedly at his New Sweden home March 3.

      A native of Washburn, he was born Jan. 8, 1913, the son of John and Annie (Pike) Jacobs. He lived most of his life in Caribou and moved to New Sweden five years ago. He was associated with the furniture business many years, was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Caribou and was a past member of the Caribou Rotary Club.

      He is survived by his wife, Wilma (Bengston) Jacobs of New Sweden; a son, Marvin Jacobs of New Sweden; a daughter, Mrs. Philip (Cynthia) Gulliver of Houlton; a brother, Philip Jacobs of San Antonio, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Jacobs of Brunswick and Mrs. Ernest (Alda) Staples of Raymond, N.H., and five grandchildren.

      Funeral services were March 6 at Lancaster-Morgan Funeral Home of Caribou with the Rev. Edwin Druckenmiller officiating. Interment was at Evergreen Cemetery in Caribou.

      Pallbearers were Wendell Christiansen, Ernest Murphy, Burton Smith, Leo Davenport, Phil Gulliver and Melvin Nelson.

      Musical selections were "Whispering Hope" and "God Understands," sung by Mrs. Carl V. Anderson and Karla Anderson.)
    Burial 6 Mar 1978  Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Address:
    Evergreen Cemetery 
    Notes 

    • After the death of his mother, he seems to have been somewhat seperated from the rest of the family but to have been well cared for by his Aunt Blanche Morgan (Pike) for seven years.

      During September, 1978, Allen Pike visited with Hollis and Wilma Jacobs at their home in New Sweden, Maine and Hollis recalled much about his family. The conversation was tape recorded and in later months transcribed by Allen Pike. The following are some of the remarks from that conversation:

      "I was seven when my Dad died (1920) and I was eleven when Mother died (1924). Mother and Dad were the same age. Dad was thirty-five and Mother died four years later when she was thirty-nine.

      We lived on the Washburn Road about four miles from Caribou. It was just below the hill from the Tuttle farm.

      Jimmy (James) Jacobs, Dad's father owned a considerable amount of land around Caribou and Washburn. This included large acerage around the Caribou Lake area where Fred Jacobs lived. Grandfather Jimmy Jacobs divided his land between John, my father, and uncle Fred. Father got the farm on the Washburn Road and Fred got the farm on the Caribou Lake Road. Grandfather also owned land in Woodland. In later years grandfather moved into the village of Caribou and lived on Teague Street. He lived to be around 85 or 88 years of age. I recall as a child that Grandfather would come out to the farm and help Dad with the farming.

      In later years I had several conversations with my Grandfather. He said he paid as much as seventy-five cents an acre for a lot. He thought that was high. [Ed. note: Land was held by the State and sold for 25 cents per acre, one-half payable in work on the State roads.]

      We went to a one-room school which was located up the road from our house. We drove a horse and sleigh to school in the cold weather. It was a covered wagon or covered sled. We would leave the horse at Ed Rider's who lived across the road from the school.

      I was in the fifth grade when Mother died. She had a heart condition. We were in school the day she died and they came and got us. You know what actually happened?

      A hen had come in out of the barn, you see, we had that nice shed and the hen was determined to set there where she didn't belong. Mother had this darn basket and she was moving this darn hen back into the barn. This shed was connected to the barn along this walkway. There were steps which went up to a sort of attic over the shed where odds and ends were kept. When they found her she was three or four steps up there just sitting on the steps where she died.

      These were very hard times for the farmers. Potatoes on which they depended for their livelihood were selling from fifteen to twenty five cents a barrel.

      After the death of our parents the children went to live with relatives and friends."

      Hollis' conversation continues with considerable information about his sisters and brother.


    Person ID I1294  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2018 

    Father JACOBS John,   b. 21 May 1884, Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1920, Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother PIKE Annie Burpee,   b. 23 Jun 1884, Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1924, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 28 Nov 1905  Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BENGTSON Wilma Marjorie,   b. 20 Feb 1920, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 2014, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1940  Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Jan 1913 - Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 18 Apr 1930 - Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Evergreen Cemetery - 6 Mar 1978 - Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, United States
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  • Photos
    Raymond & Dorothy (Morgan) Barnes wedding
    Raymond & Dorothy (Morgan) Barnes wedding

    Left to right, Hollis Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Barnes, and Miss Ruth Morgan, bridal party of home wedding solemnized June 20th.

    Hollis Jacobs
    Hollis Jacobs

  • Sources 
    1. [S68] Book-John Pike of Newbury, Mass., pp. 475-476.

    2. [S68] Book-John Pike of Newbury, Mass.
      p.476

    3. [S1739] Census-1930-ME-Aroostook-Caribou, Roll: 828; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 608.0.

    4. [S82] Death-obit, Aroostook Republican (clipping has no date.).

    5. [S86] Death-gravestone.

    6. [S68] Book-John Pike of Newbury, Mass.
      p.473

    7. [S413] Pamphlet-Rideouts In America, p.11.

    8. [S414] Pamphlet-Russell-Tuttle-Pike Connection, p.3.