Cyrus Jacobs, Esq. and Margaretta Old

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Husband Cyrus Jacobs, Esq. ¹

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Wife Margaretta Old ¹

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            AKA: Margaret Old 2
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         Father: James Old (      -      ) 1 2
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Children

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1 F Ann Jacobs ¹

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           Born: 1789 1
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           Died: 10 Jul 1858 1
         Buried:  - St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Chester Co, PA

         Spouse: Rev. Dr. Levi Bull, D.D. (1780-1859) 1 3 4
           Marr: 1808 1

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2 M James Jacobs ¹

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         Spouse: Margaret Bull (1787-Abt 1819) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Cyrus Jacobs, Esq.

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He came from Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Lancaster County and entered into business with Mr. Old, married his daughter, and became a famous and successful iron-master. He built and carried on Spring Grove Works, and also built the mansion. Pool Forge coming into his possession after the death of his brother-in-law, Davies Old, he carried both forges on with great energy and success, and made a very large fortune. He was a man of the most enlarged capacity for money-making. It was a usual thing to say that "everything turned to gold in his hands." Some years before his death he built the beautiful mansion of White Hall, to the north of Churchtown, and was living there at the time of his death, which took place instantaneously while sitting at his breakfast-table and reaching for an egg. He expired in the act of taking it in his hand.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 491.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 689.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 559.

4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 32.