John J. Jacob (Kentucky businessman)
John Jeremiah Jacob (October 20, 1778[1] – 1852) was an American businessman, financier, real estate developer, and philanthropist active in Kentucky. He was involved in banking, as well as in commerce, real estate, and infrastructure: railroads, canal, bridge, and utilities.
John J. Jacob was born in
Jacob organized and was the first president of the Louisville branch of the Bank of the United States and its successor, the
Jacob's residence was built on the block bounded by Third and Fourth streets, and Chestnut and Walnut
Together with
His papers are held by the Filson Historical Society's Special Collections in Louisville.[4]
Marriage and family
In 1811 John J. Jacob married Anne Overton Fontaine, sister-in-law of his partner Thomas Prather[2] in 1811. She bore three children before dying in 1819.
In 1822 Jacob married again, to Lucy Donald Robertson – granddaughter of
Children:
- Matilda Prather Jacob (1815–1880), m. Col. Curran Pope (d. at Perryville)
- Mary Jacob (1817–1891), m. John W. Tyler
- John Jeremiah Jacob Jr. (1819–1873), lawyer[7] and developer of Hurstbourne,[8] m. Evelyn Johnson
- Susan Maria Jacob (1823–1905), m. James B. Clay, son of Henry Clay
- Sen. Thomas Hart Benton) & Laura Wilson
- Thomas Prather Jacob (1827–1889), m. Henrietta Wilson Pope
- Dr. William Rinaldo Jacob (1829–?), m. Maria Hale
- Isaac Robertson Jacob (1833–1873), m. Mary Mulholland
- Eliza Catharine Jacob (1835–1864), m. Samuel Howell Jones
- Mayor Charles Donald Jacob(1838–1898), m. Adelaide Martin & Edith Bullitt
- Lucy Anderson Jacob (1840–1870)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Crutcher, Lawrence M. George Keats of Kentucky: A Life, pp. 224 ff. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2012. Accessed 16 October 2013.
- ^ a b The Encyclopedia of Louisville, pp. 719 ff. "Thomas Prather".
- ^ Acts Passed at the First Session of the 42nd General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, §398 – "An Act to Incorporate the Galt House Company", p. 503. Albert Hodges (Frankfort), 1834. Accessed 15 October 2013.
- ^ a b Kentucky Digital Library. "John Jeremiah Jacob Papers, 1806–1851". Accessed 16 October 2013.
- ^ Now known as Muhammad Ali Boulevard.
- ^ The Kentucky Encyclopedia, pp. 448. "Hurstbourne". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1992. Accessed 30 July 2013.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Louisville, pp. 205 ff. "Henry Clay Jr."
- ^ Strohmaier, James. The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 411. "Hurstbourne". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 9 October 2013.