| 词条 | William H. Jacobs |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = William Heinrich Jacobs | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1831|11|26}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1882|09|11|1831|11|26}} | birth_place = Holzen, Germany | death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin | placeofburial = Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | placeofburial_label = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = United States of America | branch = United States Army Union Army | serviceyears = 1862–1864 | rank = Colonel | unit = | commands = 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment | battles = American Civil War
| battles_label = | spouse = Caroline Schmidt | laterwork =}} William Heinrich Jacobs (November 26, 1831–September 11, 1882) was a United States army officer, Wisconsin politician and banker originally from Holzen in the Duchy of Brunswick. Early lifeWilhelm Heinrich Jacobs was born on November 26, 1831 in Holzen, Germany, the only son of Christian Jacobs and Christiana Koch. Jacobs moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1850, then settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1851 where he became a court clerk, land owner, and banker, establishing the Second Ward Savings Bank in 1855. On November 11, 1857 he married Caroline Schmidt, and they had five daughters and one son together.[1] American Civil WarDuring the American Civil War, Jacobs was an appointed colonel of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 17, 1862. He was wounded while in command of his regiment at its first engagement, the Battle of Chancellorsville, on May 2, 1863. Jacobs then left the regiment on a leave of absence before resigning due to his wounds on January 11, 1864.[1] Later lifeIn 1875 Jacobs was elected as a Democrat to the Wisconsin State Senate, where he served from 1876 to 1878.[2] He died on September 11, 1882 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3][4] LegacyThe Town of Jacobs in Ashland County, Wisconsin was named in his honor. The Second Ward Savings Bank, established by Jacobs in 1855, is now home to the Milwaukee County Historical Society.[5] Notes1. ^1 {{cite book |last=Usher |first=Ellis Baker | authorlink = Ellis Baker Usher |title=Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913, Volume 7 |place=Chicago |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |year=1914 |pages=1983–1986 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_kwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1973&dq=Wisconsin:+Its+Story+and+Biography,+1848-1913+volume+vii&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrgvWr4ofNAhXC8YMKHVb5D-YQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=June 1, 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, William H.}}2. ^'The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin 1876,' Biographical Sketch of William H. Jacobs, pg. 451 3. ^ archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105045423/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2225&keyword=jacobs] 4. ^ 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Katie|title=The Second Ward Savings Bank: One-Hundred Years of History|url=https://milwaukeehistoryblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-second-ward-savings-bank-one-hundred-years-of-history/|website=MKEMEMOIRS|accessdate=1 June 2016}} 8 : German emigrants to the United States|Politicians from Milwaukee|People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War|Businesspeople from Wisconsin|Wisconsin state senators|1831 births|1882 deaths|19th-century American politicians |
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