Rhoda Jacobs

1828 - 1914  (86 years)

• Name	Rhoda Jacobs
  Birth	20 Feb 1828	Georges Creek, Allegany, MD
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Mar 1914	Adeline, IL
  Person ID	I6638	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Gabriel Jacobs,   b. 7 Jul 1781, Allegany County, MD d. 11 Oct 1848, Allegany County, MD (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jackson,   b. 27 May 1783, Georges Creek, Allegany, MD d. 20 Oct 1855, Greene County, OH (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeremiah Miller,   b. 16 Mar 1826   d. 5 Oct 1903, Adeline, IL (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1848
  Children	1. Jane Miller,   b. 1849   2. Amanda Miller,   b. 1852   3. Mary L. Miller,   b. 1855   4. Rachel Miller,   b. 1859   5. Austin Miller,   b. 1861   6. Jesse Miller,   b. 1864   7. Isaac Miller,   b. 25 Oct 1866, Adeline, IL d. 27 Dec 1949 (Age 83 years)   8. Lillie Miller
  Family ID	F2221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Feb 1828 - Georges Creek, Allegany, MD Death - 11 Mar 1914 - Adeline, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rhoda Jacobs was the last child born to GABRIEL JACOBSand MARGARET JACKSON. She was born on the family farm on Dan's Mountainoverlooking the George's Creek Valley area of Allegany County, Maryland. Rhoda married her first cousin, Jeremiah Miller, on September26, 1848, in Allegany County, Maryland. Born on March 16, 1826, in thevillage of Bedford in Bedford County, Maryland, he was the son of herfather's sister Catherine Jacobs, who had married John Miller in 1809.Two children were born to them while in Allegany County, namely:Jane in 1849 and Amanda in 1852. Rhoda and Jeremiah moved to Ogle County, Illinois, in 1853,where they obtained 565 acres of land in Section 13. There six morechildren were born to them: Mary L. in 1855, Rachel in 1859, Austin in 1861,Jesse in 1864, Isaac in 1866 and Lillie in 1869. Jeremiah died in the town of Adeline in Ogle County, Illiois,on October 5, 1903. Rhoda followed him in death there on March 11, 1914.