CHARLES M. JACOBSON, druggist, Wayne City, was born May 24, 1831, in Saxony, Germany.
His father, Frederick Jacobson, was also a native of Germany, where he learned and followed the cabinetmaker's trade. He came to the United States about the year 1835, settling in New York; from there he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, then to Belleville, IL, where he worked at his trade for a number of years and finally moved to St. Louis, where he died.
The mother of our subject was Hannah Jacobson, born in Germany. She died in Louisville, KY., while visiting her daughter. She was the mother of six children -
Our subject spent most of his youth in Belleville and St. Louis. In the former place he went to school mostly, and also learned the carpenter trade, following it about often years, after which he farmed about nine years in Jefferson County, and then went to Belle Rive, where he learned the drug business with Dr. Eaton. After two years, he went into partnership with S.C. Guthrie, which he continued two years.
In May 1882, he came to Wayne County, IL, where he entered the drug business, which he continues to the present day, keeping also groceries, queensware, and all kinds of liquors. He has two partners - N.G. and A. Jenkins.
Our subject was married, October 24, 1850, in Belleville, IL, to Miss Emily F. Skinner, born in 1833 in Belleville, IL. She is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Akens) Skinner, an old pioneer of St. Clair County. Eight children now living were the result of this happy union -
Mr. Jacobson is a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Iron Hall fraternity. In politics, he is a Democrat.
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