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Lemoyne Jacobs after whom Lemoyne man justly names, vas born
March 5, 1853 near Cameron, Vest VirciLia. L. Jacobs vas a structural
worker in his 7011ns days, and hu worked in a lumbar op in Eichigan.
e also had been in vverytat, east of the rissruri River. On seeing
ens of Oren JIAds, pictures in an issue of an agrioulturist nagazine,
rupitE; cattle, and roundimg them up, impressed hi t do ply, with the
desire tr settle in a cattle country.
Lee as he was called bane to this country durinc the pioneering
period of the raw prairie*, and vorkod as caw hand, he-Ang care tia
"pril 1375.
Jacobs worked at t! is trade for three years, after vtioh ho vent
to the Black Bills, returning to Nebraska in 1972. "ince then he has
been engaged in ranching, cttle raisin, and the hay industry, until
the time of his death April 2, 1938. Fortuna had =Idled on Lr. Jacc'e
as he awned a largo acreage around Lemoyne, Ns was actively interested
in this country fram the time he came, he mut one of the first to sow
alfalfa in Eeitn County, he also set nAny of the large trees, which
adorn the in streets of Oeallala today.
Lee, az he vas Galled was very industrious and his work bode= a
habit. Cre of the last things he did was tu build a cabin on one of
his lots in Lemoyne, at tho age of 62 years old.
Wrs. Jacobs still lives in Lemoyne, and is in very cood health.