Jacobs, William R
journalist, poet, was born Jan. 2, 1868, in Elizabeth, Pa.
He commenced life as a printer, and subsequently entered into a journalistic career. He is the author of a volume of poems. Some of his productions have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard works.
JACOBUS, MELANCTHON WILLIAMS, educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 19, 1816, in Newark, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn and Pittsburg, and professor of Oriental literature in the Theological seminary at Allegheny City, in 1851-76. He was the author of Letters on the Public School Question; Notes on the New Testament, a very popular work; and Notes on Genesis. He died Oct. 28, 1876, in Allegheny City, Pa.