Biographical Sketch of Dr. Otto Jacobs, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Dr. Otto Jacobs, veterinary surgeon, of Washington, Mo., formerly of
New York City, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, October 5, 1857, and
is the son of Gottlieb and Harriet Jacobs, both of whom were natives
of Germany, and who came to New York in 1862.  The father was an ar-
chitect.  They were the parents of three children, Otto being the
youngest.  He learned the profession under skilled veterinary surgeons,
there being at the time no veterinary college in the United States, and
for the past fourteen years he has practiced his profession in Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and finally located in
Missouri, where he has practiced for five years with remarkable success.
During this time he has taught numerous schools in the veterinary prac-
tice.  In 1886 he married Miss Emma Graf, of Hermann, Mo., and in March
1887, they moved to Washington, Mo.  He is one of the most skillful
veterinary surgeons in the State, and is a Knight of Pythias, and is a
Republican in politics.

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