[p. 632] a well known farmer of Mahoning Township, where he owns forty-five acres of valuable land, came to this place in 1902, and has made many improvements here. He was born in Denmark, October 13, 1870, and is a son of Nels and Catherine Jacobson, the former of whom is deceased, but the latter still lives in the old country and has passed her seventieth birthday.
Christian Jacobson lived in his own land until he was eighteen years old, going to school and learning farming. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a steamer plying between Hamburg, Germany, and New York. After landing he went immediately to Mahoning County, Ohio, and engaged in farm work in Coitsville Township, for several years prior to coming to Lawrence County. He possesses all the sturdy charteristics which make the Danes such welcome citizens in America, and in his own neighborhood he has made many friends. When he came to the United States he was ignorant of the language spoken here, but this drawback he has overcome to a large degree.
Mr. Jacobson married Edith Hale, who was born in England but was then residing in Youngstown, Ohio. Her parents died when she was a child and she was brought to America by her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson have an adopted son, Harry C. Mr. Jacobson has acquainted himself, long since, with the public questions of the day in America, and is a Republican in his political views.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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