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Margaret (Close Up) JACOBS

Shady Grove (Clarendon) Cemetery
Monroe County,
Arkansas

John
Oct 23, 1890 - Nov 25, 1963
Father:
John Green Jacobs
Mother:
Fannie Mathis
Margaret
July 14, 1901 - Feb 16, 1976
Parents:
John Burton Moore (1874 - 1943)
Bessie Branch Moore (1879 - 1965)
Note;
Contracted tuberculosis as a teenager and confined to a sanatorium in
Denver for awhile; later married John B. "Jake" Jacobs who had recently
opened the Ford dealership; she was a prolific writer, first female
contributing editor of "Furniture World" magazine and wrote for the
"Presbyterian Observer" with subjects ranging from religion to antiques and
gardening; wrote several books, among them "My Master Has a Garden" and "A
Lifetime of Sundays"; their estate was left in a trust with instructions
that the property be turned into a park or museum.

Who's Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959. Wilmette, IL:
Marquis Who's Who, 1958. (WhoAmI1)

Jacobs Park & Museum
http://www.arkansas.com/attractions/detail.aspx?id=96357

Contributed on 4/23/15 by hawkinsdonna
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Submitted: 4/23/15 • Approved: 4/23/15 • Last Updated: 4/26/15 • R1071065-G1071064-S3

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