Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Fred. H. JACOBUS, Lockport Meat Market, Lockport; was born Aug. 18, 1848, in Koenigsburg, 
East Prussia; he immigrated to America April 1, 1871, stopping a short time in Boston, and 
from thence came to Chicago, where he remained two years, engaged in working in the 
meat-market; subsequently, he was engaged in the same business in Joliet, Wilmington 
and Mokena, in Will Co., in the latter place starting for himself; Sept. 15, 1877, he 
opened his present place of business in Lockport. He was married Nov. 23, 1873, to Julia 
SCHEER, a native of Will Co., IL; have two children - Ida and Frank. By giving strict 
personal attention to business, and furnishing at all times the best the market affords, 
his is fast becoming the leading market of the town.