Jacob Harrison DUBOIS
Ruth WRIGHT

Husband:  Jacob Harrison DUBOIS
Birth:  24 Jan 1825, Clarkson, Monroe Co., New York
Death:  15 Aug 1874, Agra, Phillips Co., Kansas
Burial:  Aug 1874, West Cedar Cemetery, Phillips Co., Kansas
Father:  Edward DUBOIS
Mother:  Phoebe HOSSIER

Marriage:       16 Dec 1846, Cedar Co., Iowa

Wife:  Ruth WRIGHT
Birth:  17 Nov 1827, Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio
Death:  12 Dec 1893, Agra, Phillips Co., Kansas
Burial:  Dec 1893, West Cedar Cemetery, Phillips Co., Kansas
Father:  William Henry WRIGHT
Mother:  Emily MILLER

Children:  
1. Albert DUBOIS, b: 24 Nov 1847, Rochester Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa
2. Affa M. DUBOIS, b: Nov 1856, Rochester Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa
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Notes:
Ruth' s sister Chloe married Jacob's brother Walter.
    
Jacob served with the Union forces in the Civil War. His Service Record shows:
   Name:  Jacob H. Dubois
   Residence:  Iowa                           
   Enlistment Date:  8 August 1862
   Enlistment Rank:  Private           
   State Served:  Iowa    
   Service Record:  Enlisted in Company G, Iowa 35^th Infantry Regiment on 4 September 1862.
                               Mustered out Company G, Iowa 35^th Infantry Regiment on 28 Jun 1865
                                  in Washington, D.C..

Jacob was one of the guards placed around Ford's Theater at the time of Lincoln's assassination.

Jacob, Ruth and Albert were living with Ruth's family in 1850..

1860 Federal Census Data (M653_0314, Page 85), Rochester Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa,
                                                                                                                         Enumeration Date: 24-Jun-1860, Family #594

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0380, Page 383B), Sugar Creek Twp., Cedar Co., Iowa,
                                                                                                                      Enumeration Date: 29-Jul-1870, Family #73

By 1880, Ruth was living with her daughter Alfa and her family.
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