Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-03-28
WRITES ABOUT REV. JACOBS.
An Interesting Communication from
Rev. IhOS. HAYWOOD.

Embudo, N. M, March 26.-Naiting
TO take the train for Monte Vista, where
expect to spend the approaching Sab.
bath, thence back TO AntOnitO, thence TO
Dulce aud Durango, thought l would
pen you a few lines.
have Just returned TO this place from
Taos, where we laid 10 rest yesterday al
II a. m. the remains of the Rev. Albert
Jacobs.
Mr.. Jacobs died in Santa Fe at $3.50 a.
IN. on the morning OF tbs 2lst inst. be
had been gradually telling IN health iOr
several months, but not rapidly until
about a week before his death. | felt
suIry to leave him last saturday at 3 y.
M, but felt almost compelled To attend
my quarterly meetings al Nalyerde and
san Marcial, hoping | might see him
again alive; but Monday morning was
wired by Mr.. Sanches that Brother
Jacobs Is dead" As he died In the ab-
sence OF his family, | 1T once ordered that
his body be embalmed for shipment To
Taos, where much OF his work In the
Methodist ministry had been done. Mr.
Sanches and | accompanied the body "
TaOs, arriving there Wednesday abOut 2
%. m. We placed the body In the Span
ish Methodist Episcopal church, a neat
chapel In the old historic town of Taos,
which was mostly built several years ago
BY his own hands. when he visited there
with hts family, and had that mission
under his supervision. The ps0ple gath
cred from the town and surrounding
country, and gave US a good cOngrega'
ton, aud some six Methodist preachers
of the Spanish work took part Ia the str
vices. The next day, thursday, at 10 81,
IA. the main funeral services TOOK place.
Joined by W of the Presbyterian minis.
ters, a large %concOurse OF people, inciud.
ing nearly all OF the old tim n
and especially those OF the Crane
Army Of the Republic and Ode
Fellows, to each of which fraternity Oul
~latnented brother belonged We laiC
him 10 rest by the side of his daughter
Emily, who died IN 1872, and in the
American cemetery, where rests also IN,
remains OF Kit Carson. with whom Mf
Jacobs at one time was we'll acquainted
MIR. Jacobs was born In Maine In lS4l
AT the age OF 10 he went to California
came TO New Mexico as a soldier will
the California column; was mustered on
OF the service at the close OF the war ant
has remained In some part OF New Mex
leo and southern Colorado ever since.
He was a man OF varied experience
having filled several dangerous and 70
spOnsible positions In the sou,b1es
part OF New Mexico, but never found hi
element OF joy and usefulness until b,
was converted and united with tn
church and engaged ~ a cOlporteur II
The Bible work, and then q preacher IL
, the Presbyterian church, and finally II
1882 united with the church OF his earl.
-Na.. - $40. .nN In nAaEHA ~ aIa
I Spanish work at Castillo, then Taos, the
Conejos, and then in 1892 was made pre-
, siding elder Of the SantaFe district; the
at the last conference at Ration, was pu
In charge OF our Spanish work at SAINT
4 ne, which position he held to the time
} his death. He leaves FIVE daughters an
three sons, all Of whom are married %
. cept the youngest son, Sampson, who wa
| with his father at his death, aged Ia, an
and weighs 100 pounds.
THos. HARDWOOD.