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JACOB ZOLLICOFFER. This name is familiar to many of our readers, particularly to those interested in agriculture, as he who bears it has for many years been engaged in that occupation in Dubuque County. His home is in Dubuque Township, where he owns four hundred and fifty acres of improved land. Having retired from active work himself, he has given to his sons the management of the estate, and it is safe to say that under their capable supervision the value of the property will be still further enhanced.

The Zollicoffer family is of German origin. The parents of our subject, George and Elizabeth Zollicoffer, were natives of Bavaria, and thence immigrated to the United States ill 1834, settling in Alton, Ill., where for two years the father worked at the trade of wagon-maker. In 1836 he came to Dubuque and for nine years was similarly employed, after which, turning his attention to agriculture, he purchased four hundred and fifty acres of unimproved land where our subject now lives. For some years he was actively engaged in the tilling of the soil, after which, retiring from the farm, he settled in Dubuque and renamed a resident of this city until the death of his wife. From that time until his demise, in 1873, he made his home with Jacob.

With the early history of Dubuque County, George Zollicoffer was intimately identified, being one of its first settlers as well as one of its foremost citizens. He was an excellent type of his nationality, displaying in the management of his affairs the energy, frugality and strict integrity that characterize the Germans. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and left behind him a record which his posterity and all others might emulate to their advantage.

The subject of this sketch was born in Dubuque, Iowa, March 10, 1839,and is one of six children, of whom three are now living. At the age of three years his parents took him to the farm in Dubuque Township, where he remained until attaining his majority. For a time thereafter he was a student in the city schools. In 1864 he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Friend, who was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Friend. They had seven children, of whom all but one are now living, namely: George E.; Frank S., who married Emma Roehl and has one child, Leroy Eugene; William J., Elizabeth J., Milan A. and Nellie K. The older children are graduates of the Dubuque schools and are well informed and intelligent. Frank S. and William J. rank among the progressive young agriculturists of the county. They have charge of the estate, and being persevering and enterprising Have already met with success in their undertaking.

For two years after his marriage our subject lived in Dubuque, then settled on the old homestead. By his practical skill and steady industry he has been enabled to embellish the farm with various improvements, marking it as the property of a thrifty man. In the county where he has always made his home he is highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.