Edward JAKOBEIT was born 17 February 1847 in Prussia. At the age of twenty-two, he boarded the ship Erna departing from Bremen, Germany; he landed at the Port of Galveston Texas in December of 1869.

On 25 October 1871 Edward signed a Declaration of Intent to become a U.S. citizen in Clinton, De Witt County, Texas. Clinton was located on the west bank of the Guadalupe River five miles west of present day Cuero.

Edward was living in Bexar County as earl as 1870, as evident by the 1870 Bexar County Census.

It is thought that Edward enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1870-1875, (Enlistment: Edward Jacoby) having enlisted at Lampassas and serving at Ft. Mc Kavett (Menard County) Occupation is listed as a druggist.

Edward married Christiana SCHOBER 06 September 1873 in Bexar County, Texas.

Christiana was born 24 November 1856 in Powder Horn, Calhoun County, Texas to Johann Christian Schober and Louise Christene Elenore Kuester. She had two sisters, Emelia and Scharlotta, a brother Albert, and a half-sister Sophia.

Powder Horn was a shipping point during the 1850's. It was located on Powder Horn Bayou (present day Keller Bay) and served as a depot for Indianola; Powder Horn was also known as Brown's Addition. It was also a transshipment point for supplies to the interior of the state, particularly San Antonio. In 1853 the buildings at the depot consisted of five structures for supplies, a small blacksmith shop, and a stable. These structures were built on land leased by the United States Government. A 250-foot wharf on which was laid a railway was connected to the government land. In 1856 there was a semi-weekly line of steamers to NewOrleans, and in 1857 Powder Horn was a troop shipping point.

Sometime after their marriage (tax records indicate around 1881) they moved to Winchester, Fayette County, Texas where they made a living farming.

They were the parents of eleven children: August, Franz, Albert, Emma, Emil, Bettie, Anna, Minna, Josephine, and William.

Edward and Chrisitana attended St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Winchester, where almost all of their children were baptized or confirmed, and where some of them were married.

Edward died on 07 February 1911 in Winchester. Church records list his cause of death as a brain tumor.

Christiana died 30 November 1926 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas at the home of her daughter, Emma, and son -in -law, I.D. Thomas.

Edward and Christiana are both buried in the Winchester Community Cemetery in Winchester, Fayette County, Texas