MYER
JACOBS
Myer Jacobs
worthily gained status as one of the representative members of the bar of his
native city of San Francisco, where he was born November 12, 1856, a son of the
late Solomon Jacobs, an honored pioneer to whom a memoir is dedicated in the
preceding sketch.
In the public schools of San Francisco, Mr. Jacobs continued his studies until his graduation in the Boys’ High School, as a member of the class of 1872. In 1876 he was graduated from the University of California, from which he received the degree of bachelor of Philosophy, and in preparation for the profession of his choice he went to New York City and entered the law department of Columbia University. In this great institution he was graduated in 1879, with virtually coincident admission to the bar of the Empire State. In the same year that he thus received his degree of Bachelor of Laws, the University of California conferred upon him the supplemental degree of Master of Arts.
Mr.
Jacobs was admitted to the California bar in July, 1879, and afterward
continued in the active and successful practice of his profession in San
Francisco, where to a certain extent he gave special attention to mercantile
and probate law matters. He was
assistant attorney of San Francisco County and City from 1891 to 1893, and in
1892 he was the regular republican candidate for city and county attorney, but
was defeated by his democratic opponent.
He had much of leadership in the local councils and campaign activities
of the republican party, in the organization of which he held responsible
positions. Mr. Jacobs was affiliated
with the Masonic fraternity, in which his basic membership was in Doric Lodge,
No. 216, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and various civic clubs and organizations. He died on August 27, 1919.
Source: "The San
Francisco Bay Region" by Bailey Millard Vol. 3 page 98-101. Published by The
American Historical Society, Inc. 1924.
© 2004 Louise Shoemaker