Thirteenth Generation

161. Jacob A. "Jake" VANDERVORT was born on 19 October 1862 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI.^{2,25,60,76,91,136,138,262,263} His birth date may have been 19 October 1861.) He appeared in the census in 1875 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁹ He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁶ Between 1884 and 1919 Jake was a farmer in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^116,138,262 He owned an 80-acre farm in the northeast corner of Section 8. He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁹ Jake lived in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI about 1917.²⁶⁴ He served as the Treasurer of Tomah Township in 1895. Between 1919 and 1928 he was a taxi service owner in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶² In 1918/9 he was a Clerk of the Lincoln Township School Board in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶⁵ Jake appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁰ His household was at 1212 Stoughton Avenue. He died on 25 August 1923 at the age of 60 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{25,136,142,263} (Some sources list his year of death as 1928, but the Vandervort Family Bible lists it as 1923. His obituary is not dated, but it does state that he was killed on Saturday, August 25th. August 25th fell on a Saturday in both 1923 and 1928.)

Obituary Notes: "One of the most tragic accidents in this city for many years occurred last Saturday morning, Aug. 25, in which Jacob Vandervort was instantly killed when struck by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train No. 15, a limited train which passes through this city without stopping.

Mr. Vandervort has been driving a taxi line here for the past five years and left his home at 5:25 a.m. to make a trip north of Tomah. The mail train was an hour late and somehow Mr. Vandervort was not aware of the approaching train and his car was struck just as it got to the crossroad at Superior Avenue. Details of the terrible accident were lacking, but it is apparent that death was instantaneous.

Jacob Vandervort was born on Oct. 19, 1862, at Oconomowoc, Wis., and later moved with his parents to the vicinity of Tomah. On Dec. 13, 1883, he was united in marriage to Harriet Forrest of LaGrange and since that time they have made their home in and near Tomah. In 1918 Mr. Vandervort and family came back to their home in Tomah, where they have been off and on for 16 years, and Mr. Vandervort entered the taxi business which he continued until his death.

Jacob Vandervort leaves to mourn his loss his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Reuben Roder of Tomah, Mrs. Howard Hillard of Briggsville, Wis.; two brothers, William of Santa Cruz, California, and Louis of Tomah. Charles Forrest, brother of Mrs. Vandervort, came with his wife and daughter Elizabeth from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to be with her during her sorrow. Mrs. Ida Forrest of Milwaukee, a cousin of Mrs. Vandervort, and Mrs. Will Heinze of Portage, a niece of Mr. Vandervort, were here for the funeral.

The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon from the home at one-thirty o'clock and at two o'clock from the K. P. Hall, the lodge having charge of the service. Rev. G. H. Willett of the M. E. Church of Tomah and Rev. Neil of Ontario, Canada, had charge of the services. Rev. Neil is an old friend of the Vandervort family and had charge of the LaGrange circuit during their residence in that district.

Friends and neighbors join with The Journal in expressing deep sympathy for Mrs. Vandervort during her bereavement." He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^60,74,173 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Jacob A. "Jake" VANDERVORT and Harriet A. "Hattie" FORREST were married on 13 December 1884 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{25,136,159,262,263,266,267,268} Harriet A. "Hattie" FORREST, daughter of Thomas Nelson FORREST and Martha S. EDGERTON, was born on 13 December 1863 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^{46,138,262,268} (The 1900 Census lists her birth date as May 1864.) She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹¹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁹ Hattie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁰ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵⁹ She lived by herself at 1213 Stoughton Avenue. She died on 22 December 1944 at the age of 81 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^136,268 Hattie was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^60,74,173 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Jacob A. "Jake" VANDERVORT and Harriet A. "Hattie" FORREST had the following children: