From GREATER WHEELING AND VICINITY
By Charles A. Winegerter, 1912; page 547.
     
Contributed by Linda Fluharty. 


     JACOB A. JEFFERSON was for many years identified with the banking 
business of Wheeling, and at the time of his death, in August, 1903, was 
cashier of the Bank of Wheeling. His integrity and business ability were 
highly appreciated in this city among the financial interests, and his death 
at the comparatively early age of fifty-six was a loss which business men 
throughout the city deplored. 
     A native son of Wheeling, he was born here in May, 1847, and was reared 
and educated in this city. He made his own way through the early stages of 
advancement and proved his value in each successive promotion to larger 
responsibilities. For a number of years he was in the employ of Dr. Logan. He 
then entered the Ohio Valley Bank and was with that institution twenty-two 
years, leaving to become cashier of the Bank of Wheeling. He was a member of 
the Board of Education of Wheeling, and he was also much interested in the Y. 
M. C. A. work. He was connected with that institution for several years and 
was one of a committee who organized the Y. M. C. A. reading room. He was a 
member of the Masonic order and of the Methodist church. 
     Mr. Jefferson married, February 20, 1879. Miss Jane B. Morrey, a 
daughter of John and Mary (Fitton) Morrey, of Wheeling. Her father was for 
many years a successful carpenter and contractor of this city. The following 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, the older sons being now active 
businessmen: John, Harry F., George J., Joseph S., Lewis W., Edith M. and 
Jane M. The family home is at Elm Grove.