Jacob Fies
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Jacob Fies (born July 9, 1827 in Trimbach, Bas-Rhin, France; died January 30, 1915 in Birmingham) was a livestock trader and owner of a livery stable in downtown Birmingham.
Fies worked in New Orleans, Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee; and Pine Bluff, Arkansas before coming to Birmingham in 1882. His first wife, the former Adele Goudchaux, had given him five children before she died in 1872. He remarried, to Fanne Kahn, widow of Meyer Levy of Grosbliederstroff, France. Fanne, who had one son with Levy, had six more children with Fies between 1874 and 1884. She moved with him to Birmingham and they resided in a Victorian mansion on Highland Avenue.
Fies served two terms as president of Temple Emanu-El, in 1884 and 1892–1893.
References
- Newfield, Morris (November 4, 1911) "The History of the Jews of Birmingham." The Reform Advocate, p. 19
External links
- Jacob Fies at Findagrave.com