By January 1920, Violet/Mary has died, and housekeeper Margaret Bailey and her son Malcom are living with the family on Penn Street in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Both Jacob and Margaret are widowed. Note that Jacob claims to have been born in Pennsylvania. He rents the house he lives in, and is a salaried engineer with the railroad.
In April 1930, the family is living on Grant Street in Kittannang, Armstrong County, PA. Jacob has married 'Maggie' and Malcom is listed as his son with the last name Greenawalt. The family pays $20 per month in rent, and owns a radio. Here he says he was born in Michigan. He is still an engineer with the railroad.
In April 1942, Jacob registers for the WWII draft. This one's kind of odd--he says he is 58 and was born in 1884, which, if you've been paying attention to the paper trail, you know is patently false. He's 55, born in 1887. I'm thinking he fudged his age as extra insurance against being called up in the draft. By this time he is married to Gladys Milliron Jamieson, and they live on Main Street in Oak Ridge, Armstrong County, PA. They have no telephone, but he is still an engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Note that the printing is in the same hand as the signature, but the cursive is different. It's the handwriting of registrar Merle Klahr (whose signature is on the back of the card, not shown).
Additional information on the back: Jacob is 5'6", 220 lbs. He has brown eyes and black hair, light skin with a scar on his forehead. And he certifies that he has given no untrue answers to his knowledge.
Jacob died March 10, 1962 at age 75 and is buried next to his first wife, Mary Violet (or Violet Mary) Blair in Rimersburg Cemetery, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
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