Jacob Staley
Jacob Staley was born in Shelby County in 1835. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Boldin Staley. In 1859 he married Rebecca Allen. They have had born to them seven children: Albert E., born 1860; Alonzo E., born 1864; John S., born 1867; Dolly M., born 1872; Jacob E., born 1874; Katie M., born 1877; Charles F., born 1879. Mr. Staley was raised a farmer, and lived on a farm till 1874, when he bought a hotel in Port Jefferson, and has been the proprietor of the Staley Hotel since that date.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883