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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. Source:
History of Warren County, Iowa
From Its Earliest Settlement to 1908
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By Rev. W. C. Martin, D. D.
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Illustrated With Portraits and Views
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With Biographical Sketches of some
Prominent Citizens of the County
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CHICAGO:
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
1908
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JACOB F. LOUGH.
Jacob F. Lough at one time served as supervisor
of Warren county and was formerly identified with its
general agricultural pursuits, but while not active in
the work of the farm now he still gives to his farming
and stock-raising interests his general supervision and
has gained success through capable management and
diligence. He makes his home in Indianola, from
which point he supervises his business affairs.
His present place of abode is widely separated from the
place of his birth, for he entered upon the journey of
life in Rockingham, Virginia, Dec. 10, 1842. His
father, John Lough, was a native of Pendleton
county, Virginia, but the mother, who bore the maiden
name of Mary Zirkle, was born in Rockingham.
The Lough family is of German extraction, while
the Zirkle family is of Irish stock. Both
parents were consistent Christian people, who held
membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and John
Lough voted with the democracy, until the outbreak
of the war, after which he became a republican. In
his business life he was a blacksmith and farmer and
found that industry is the key which unlocks the portals
of success. He died in Barbour county, West
Virginia, in 1889, having long survived his wife, who
passed away in 1854.
Jacob F. Lough was the third in a family of six
children and the youngest son. He was reared on
the farm and attended the subscription schools, while
later he spent one term as a student in Simpson College
at Indianola, taking up his studies there after the war.
During the period of hostilities between the north and
the south he enlisted at Webster, West Virginia, on the
4th of July, 1863, as a member of Company C, Fourth West
Virginia, Cavalry, and thus loyally defended the
interests of the Union. He served for eight months
and then reenlisted, this time becoming a member of
Company D, of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, with which he
remained until the end of the war as a non-commissioned
officer.
When the war was over Mr. Lough returned to the
Old Dominion, but soon afterward came to Iowa, arriving
in August, 1865. He then located on a farm which
he purchased in Jefferson township and with
characteristic energy began to cultivate and improve the
fields. As the years passed his careful
supervision was indicated by the neat and thrifty
appearance of the place. He raised the cereals
best adapted to soil and climate and also handled good
grades of stock. Both branches of hsi business
proved profitable and were carried on by him until 1892,
when his fellow townsmen recognized his fitness for
office and his loyalty in citizenship by electing him to
the position of supervisor in 1892. He then
removed to Indianola, where he has lived to the present
time but still manages his farming and live-stock
interests.
On the 29th of September, 1866, Mr. Lough was
married to Mrs. Sarah E. Sarchett, the widow of
John M. Sarchett who was killed in ambush at
Springfield, Missouri. By her former marriage
Mrs. Sarchett had two children: Theodore H.,
a resident farmer of Jefferson township, and Mary E.,
who is the widow of Lewis Marlatt and the
owner of a millinery establishment in Indianola.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lough belonged to the
Methodist Episcopal church and his name is on the
membership rolls of the Odd Fellows lodge and of the
James Randolph Post, of which he is a past
commander. An earnest republican in his political
views it was upon the party ticket that he was elected
county supervisor in 1892, serving in the office for six
years. During one year of that time he filled the
position of chairman. He has also held other
offices and has represented the third ward in the city
council of Indianola, exercising his official
prerogatives of our best type of American manhood and
chivalry. By perseverance determination and
honorable effort he has overthrown the obstacles which
barred his path to success, while his genuine worth
broad mind and public spirit have made him a director of
public thought and action.
Source: History of Warren County, Iowa,
Published Chicago: The S. H. Clarke Publishing Co., 1908
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