Jacob Schumacher

Jacob Schumacher

Jacob Schumacher was born in Württemberg, Germany and emigrated to the United States where he resided in Zanesville, Ohio. He later emigrated to Palestine as a member of the "Tempelgesellschaft" (The Temple Society), arriving in 1869. He was instrumental in working for the German Templers in the Holy Land and planning the German Colony, Haifa. He was an architect and engineer and served as the U.S consular agent in Haifa from 1869 to 1908. [Ruth Kark, American Consuls in the Holy Land.] [ [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/maps.html Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: Maps of the Holy Land ] ]

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