Jacob La Rooh is buried in an unmarked grave in Brice Prairie Asbury Cemetery next to the grave marked for his daughter-in-law, Emma Rowe.
The family story is that Jacob La Rooh’s father passed through La Crosse, Wisconsin on his way to a gold rush somewhere in the western United States. He was persuaded to leave Jacob with a local family and was never heard from again.
Jacob La Rooh is buried in an unmarked grave in Brice Prairie Asbury Cemetery next to the grave marked for his daughter-in-law, Emma Rowe.
The family story is that Jacob La Rooh’s father passed through La Crosse, Wisconsin on his way to a gold rush somewhere in the western United States. He was persuaded to leave Jacob with a local family and was never heard from again.