A Guide to the Nellie Moseley Jacobs Patrick papers, 1938-1946, undated, #41267

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Preferred Citation

Nellie Moseley Jacobs Patrick papers, 1938-1946, undated. Accession 41267. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Shepherd's Center of Richmond.

Nellie Jane Moseley was born in Pitt County, North Carolina, 8 July 1916 to David Moseley and Susan Norville Moseley. Nellie Moseley married Roy Agnew Jacobs (1911-1943) 2 July 1938 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After Jacobs' death during World War II, Nellie Jacobs married Fred J. Patrick (1917-1982) of Richmond, Virginia. Nellie Jane Moseley Jacobs Patrick died 26 January 2004 in Richmond, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Roy Agnew Jacobs was born 15 November 1911 in Nottoway County, Virginia. He worked as a lineman for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia. When World War II began, Jacobs enlisted 21 August 1942 and became a master sergeant in the Signal Corps. He was killed when the transport ship he was on was sunk off the coast of North Africa 27 November 1943.

Fred J. Patrick was born 27 June 1917 in Tazewell County, Virginia. By 1940, he was living in Richmond, Virginia, and working for Doyle and Russell Contractors. Patrick enlisted in the army 17 February 1943 and was discharged 7 December 1945. Patrick married Nellie Jacobs 19 October 1946. Patrick was a warehouse supervisor for Miller and Rhoads department store in Richmond. He died 14 July 1982.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1938-1946, of Nellie Moseley Jacobs Patrick (1916-2004) of Richmond, Virginia, consisting of correspondence and papers regarding the death of her husband Roy Agnew Jacobs (1911-1943) during World War II, and of photographs, post-1950, of her second husband Fred J. Patrick (1917-1982), warehouse supervisor for Miller and Rhoads.

Contents List

Series I: Roy Agnew Jacobs papers , 1938-1946 .

Boxes 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes.

Roy Agnew Jacobs papers, 1938-1946, contain the marriage certificate of Jacobs and Nellie Jane Moseley, correspondence to Nellie Jacobs regarding the loss of Jacobs from the United States War Department; information on Jacobs' life insurance policy; his license, Chesapeake and Potomac employee card; Virginia War History Project correspondence to Nellie Jacobs; a copy of Britain's Homage ; and Roy Jacobs' portrait.

Box 1 Folder 1
Marriage license and certificate of Roy Agnew Jacobs and Nellie Jane Moseley, 2 July 1938
Box 1 Folder 2
Roy A. Jacobs documents, 1942, no date
Box 1 Folder 3
War Department correspondence, 1943-1946
Box 1 Folder 4
Veterans Administration letters and papers, 1944
Box 1 Folder 5
General Accounting Office papers, 1944-1945
Box 1 Folder 6
Virginia History War Project papers, 1945-1946
Box 1 Folder 7
Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead , 1952
Box 2
Portrait of Roy Agnew Jacobs

Series II: Fred J. Patrick photographs , post-1950 .

Boxes 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes.

Fred J. Patrick photographs, post-1950, includes photographs of Patrick working in the Miller and Rhoads warehouse; Christmas parties at Miller and Rhoads; Patrick's bowling team; and a portrait of Patrick.

Box 1 Folder 8
Miller and Rhoads--boiler
Box 1 Folder 9
Miller and Rhoads warehouse maitenance Christmas parties
Box 1 Folder 10
Bowling team
Box 2
Portrait of Fred J. Patrick