Obituary - Athens Free Press, 2 February 1951 JACOB MITTS, 63, DIED MONDAY AT RESIDENCE VERY SUDDENLY Jacob E. Mitts, 63, of R.R. 5 Springfield, a lifelong resident of Sangamon County, died at 9:15 a.m. Monday at his home following a heart attack. Mr. Mitts was a farmer. He was born June 2, 1887, a son of Jesse and Alice Strode Mitts. His wife, Anna, died Dec. 3, 1943. He is survived by two sons, Harold of Athens and Dean of R.R. 5; one sister, Lettie King, of Paris, Mo.; and two grandsons. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mott and Son Funeral Home, Athens. Rev. D. J. Finley officiated and burial was in Fancy Creek Cemetery, east of Athens.