Terrell Jacobs Circus? #2
Posted By thecircusblog on April 9, 2012
From left to right: Fred Logan, Jean Jacobs and Terrell Jacobs. This photo may have been taken on the Terrell Jacobs circus.
An informative comment made by John Herriott.
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Jean was a newspaper reporter who interviewd Terrel when we played the Chicago Stadium. She came to visit him at some towns during that season and lo and behold it turned into mariage and two sons john and charles. after terrelsw death she married circus man Ben Davenport and he adopted the two boys and bgave them lifetime nick names, namely,”Gopher and Termite”.
Terrel was working shopping centers in Houston at this time. I had known Terrel for a long time. I went to visit him on the day he left town. Jean was left without help. She called me from orpus Christi and asked if I could come help her with the act. I drove down the same day and the arena was set up. I had watched Terrel work the act several times and had Jean sit outside the area to give me the cat’s names as they came in. Can’t remember how many nor names now. All responded well and didn’t have any trouble doing the shows to help her for a couple of days. She asked me if I would help her take over the act and show her how to work them. I stayed for two or three days and Jean learned fast. Years later she was always thanking me for the help. More on Ben Davenport later.