Jacob Weyand was born near Mount Jackson in 1828 and, after a period of working on the family farm, attended school in Beaver. As mentioned earlier in discussing his brother, Michael, Jacob disposed of his part-interest in the Beaver County Argus in 1857 and moved to Carrollton, Ohio, where he purchased a local newspaper, the Free Press. When the Civil War commenced, he sold that paper and became Captain of a company of volunteers he had raised. He marched his company to Camp Mingo, near Steubenville, where it was immediately attached to the 126th Ohio Infantry and mustered into United States service. Jacob was twice wounded and participated in nearly all of the bloody battles in which the Army of the Potomac took part.
At the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, on July 9, 1864, he was in command of his entire regiment and was publicly mentioned in the official report of the battle for his courage and skill. For his gallant services, he was recommended to the Secretary of War for brevet promotions as Major and Lieutenant Colonel.
After the war, Jacob returned to Beaver and again bought the Beaver County Argus, serving as its editor and proprietor until 1874 when it and the Radical, another Beaver newspaper, were consolidated and published for four years by Weyand and Rutan. In 1880, he purchased a Beaver Falls newspaper, the Beaver County Enterprise, changed its name to the Beaver Falls Tribune, and operated it until 1882. Colonel Jacob Weyand died in 1913.
The Weyand brothers, Michael and Jacob, both buried in this cemetery, played key roles in Beaver's history. As newspaper owners and editors, they were most influential in political, business and civil affairs over a long period, and made many significant contributions to the growth and prosperity of this area.