Jacob Tome (August 13, 1810 – March 16, 1898) was an American banker, philanthropist, and politician who died as one of the richest men in the United States.

[1] Jacob Tome was born on August 13, 1810, in Hanover[1] or Manheim Township[2] in York County, Pennsylvania, to Christina (née Badger) and Christian Thom.

[2] At the age of 16, he worked for a farmer in York County; 15 months later, he became a superintendent of fisheries on Stony Island on the Susquehanna River.

[2] Through Bond Brothers & Co. and his own personal accounts, he invested in timber lands in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

It had a mansard roof and wrought iron balconies, along with a substantial tower, which housed Tome's bank and office.

In 1948, fifty years after his death, the "palatial three-story granite block home," was razed to make way for a swimming pool operated by the Port Deposit Lions Club.

[3][2] Evalyn Tome was the richest woman in the state of Maryland; after his death, she married Joseph Irwin France, a Senator and U.S. presidential candidate.

[2] In the last week of his life, Jacob Tome worked with Senators Austin Crothers and Henry Dodson to give Maryland financial supervision over the school.

Maryland Route 276 in Cecil County was named the Jacob Tome Memorial Highway in his honor in 1961.