Jake, a German American, was born in Germany but emigrated to the United States when he was very young, had suffered from periodical anti-German suspicion from other Southerners, because the German population in Missouri was largely sympathetic to the Union.
Jake, a German American, was born in the United States, although his father was born in Germany. He suffers from periodical anti-German suspicion from other Southerners, because the German population in Missouri was largely sympathetic to the Union.