Anthony Jacques
History of Montana, 1894
US Genweb Montana Archives

Anthony Jacques, the elder of the Jacques brothers, who are 
farmers and stock raisers in Deer Lodge Valley, Deer Lodge 
County Montana was born in France, February 27, 1834, son of 
John and Catherine Kribling Jacques, both natives of that 
country.


Mr. Jacques spent his early boyhood days in his native land 
and in 1847 came with the rest of the family to America, first 
settling in St. Louis Missouri and removing to a farm.  In Pike 
County, the father was a cooper by trade and worked at it in 
connection with carrying on his farming operations.  They were 
honest and industrious people and were worthy members of the 
Catholic Church.  Of their family of six children, three sons 
and three daughters, only two are living-Anthony and George-
Anthony being the oldest of the six.  The mother passed away 
at the age of fifty-seven and the father was seventy-three 
at the time of his death.

Anthony was reared to farm life and also learned the trade of 
cooper in his father's shop, remaining at home until he was 
twenty-seven years old, with the exception of the time he 
spent in the state militia.  He served six months in the 
militia at one time and a year at another.  In 1863 he and 
his brother, George, crossed the plains to Montana and from 
that year up to the present time their history has been 
almost identical.  They traveled together, carried on mining 
operations together and together came to Deer Lodge Valley 
and each took up 160 acres of land where they have since 
lived.  Anthony has added to his tract until he now owns 
465 acres, which he has improved with nice buildings and 
pleasant surroundings.  While their farms are held as 
individual property, they carry on their stock business 
in partnership, keeping large herds of both cattle and 
sheep and being uniformly successful in their operations.  

Anthony Jacques was married in 1870 to Miss Susan E. Horn, a 
native of Pike County Missouri and a daughter of John Horn of 
that state.  She was a woman of most amiable qualities, 
beloved by all who knew her and her untimely death in 1887 
was a source of great bereavement to her family.  She left 
two daughters, Mary E. and Georgia May, both of whom are 
with their father.

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