SILVER BOW COUNTY, MONTANA
Jacob Osenbrug
Transcribed and submitted by:  Lorene  Frigaard, great 
grandniece.

Extracted from Progressive Men of Montana, by Helen 
Fitzgerald Sanders, published by A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 
Illinois, about 1902.  Pages 781-782.

	JACOB OSENBRUG-The German fatherland has contributed 
to the great American republic one of the most valuable 
elements in its social fabric, and among the successful 
men of Montana's metropolis who claim the German empire 
as their place of nativity is Jacob Osenbrug.  He was 
born in Stade, Germany, on January 28, 1860, the son of 
Claus and Eliza (Stockman) Osenbrug, both of whom died 
in the fatherland, the former in 1878, having attained 
the age of three score years and ten.  He was engaged 
in merchandising during his active business life, and 
was a man of worth and ability.

	Jacob Osenbrug came to America in 1877, when 
seventeen years of age, having received in his native 
land a complete academic course of education and being 
graduated in 1873.  He began an apprenticeship at the 
baker's trade, and also continued his studies in an 
industrial school.  He received the best of instruction 
in his trade, in which he was employed in London for 
a year before his emigration to America.  Upon his 
arrival in the United States in 1878 he was employed 
for a short interval on the farm of an uncle in 
Missouri, after which he worked at his trade in that 
state about one year.  In 1879 Mr. Osenbrug came to 
Montana and located in Butte, which has been his home 
and field of successful business operations for more 
than a score of years.  Soon after his arrival he 
went to work as a baker, and devoted his attention 
to his trade and, in 1881, he purchased the Eagle 
bakery, which he has since conducted.  This 
establishment caters to a large and representative 
patronage, is modern in its equipments and facilities 
and its products meet with high favor from their 
unmistakable superiority.  It is eligibly located 
at No. 15 East Granite street, and the salesrooms 
are tasteful and attractive.

	Mr. Osenbrug was for some time identified with
 ranching, having located a claim in the valley of the 
Big Hole river in 1885, but he disposed of his interests 
here in 1899.  He has also made investments in mining and 
prospecting enterprises in this section of the state.  
His energy and ability have given him success in 
business, and his character has gained him respect 
and esteem.  In politics Mr. Osenbrug gives his 
allegiance to the Democratic party, and he is 
prominently identified with a number of fraternal 
organizations, including the Odd Fellows, the 
Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees, 
the United Workmen, the Select Knights and the Sons 
of Hermann, and for ten years he was a member of the 
National Guard of Montana.  On March 9, 1883, Mr. 
Osenbrug was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. 
Heimbockel, who was born in Germany, being a 
daughter of Henry and Matilda (Busch) Heimbockel.  
She came to the United States but a short time 
prior to her marriage.  Her death occurred on 
October 17, 1900.  She was a true helpmeet to her
 husband and by her true womanly character gained 
the affection and esteem of a large circle of 
friends.  Mr. and Mrs. Osenbrug's children are:  
Henry, Lizzie, Rudolph, Edward, Albert (deceased), 
and Albert again.

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