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From: "Berta Lee Macdonald" <>
Subject: Re: [MONTANA] John M. Jacobs
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:49:17 -0800
References: <9747186C-0C17-4D2D-BD63-9E2E2E3F1964@HorseCreekPublications.com>


I would start by working the Censuses. Start with the 1880 and work
backwards. Berta Lee
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From: "Sue Schrems" <>
To: "montana genealogy" <>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: [MONTANA] John M. Jacobs


> Hello all,
>
> This is probably a stab in the dark, but I am looking for information
> on John M. Jacobs and his Flathead daughter, Emma. In 1864 journals,
> Jacobs is described as an "old Mountain Man.". His place in Montana
> history is that he guided John Bozeman over what became the Bozeman
> Trail. With Jacobs on this trek, was his 8yr. old daughter, Emma. I
> have found reference in a letter in the Montana Historical Society
> that Emma died in 1865 and is buried just off Prickly Pear Creek
> south of Helena. After her death, Jacobs disappears from the
> historical record. I need information that will help census etc. for
> Jacobs before he fisrt appears in the historical record around 1850
> at Ft. Owen in the Bitterroot. I did find that JAcobs voted at
> Prickly Pear precinct in 1864. I have on order from the National
> Archive Microfilm of the 1864-65 income tax list for Montana. When
> that comes I might locate more information if he is listed as a tax
> payer.
>
> Anyway, when the Stuart brother settled in Montana in the Beaverhead
> Valley, Jacobs and his family were also listed as living in teepees
> along the creek. Jacobs also herded cattle for Johnny Grant. I think
> I have pretty much combed the popular sources of early Montana
> history. Now I'm seeking other sources that only those studying
> genealogy might have knowledge.
>
> thanks,
>
> SUE
>
>
>
>
> Sue Schrems
> http://westernamericana.blogspot.cm/
> http://members.cox.net/rorythemal/About%20Me.html
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