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Jacob Odenwald

Birth	:	3 Mar 1843 Germany
Death	:	28 Apr 1923 Choteau, Teton County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Choteau Cemetery, Choteau, Teton County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.8121986, -112.1631012
Description	:	Choteau Acantha (MT), 3 May 1923 Pioneer of Vigilante Days Passes On In the death last Saturday morning of Jacob Odenwald, 80 years old, Teton county lost an honored resident and Montana a true pioneer of the days when this state held but a handful of people and the far famed Vigilantes struck terror in the hearts of the evil-doers. Failing in health for the past year, Mr. Odenwald declined rapidly during the last two months of his life and death came as a result of complication of ills attendant upon extreme age. He had lived 57 years of his... Read More	Choteau Acantha (MT), 3 May 1923 Pioneer of Vigilante Days Passes On In the death last Saturday morning of Jacob Odenwald, 80 years old, Teton county lost an honored resident and Montana a true pioneer of the days when this state held but a handful of people and the far famed Vigilantes struck terror in the hearts of the evil-doers. Failing in health for the past year, Mr. Odenwald declined rapidly during the last two months of his life and death came as a result of complication of ills attendant upon extreme age. He had lived 57 years of his life in Montana. Jacob Odenwald was born March 3, 1843, in Phillipsburg, Baden, Germany. There he learned the butcher's trade and in 1861 came to the United States, the third Odenwald to come to this country, settling in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he worked for three years at his trade. From there he moved to Philapelphia, Pa., and thence to Atchison and Dunnivan, Kansas, and thence in 1866 via Omaha to Helena. There the placer mining fever seized him as it did all who found themselves in Montana at the time and for three years he joined the throng in search of gold. 1869, however, found him back at his old trade, this time as an employee of the Broadwater-Pepin Co. at Sun River crossing where he remained from 1869 to 1872. He then returned to Helena, remained there until 1876 when Broadwater-Pepin Co. again secured his services, sending him to Fort Keogh on Tongue river. He arrived at Fort Keogh just after the Custer massacre and while the country was still agape with terror at the depredations of the Indians. Two years at Fort Keogh found Mr. Odenwald ready for another change and he set out, in 1878, for Helena. The trip proved an eventful one. With his plans laid to join a party composed of his cousin, Charles Kink, and some friends, he missed the party by a few hours. The following day Kink and his companions were attacked by Nez Perce Indians. Kink and a member of the party named Dietrich were killed and a negro by the name of Stone was severely wounded. Odenwald reached the scene in time to help bury the bodies, before proceeding to Helena. In Helena, in 1879, he was married to Agnes McKitrick and to this union was born two children, Mrs. W.C. Jones, of Wise River, Mont., and a son who died in infancy. In 1881 Mr. Odenwald took his family to Fort Benton to remain until 1888. Meanwhile, in the spring of 1883 his wife died and he was married to Margaret Zimmerman, to whom were born three sons, Charles O. Odenwald, of Somers, Mont., and J.H. and William F. Odenwald, of Choteau. Mrs. Odenwald died in Choteau, January 1917. Since 1903 when Mr. Odenwald came to Choteau from Winston to establish a butcher shop, which he operated for ten years, the family had lived in Choteau, except for a brief time when the head of the family filed on a desert claim on what is now known as Old Fairfield. For the past ten years, however, since he sold his shop here, Mr. Odenwald had not been active in business and had spent most of his time with his sons, Harry and William on their ranch near Choteau. A record of Mr. Odenwald's early life in the Treasure State is filled with action and interest. A member of the immortal Vigilantes, he was a participant in many stirring episodes and held a wide acquaintance among the hardy men of his time. It was his proud boast that at one time he knew every white man in Montana. Occasionally restless and with his companions seeking new worlds to conquer, he roamed the state from time to time in search of land. One such trip that he often laughingly told of was along the Missouri across the lands where Great Falls and Cascade now stand, and where he said he was unable to locate anything desirable, though for miles on end the landscape was unbroken by fence or human habitation. Besides his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Jones of Wise River, and his three sons, Oscar of Somers, and Harry and William of Choteau, he is survived by a half-brother, Adrian Odenwald of Moore, Mont., and Mrs. Chris Kenck of San Diego, Calif. There are also six grandchildren.

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Jacob Odenwald's memorial is located at: Choteau Cemetery, Choteau, Teton County, USA.
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Jacob Odenwald death on 28 Apr 1923 in Choteau, Teton County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 47.8121986
Longitude: -112.1631012

Family Members:

Spouse

Agnes McKittrick Odenwald

(1858 - 1883)

Anna Margaretha Zimmerman Odenwald

(1851 - 1917)

Children

Robert Henry Odenwald

(1881 - 1883)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Choteau, Teton County, USA
Coordinate: 47.8121986, -112.1631012

2. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.8843994, -112.0764008

3. New Rockport Colony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.9710007, -112.3059998

6. Saint Paul Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.6758000, -111.9014000

7. United Church of Christ Columbarium
Fairfield, Teton County, USA
Coordinate: 47.6158400, -111.9784300

8. Fairfield Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.6149840, -111.9804050

9. Beck Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.7844009, -111.8163986

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Coordinate: 47.5946400, -111.9870900

11. Midway Hutterite Colony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 48.0669000, -111.9959000

12. Pondera Valley Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 48.1085000, -112.1126000

13. Dutton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.8504000, -111.7100000

14. Power Community Cemetery
Teton County, USA
Coordinate: 47.7421989, -111.6913986

15. Rockport Colony Cemetery
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Coordinate: 48.0677000, -112.4783000

16. Teton Canyon Metis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.8695750, -112.6675680

17. Augusta Cemetery
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Coordinate: 47.4961014, -112.4039001

18. Indian Burial Ground
Teton County, USA
Coordinate: 47.9719009, -112.6539001

19. Elk Creek Colony Cemetery
Augusta, Lewis and Clark County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4620000, -112.3218000

20. Fort Shaw Military Cemetery
Fort Shaw, Cascade County, USA
Coordinate: 47.5065700, -111.8358500

21. Hillside Cemetery
Conrad, Pondera County, USA
Coordinate: 48.1768990, -111.9835968

22. New Miami Colony Cemetery
New Miami Colony, Pondera County, USA
Coordinate: 48.1911000, -112.2832000

23. Sun River Cemetery
Sun River, Cascade County, USA
Coordinate: 47.5242004, -111.7166977

24. Dupuyer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 48.1857986, -112.5083008