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Dr. Thomas S. Jacques was born in Laurens County, S. C, March 31, 1827. His parents, Isaac Jacques and Miss Anna Whitten were married about 1803 in Carolina, and had ten children, all of whom are dead, with the exception of Sarah A., Mary B. and Thomas S. After attending the common schools in Laurens District, he began to read medicine in 1846, under Dr. James Hill of that county, and after a few months entered the Louisville University, where he remained six months. In November, 1847, he attended the medical college at Charleston, S. C, where he graduated in March, 1848, with the degree of M. D. Dr. Jacques started west soon after this, but was persuaded by his parents to practice medicine at his home, his success even from the start being very great, and was more and more extensive until 1871, at which time he moved to Arkansas. In connection with his practice the Doctor then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, owning 290 acres of valuable land in Howard County, Ark., and having an income of from $1,000 to $2,000 from his practice. Though Dr. Jacques lost $45,000 by the war in negroes, cotton, etc., his success has at all times been marked, and enabled him to be of much benefit to worthy causes. Dr. Jacques was twice married. First to Miss Sarah L. A. Raiford, of South Carolina, who was born in 1832, and died in 1857, leaving four children, and afterward to Miss Nancy Shell, of Laurens County, S. C, who was born in 1839, and is still living. They had nine children, of whom Henry C., Thomas L., Ameda C, Randon F., Anna I., Mary B., Barney S. and Ollius P. are living. Dr. and Mrs. Jacques are members of the Old Presbyterian Church, and he is a Democrat and Master Mason. His grandfather, Edmund Jacques, was a native of Wales; and coming to America he married a Miss Jones, of Virginia, moving thence to Carolina, just previous to the Revolutionary War; he entered the army, and was assassinated by Tories on the banks of Savannah River.