Brother of Susan B Anthony. Married to Mary Almina Luther. Has cenotaph at Mount Hope Cemetery, NY.

Another Anthony who resided for a time in Leavenworth, was somewhat overshadowed by his older brother, the infamous Colonel DR Anthony. Jacob Merritt Anthony (1834-1900), younger brother to Daniel Read Anthony and his sister, Susan B. Anthony, arrived in Kansas in April, 1856, having followed John Brown, the militant abolitionist, who had frequently visited Rochester, New York. "Merritt settled near Osawatomie where he helped defend settlers to maintain Kansas's status as a free territory against marauding proslavery Missouri "border ruffians." Forsaking his Quaker faith and heritage, he served as a captain in the Seventh Kansas cavalry during the Civil War. (from 1861 to its close in 1865) He was a member of Wm. H. Lytle Post, G.A.R." Known as Merritt to his family, he married a cousin, Mary Almina Luther (1839-1915), daughter of Sylvester and Margaret Luther. During the Civil War, Merritt served as a captain in the Union army and once the war was over, joined his family in Leavenworth, living near his brother Daniel Read. In 1869 the family settled permanently in Fort Scott, in the southeastern part of the state. Mary & Merritt had six children. Merritt died suddenly in 1900 in Fort Scott of a heart ailment, at the age of 66. The funeral sermon by Rev. C.W. Porter, Fort Scott, eloquently described Merritt's love of liberty and devotion to country saying: For 25 years I have known him as the friend of reform, the faithful law-abiding citizen, ready to labor and to give of his means for any cause that promised help to his fellow man.

Jacob Anthony was the father of Lucy E. Anthony (1861-1944) a niece of Susan B. Anthony, Lucy worked with Anna Howard Shaw on the NAWSA for women's suffrage.

Mary Luther Anthony was the daughter of Richard Luther and Almina Brown. References to them can be found in letters of Susan B Anthony.

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J. M. Anthony dropped dead at the corner of Wall street and Scott avenue last Thursday evening about 8 o'clock. He has been in poor health for several months, and during the day had complained that his feet and limbs were numb and that there was a pain in the region of his heart. In the evening he drove his team down town, and after making some purchase went out and found that one of the horses had laid down on the tongue of the buggy and broken it. While trying to fix the break he fell to the ground dead. Many people were on the street at the time and he was immediately carried to the sidewalk, and afterwards to the Goodlander undertaking rooms. His wife, who was visiting in Des Moines, Iowa, was at once notified. Telegrams were also sent to her brother, D. R., of Leavenworth, to his sister, Susan B., in Massachusetts, and to his two sons, Daniel, of California and Bert of Philadelphia. Mr. Anthony has been a resident of this city since 1868, and for many years was engaged in the sewing machine business, but of late has done little besides look after his sister's investments in this county. His life has been a useful and eventful one. He was an intimate friend and associate of John Brown, a volunteer soldier in the war, a western pioneer and for years a leader in the temperance movement. During his residence here he had accumulated some property and for a number of years has resided in the commodious residence at the corner of Main and Fifth streets. The funeral was held at the home Sunday, being conducted by Wm. H. Lytle post, G. A. R., of which he was a prominent member. The sermon was preached by Dr. Porter. After the services the remains were taken to Leavenworth for burial.

--The Fort Scott Lantern (Ft. Scott, KS) Thu. June 14, 1900