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Noted Missouri pioneer judge and early state builder
The obituary chronicles the life of Judge Jones, a Welsh born lawyer who moved to Missouri, helped establish Ste. Genevieve and Washington County, partnered with Moses Austin in lead mining, and played a key role in forming Missouri's constitution. It details his public service, Supreme Court tenure, and death in 1824.
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John Sipe Smith
Sipe Smith
John
F. Smith
Er County
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Sullivan County
Oklahoma
Vici
Rethern
Exwell
Tren
Johnnie
Besven
Maggie Lin
Kansas City
Ella Waynoka
Okla
Fear Joseph Smith
Cave
Judge Jones
Missouri
Jones
U. S
Thomas Hart Benton
Wales
Oxford University
London
United States
Philadelphia
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Vincennes
Indiana
Indiana Territory
Miss Baerger
Augustus Jones
Texas
George W. Jones
U.S
Towa
Kaskaskia
Mississippi River
Illinois
Misouri
Ste. Genevieve
Washington
Kaskaski
St. Louis
Washington County
David Barton
Thomas H. Benton
Mathias McGirk
John D. Cook
Supreme Court of Missouri
Supreme Court