Draft:J. M. Tibbetts
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Jonas M. Tibbetts was a lawyer, prosecutor, offiical in the Arkansas legislature, and judge in Arkansas. He supported the Union and was involved in Reconstruction era administration of the state after the American Civil War. [1][2]
Tibbetts was born in New Hampshire and came to Arkansas in the 1830s. He left during the Civil War and returned again.[3]
He turned down a nomination to stand as a candidate for U.S. Senate.[4]
Connected to Tibbetts House in Fayatteville? Front view of the Tibbetts House in Fayetteville, Washington County
In 1854 he was involved in contracting a courthouse to George D. Baker.[5] He owned the Metropolitan Hotel which was used as Republican headquarters.[6]
His homes was.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Staples, Thomas Starling (December 25, 1923). "Reconstruction in Arkansas, 1862-1874". Columbia university – via Google Books.
- ^ Department, United States War (December 25, 1868). "Annual Report of the Secretary of War". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "Early Bar of Washington County, Arkansas – Arkansas Genealogy". June 6, 2014.
- ^ Representatives, Arkansas General Assembly House of (December 25, 1870). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Inclduing a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional, and Private Records ..." Goodspeed Publishing Company. December 25, 1889 – via Google Books.
- ^ Harrell, John Mortimer (December 25, 1893). "The Brooks and Baxter War: A History of the Reconstruction Period in Arkansas". Slawson printing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Northwest Arkansas Times from Fayetteville, Arkansas on June 2, 1973 · Page 4". Newspapers.com. 2 June 1973.
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