Benton-Pettis-St. Louis County MO Archives Biographies.....Benjamin, Judah P. August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884
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Benjamin, Judah P., American Statesman, Jewish Confederate was born in Danish 
West Indies then under temporary British occupation in the Napolonic wars, now 
U. S. owned Virgin Islands. Prominent in the Cabinet of the Confederate States 
of America (1861-1865) a Confidant of President Jefferson Davis, CSA. He served 
as Attorney General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State. He wrote "A Treatise 
on the Law of Sale of Personal Property,"(1868), known as "Benjamin on Sales," 
which is still a Legal Classic. At the end of the War between the States, April 
9, 1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at 
Appotomax Court House, Virginia, Benjamin made his way to Key West (Fla.) and 
took a ship to England. He became a Leader of the English Bar. He died in Paris 
(France) May 6, 1884 where his wife and child lived a number of years. Buried 
in Paris in an undistinguished Grave in 1938 the Daughters of the Confederacy 
eracted a plaque on His grave recognizing His service to Mankind. His career is 
one of the most remarkable examples in modern history of successful struggle 
against adversity.
John B. King, Tampa, Fla.
tibbs43192004@yahoo.com

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