Henrico-Russell-Montgomery County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Benjamin, Judah P. August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884
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John B. King tibbs43192004@yahoo.com March 22, 2007, 1:44 pm

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Born in the West Indies 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 confident of President Jefferson 
Davis, was the only Jewish member of the Cabinet. Judah served as Attorney 
General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State. When General Lee surrendered to 
Grant, April 9, 1865, Judah made his way to Key West, Fl., took a ship to 
England renewing his British citizenship, a leader of the English bar. He died 
in Paris, France,where his wife and child had been living for a number of years.
Buried in an undistinguished grave,in 1938 the Daughters of the Confederacy 
eracted a plaque on his grave recognizing his service to mankind.
John B. King, Tampa, Fl.
tibbs43192004@yahoo.com

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