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.

Tibbetts was born in New Hampshire and came to Arkansas in the 1830s. He left during the Civil War and returned again.

He turned down a nomination to stand as a candidate for U.S. Senate.

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. He owned the Metropolitan Hotel which was used as Republican headquarters.

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