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James Pierson Beckwourth
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August 7, 2023
James Pierson Beckwourth (a.k.a. Jim Beckworth, James P. Beckwith) was born in Virginia in 1798 to Sir Jennings Beckwith, a descendant of Irish and English nobility and an African American woman. His family moved to Missouri around 1809 where he attended school in St. Louis, learned blacksmithing during his teenage years, joined Gen. William Ashley’s fu…
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