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As a child and young man he was on the poor side since his father and mother both died by the time he was 13 and he had to depend on his relatives to feed him. However, he did get some schooling and had enough connections to get some lawyers to accept him as an underling. He was licensed to practice law at age 21, did well, went West, became influential as a lawyer and judge, married into a wealthy family and was no longer poor.

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