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Jerry M. Jefferies, a well
known and successful
attorney of Moberly,is a
native of Missouri and a
descendant of one
of the early pioneer
families of
this state. He is the son of
William M.
and Sarah E. (Smallwood)
Jefferies, the former a
native of Lewis County,
Mo., which is the same
county
in which Jerry M. Jefferies,
the subject of
this sketch, was born.The
mother is a native of
Indiana.
Jerry Meridith, grandfather
of the
subject of this sketch, was
a native of
Faquier County, Va., and
a pioneer
settler of Lewis County,
Mo. When he
settled in that county, he
entered
government land and spent
the remainder
of his life there.
Jerry M. Jefferies received
his
preliminary education in
the public
schools of Lewis County
and the
La Grange Baptist
College. He then
entered the St. Louis Law
School
and was graduated from
that institution
in 1899. In 1900, he
engaged in the
practice of his profession
at Can-
ton, Mo. and was thus
engaged
until 1910. He then came
to Moberly and
took up the practice of law
here
and was successful from
the start. Dur-
ing the ten years that he
has been
a resident of Randolph
County, he has
built up a large practice,
acquired
an extensive acquaintance
and stands
high with the members of
the legal
profession and the citizens
of Randolph
County. Two years after
coming to this
county, Mr. Jefferies was
elected
prosecuting attorney and
at the expiration
of his first term was re-
elected
to succeed himself,
serving in that
important office from
1913 to 1917. |