Silas Bent Jr. | |
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| Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court | |
| In office 1817–1821 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1768 Rutland, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | November 20, 1827 (aged 59) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Spouse | Martha Kerr |
| Children | 8, including Charles, William, and Silas III |
| Relatives | Owl Woman (daughter-in-law) George Bent (grandson) Lilburn Boggs (son-in-law) Silas Bent IV (grandson) Henry C. Boggs (grandson) Charles Marion Russell (grandson) James Kerr (brother-in-law) |
Silas Bent Jr. (April 4, 1768 – November 20, 1827) was an American land surveyor, attorney, and jurist who served as a Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1817 to 1821. His son, Charles Bent, was a fur trader and appointed as the first territorial governor of New Mexico during the United States invasion of Mexico in the Mexican-American War. Three of his other sons William, George, and Robert had been in business with Charles and built Bent's Old Fort and other outposts of trade in the American Southwest.