Jonathan Tarbell

Jonathan Tarbell ( – March 13, 1888) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and military officer from New York who moved to Mississippi after the American Civil War and served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1870 to May 10, 1876. He served as a Republican.

Early life and career Born and raised in Moriah, New York, Tarbell was the son of Daniel Tarbell, a Vermont-born landowner and operator of a large sawmill. Tarbell trained as a lawyer but pursued a career at newspapers, purchasing the Oswego Daily Times on September 3, 1836. Tarbell hired James N. Brown as editor of the paper, and sold the paper to Brown on August 23, 1854. Towards the end of the war, he was breveted brigadier general. Tarbell was appointed to the court by Governor James L. Alcorn, and "he first bench thus constructed consisted of Chief Justice Peyton, Jonathan Tarbell and Horatio F. Simrall, associate justices". and Tarbell "left Mississippi on account of political persecution". Tarbell returned to Washington, D.C., and resumed the practice of law.

Tarbell remained in Washington, D.C. until his death. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.