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Thomas, David
merchant, manufacturer, was born Nov. 3, 1794, in South Wales. He founded the anthracite iron industry in the United States. He died June 20, 1882, in Catasauqua, Pa.
Thomas, David
clergyman, was born Feb. 28, 1818, in Adams county, Ohio. He has attained eminence as a clergyman and evangelist, and now fills a pastorate in Winfield, Kas.
Thomas, E. B
railroad president. In 1894-95 he was president of the New York, Lake Erie and Western railway; and since 1895 has been president of the Erie railroad.
Thomas, Ebenezer Smith
journalist, author, was born in June, 1780, in Lancaster, Mass. He was a Cincinnati journalist who published Reminiscences of the Last Sixty-five Years; and Reminiscences of South Carolina. He died in August, 1844, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
THOMAS, MRS. EDITH [CARPEN- TER], author, was born in 18- in New Hampshire. She is a writer of Millville, N. J.; and the author of Lorenzo Di Median Historical Portrait; and Your ci:
Money or Your Life, a novel.
Thomas, Edith Matilda
author, poet, was born Aug. 12, 1854, in Chatham, Ohio. She is a poet and prose-writer, formerly of Geneva, Ohio, but since 1888 of New York city and its vicinity. Beside a volume of prose papers, The Round Year, she has published in verse A New Year's Masque; A Winter Swallow, with Other Verse; Fair Shadow Land; Lyrics and Sonnets; The Inverted Torch; In Sunshine Land; and In the Young World.
Thomas, Elisha Smith
clergyman, bishop, was born March 1, 1834, in Wickford, R. I. He graduated from Yale college and Berkeley Divinity school; and served as rector in Seabury Divinity school of Faribault, Minn. He was second protestant episcopal bishop of Kansas in 1887; and and bishop in 1889. He contributed valuable articles to current literature; and he was also the author of several religious works. He died March 9, 1895, in Topeka, Kan. sas
Thomas, Francis
soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, author, was born Feb. 3, 1799, in Frederick county, Md.
He was a member of the house of delegates in 1822, 1827, and 1829, when he was chosen speaker. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1831 to 1841; and in 1839 was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. From 1841 to 1844 he was governor of Maryland; and was for the sixth time elected a representative to the thirty-seventh congress. He was re-elected to the thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses; and in 1872 was appointed United States minister to Peru. He was killed in a railroad accident Jan. 22, 1876, in Frankville, Md.
Thomas, Frederick William
clergyman, journalist, educator, author, was born in 1811 in Charleston, S. C. He was the author of The Emigrant, a Poem; The Beechen Tree, and Other Poems; Sketches of Character; Randolph of Roanoke. His novels include Clinton Bradshaw; East and West; and Howard Pinckney. He died Sept. 30, 1866, in Washington, D. C.
Thomas, Gabriel
author. He resided in Pennsylvania and western New Jersey from 1682 till 1697. He wrote An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and County of Pennsylvania and of West New Jersey.
Thomas, George Henry
soldier, was born July 31, 1816, in Southampton county, Va. He was the slow but sure general of the American civil war. His wonderful skill exercised at the battle of Chickamauga furnishes one of the most remarkable pages in the history of the war, and won for him the title of The Rock of Chickamauga. He became brigadier-general. a He died March 28, 1870, in San Francisco, Cal.
Thomas, George M
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1828, in Lewis county, Ky. He was elected county attorney of Lewis county, Ky., in 1854, and served four years. He was elected to the state legislature in 1859, and re-elected in 1861. He was elected commonwealth attorney for the tenth judicial district, and served six years; and also in 1868 and 1872. He was elected county judge in 1868; was elected to the legislature in 1872, and re-elected in 1873. He was elected circuit judge in the fourteenth judicial district in 1874, and served six years; and was appointed United States district attorney in May, 1881, and served four years. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
Thomas, George Prentice
lawyer, legislator, was born April 19, 1869, in Trigg county, Ky. In 1889 he graduated from Bethel college of Russellville, Ky., with the degree of B. S. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Kentucky at Cadiz. He served with distinction as a member of the Kentucky state legislature in 1896-97; and was the republican candidate for congress in 1896.
Thomas, Henry F
soldier, physician, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1843, in Tompkins township, Mich. He enlisted in the seventh Michigan cavalry as a private; was present with his company in nearly all of the memorable campaigns in which it was engaged, and was honorably discharged in 1865. In 1873 and 1874 he was elected a member of the Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan. He has been president of Allegan village, and in 1884 was a delegate to the republican national convention from the fifth district; has been president of the West Michigan Medical society. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Thomas, Henry Goddard
soldier, was born April 5, 1837, in Portland, Maine.
He was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866, but remained in the United States army, and is now paymaster, with the rank of major.
Thomas, Henry Wirtz
legislator, was born Oct. 20, 1812, in Frederick county, Md. He was a member of the Virginia state legislature, judge, and lieutenantgovernor of Virginia. He died June 20, 1890, in Fairfax, Va.
Thomas, Isaac
congressman, was born in 1735 in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1815 to 1817. He died in 1819 in Sevierville, Tenn.
Thomas, Isaiah
journalist, author, was born Jan. 19, 1749, in Boston, Mass.
He was a noted printer of Worcester, Mass., who was the founder of the American Antiquarian society at Worcester. He published The Massachusetts Spy till 1801; The New England Almanac; and wrote a valuable History of Printing. He died April 4, 1831, in Worcester, Mass.
Thomas, James
governor, was born March 11, 1785, in St. Mary's county, Md.
He was governor of Maryland from 1833 to 1836. He died Dec. 25, 1845, in St.
Mary's county, Md.
Thomas, James C
educator, lawyer, poet, was born Oct. 13, 1870, in Gibson county, Ind. For many years he taught school, and is now engaged in the practice of law in Union, Ind. His poems have appeared quite extensively in current literature.
Thomas, James Houston
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 22, 1808, in Iredell county, N. C. In 1836 he was elected attorney-general for the state of Tennessee, holding the office six years. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1847 to 1851; and was a presidential elector in 1846. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-sixth congress.
Thomas, James R
college president, was born May 12, 1812, in Hancock county, Ga. In 1855 he was elected president of Emory college, resigning in 1867.
Thomas, Jesse Burgess
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1777 in Shepardstown, Va. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Indiana from 1808 to 1809; and the latter year was appointed United States judge of Illinois territory. He was one of the first senators in congress from Illinois, holding the position from 1818 to 1829. He was the author of the Missouri Compromise. He died May 3, 1855, in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Thomas, Jesse Burgess
clergyman, educator, author, was born July 29, 1832, in Edwardsville, Ill. He is a baptist clergyman, and professor in the Theological seminary at Newton, Mass., from 1887. He is the author of The Old Bible and the New Science; The Mould of Doctrine; and Significance of the Historical Element in Scripture.
Thomas, John
soldier, was born in 1725 in Marshfield, Mass. He took an active part in the revolutionary war; and became a major-general. He died June 2, 1776, in Canada.
Thomas, John Addison
soldier, was born in 1811 in Tennessee. He became a resident of Washington city; and in 1855 was appointed assistant secretary of state. He died March 26, 1858, in Paris, France.
Thomas, John Chew
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 15, 1764, in Cecil county, Md. He became a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa., and served as a member of congress in 1799-1801, from Maryland. He died May 10, 1836, in Ridley, Pa.
Thomas, John E
journalist, legislator, was born Nov. 7, 1862, in Belleville, Ill. He is a successful journalist of Belleville, Ill. He served with distinction as a member of the fortieth general assembly of the Illinois state legislature.