Thornbury, Frank J – Throckmorton, James Webb
Thornbury, Frank J
physician, author. This eminent lecturer on medical topics fills the chair of bacteriology in the university of Buffalo, and is the author of numerous books, pamphlets and treatises, which have made his name famous in the medical world.
Thorndike, George Quincy
artist, was born about 1825 in Boston, Mass.
His landscapes showed many of the characteristics of the French school. His better known works include The Wayside Inn; Swans in Central Park; and The Lily Pond. He died in December, 1886, in Boston, Mass.
Thorndike, Israel
merchant, philanthropist, state legislator, was born in 1757 in Beverly, Mass. He was elected to the Massachusetts convention that ratified the constitution of the United States, and for many years sat in the Massachusetts legislature. He settled in Boston in 1810, and in 1818 purchased for the use of Harvard the library of Prof. Christoph Daniel Ebeling of Hamburg, which consists of 4,000 volumes, and is remarkably rich in works on American history and antiquities. He died May 10, 1832, in Boston, Mass.
Thorne, Edith H
poet. She is the author of numerous meritorious poems, which have appeared principally in Missouri publications, and in several standard collections.
Thorne, William Henry
journalist, author, was born in England. He is an aggressive essayist and critic, and editor of The Globe Review from 1889. He came to the United States from England in 1855, and after some years spent in the presbyterian ministry became a Roman catholic layman. He is the author of Modern Idols; Studies in Biography and Criticism; and Quintets, and Other Verses.
Thornton, Anthony
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 9, 1814, in Bourbon county, Ky. In 1847 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Illinois, and in 1850 was a member of the state legislature. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the thirty-ninth congress.
Thornton, Eliza B
poet, was born July 23, 1795, in North Hampton, N. H.
She was for many years a contributor of poetry to the Southern Literary Messenger, the Christian Mirror, and other periodicals. Her best known piece is The Mayflower. She died July 27, 1854, in Saco, Maine.
Thornton, Gustavus Brown
sanitarian, author, was born Feb. 22, 1835, in Bowling Green, Va. In addition to his official reports as president of the Memphis board of health, he has contributed numerous memoirs on sanitary subjects to the Proceedings of the American Public Health Association, and to the transactions of other societies of which he is a member. These include Yellow Fever, Pathology and Treatment; Memphis Sanitation and Quarantine in 1879 and 1880; and Sanitation of the Mississippi Valley.
Thornton, James B
state legislator, author, was born in Merrimack, N.
H. He was speaker of the New Hampshire state legislature in 1829 and 1830. He was the author of Digest of the Conveyancing, Testamentary, and Registry Laws of the United States in 1837. He was charge d'affaires to Peru in 1836. He died Jan. 25, 1838, in Callao, N. H.
THORNTON, JAMES BANKHEAD, lawyer, author, was born Aug. 28, 1806, in Mount Zephyr, Va. He represented his district in the Virginia senate in 1838-40, and was one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Military institute at Lexington, Va. He was the author of a Digest of the Conveyancing, Testamentary, and Registry Laws of the States of the Union. He died Oct. 12, 1867, in Memphis, Tenn.
Thornton, James Shepard
naval officer, was born Feb. 25, 1826, in Merrimack, N. H. He was on the Kearsarge in its fight with the Alabama, and attained the rank of captain in 1872. He died May 14, 1875, in Germantown, Pa.; and his portrait hangs in the new library building of the New Hampshire state capitol.
Thornton, Jessy Quinn
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Aug. 24, 1810, near Point Pleasant, W. Va. He was an Oregon jurist of note, and the author of Oregon and California in 1848; History of the Provisional Government of Oregon; and The Gold Mines of California. He died Feb. 5, 1888, in Salem, Ore.
Thornton, John Wingate
lawyer, author, was born in 1714 in Ireland. He is a Boston lawyer of genealogical tastes, and the author of Colonial Schemes of Popham and Gorges; The Landing at Cape Anne; First Records of Anglo-American Civilization; The Pulpit of the American Revolution; and Historical Relation of New England to the English Commonwealth.
Thornton, Matthew
signer of the declaration of independence, was born in 1.714 in Ireland. He was appointed a surgeon in the army from New Hampshire, and commanded a regiment of militia in the revolutionary war. He was, for six years, judge of the superior court of New Hampshire, and chief justice of the common pleas. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1776 to 1778, and was one of the signers of the declaration of independence. He also served, for several years, in the general court and in the state senate, and was appointed justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state. He died June 24, 1803, in Newburyport, Mass.
Thornton, Thomas C
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 12, 1794, in Dumfries, Va. He was the author of Inquiry Into the History of Slavery in the United States, and other works. He died March 23, 1860, in Mississippi.
Thornton, William
physician, architect, author, was born in West Indies. He was a physician and architect of Philadelphia who removed to Washington, where he drew the plans of the first capitol building, and was at the head of the patent office in 1802-27. He was the author of Cadmus, or the Elements of Written Language. He died in 1827, in Washington, D. C.
Thornton, William
physician, author, was born in 1846 in England. He is a physician of Boston, and the author of The Origin, Purpose, and Destiny of Man.
Thornton, William W
lawyer, author. This prolific writer is the author of several valuable legal reference books, the most important of which are: Universal Encyclopedia of Law; Statutory Constructions; Practice Code; Municipal Law; and Lost Wills.
Thornwell, James Henley
clergyman, author, was born in 1812 in Marlborough, S. C. He was a presbyterian clergyman, professor in the theological seminary at Columbia, S. C., prominent alike for his rigid Calvinism and his extreme pro-slavery opinions. He was the author of Arguments of Romanists Discussed and Refuted; Discourses on Truth; Rights and Duties of Masters; and The State of the Country. He died Aug. 1, 1862, in Charlotte, N. C.
Thorp, Robert T
lawyer, congressman, was born March 12, 1850, in Granville county, N. C. In 1877 he was appointed commonwealth attorney for Mecklenburg county, Va., to fill an unexpired term; and was elected to the same position for four successive terms, serving in that office for eighteen years. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Thorp, William
congressman, was born in Delaware. He was elected governor of that state in 1846, remaining in office until 1851.
Thorpe, Francis Newton
lawyer, author, was born in 1857 in Massachusetts.
He is a lawyer of Philadelphia, and the author of The Government of the People of the United States; and The Story of the Constitution.
Thorpe, Mrs. Rosa
(HARTWICK), author, poet, was born in 1850, in Mishawaka, Ind. She is a poet chiefly known as the author of Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night. Temperance Poems; Ringing Ballads; and several juvenile prose works, including The Year's Best Days; The Chester Girls; Fred's Dark Days; The Fenton Family; and Minna Bruce.. Her poems have also been included in a number of standard collections.
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs
artist, author, was born March 1, 1815, in Westfield, Mass. He was an artist and author of New Orleans in 1836-53, and in later life of New York city. Niagara as It Is is his finest painting. His writings include The Hive of the Bee Hunter; Tom Owen the Bee Hunter; Mysteries of the Backwoods; Our Army of the Rio Grande; Our Army at Monterey; A Voice to America; Scenes in Arkansas; and Lynde Weirs, an Autobiography. He died in October, 1878, in New York city.
Threlkeld, Isaac N
lawyer, was born March 14, 1870, near Benton, Ill.
He received a thorough education in the public schools of his native county and at Ewing college. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and has attained prominence as one of the leading corporation and criminal lawyers of Illinois at Belleville.
Throckmorton, James Webb
soldier, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 1, 1825, in Sparta, Tenn. He was a member of the Texas legislature in 1851; and served in that body until the civil war in 1861. In 1861 he enterede confederate service, and continued actively engaged until 1863. In that year he was elected state senator; was appointed brigadier-general of state troops, and sent to command the northwest border of the state. He was elected governor of Texas in 1866, and was removed under the reconstruction acts of 1869. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-fourth congress, and was re-elected to the fortyfifth, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.