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Thkoop, Enos Thompson

lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 21, 1784, in Johnstown, N. Y. He was a representative in congress during the years 1815 and 1816, and in 1823 was elected circuit judge. In 1829 he became lieutenant-governor of New York, and in 1831 was governor of that state. In 1838 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the two Sicilies. He died Nov. 1, 1874, near Auburn, N. Y.

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Throop, Montgomery Hunt

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 26, 1827. is a lawyer of New York city, and the author of The Future: a Political Essay; Validity of Verbal Agreements; Annotated Code of Civil Procedure; The New York Justices' Manual; Digest of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decisions; and Revised Statutes of the State of New York.

Thruston, Buckner

lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born in 1763 in Winchester, Va. He was appointed federal judge in the territory of Orleans in 1805, and was, the same year, elected a member of the United States senate from Kentucky for six years. He-resigned in 1809, on being appointed by President Madison judge of the United States circuit court of the District of Columbia, which office he held until his death. He died Aug. 30, 1845, in Washington.

Thruston, Charles Mynn

soldier, jurist, legislator, was born in 1738 in Gloucester county, Va. At the beginning of the revolution he raised a company, was commissioned as captain, and badly wounded at Trenton. On his recovery he was appointed colonel, being known as the Warrior Parson. After the war he was judge and a member of the legislature, and in 1808 removed to Louisiana. He died in 1812 near New Orleans, La.

Thurber, Charles Herbert

educator, author, was born in 1864 in New York. He is an educator of Chicago, a professor in the university of Chicago from 1895, and the author of In and Out of Ithaca; and The Higher Schools of Prussia.

Thurman, John R

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1849 to 1851. He died July 25, 1854, in New York.

Thursby, Emma Cecilia

vocalist, was born Feb. 21, 1857, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

She was a choir singer in Beecher's Plymouth church and elsewhere. Mr. Strakosch in 1879 introduced her to the concert stage, where her remarkable talents were recognized both in Europe and America.

Thurston, Benjamin B

state senator, congressman, governor, was born June 29, 1804, in nopkinton, R. I. He was elected fourteen years in succession to the assembly of his native state. He was a presidential elector in 1836, and in 1838 was lieutenant-governor. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1847 to 1849, and again from 1851 to 1857. He was subsequently elected a member of the senate of Rhode Island.

He died May 17, 1886, in New London, Conn.

Thurston, Robert Lawton

manufacturer, was born Dec. 13, 1800, in Portsmouth, R. I. He developed an extraordinary talent as a mechanic, and in conjunction with John Babcock, completed an experimental steam engine. 1830 he moved to Providence, and four years later commenced business with Mr.

Babcock, starting the first steam engine building establishment in New England, known as the Providence Steam Engine company, which subsequently became Thurston, Greene and Company. He died Jan. 13, 1874, in Providence, R. I.

Thurston, Samuel R

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1816 in Monmouth, Maine. He was a delegate in congress from the territory of Oregon from 1849 to 1851. He died April 9, 1851, at sea.