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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 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 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.