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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.

Thomas, John J

agriculturist, journalist, author, was born Jan. 8,1810, in Aurora, N. Y. He was an agricultural writer of Albany, long on the editorial staff of The Country Gentleman. He edited Rural Affairs, and was author of The American Fruit Culturist; Farm Implements: their Construction and Use; and Farm Implements and Farm Machinery. He died in 1895.

Thomas, John L

lawyer, congressman, was born May 20, 1835, in Baltimore, Md. In 1861 he was appointed solicitor of the city of Baltimore; and in 1863 was elected state attorney for Maryland. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Maryland to the thirty-ninth congress to fill a vacancy.

Thomas, John R

vocalist, musician, composer, was born in 1830 in South Wales. For many years he was a successful concert singer and also connected with the Sequin English Opera company, finally settling in New York city. His best known songs are The Cottage by the Sea; Happy be Thy Dreams; Some One to Love; and 'Tis But a Little Faded Flower. He has also written Church Music.

Thomas, John R

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1846, in Mt. Vernon, Ill. He served in the union army during the war of the rebelmon, rising from the ranks to a captaincy. He was state's attorney from 1872 to 1876. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses; and was re-elected to the fortyeighth, forty-ninth, and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Thomas, John R

farmer, educator, legislator, was born Dec. 29, 1862, in Brigham City, Utah. He received a collegiate education and for several years was engaged in educational work. He is president of the board of education of Malad City, Idaho; and in 1897 served with distinction as a member of the Idaho state legislature.

Thomas, John W

railroad president, was born Aug. 24, 1830, in Nashville, Tenn.

Since 1884 he has been president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad.

Thomas, Joseph

lexicographer, author, was born Sept. 23, 1811, in Cayuga county, N. Y. He was an eminent lexicographer of Philadelphia; and the author of A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Dictionary of the World; Gazetteer of the United States; Medical Dictionary; Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology; First Book of Etymology; and Travels in Egypt and Palestine. He died in 1891.