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THAYER, Martin Russell:
Jurist born in Petersburg, Va., Jan. 27. 1519; he attended Mount Pleasant Classic-
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al Institute and Amherst College, and was the valedictorian graduate of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1840. receiving the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He studied law and was admitted to Phila- delphia bar in 1842; appointed by Gov- ernor to revise revenue laws of Pennsyl- vania, 1862; member of Congress, 1863-1867; (Chairman of Committee on Private Land Claims. Member of Bankrupt Law and other committees, Thirty-eighth and Thir- ty-ninth Congresses); Judge of District Court of Philadelphia, 1867; appointed Presiding Judge Court of Common Pleas, 1874; resigned, October, 1896, after about thirty years on the bench; for over thirty years Deputy to Episcopal Diocesan Con- Vention of Pennsylvania. Author of "The Duties of Citizenship," "The Great Vic- tory: Its Cost and Its Value," "The Bat- tle of Germantown," "The Law Consid- ered as a Progressive Science," "On Li- braries," "The Life and Works of Fran- cis Lieber," "The Philippines: What is Demanded of the United States by the Obligations of Duty and National Honor," also many essays, reviews, etc. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Address, 1824 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
THAYER, Russell:
Brigadier General, National Guard of Pennsylvania; born Dec. 24, 1852, Philadel- phia; Chief Engineer of Fairmount Park for twenty-three years; educated in the United States Military Academy at West Foint, class of 1874, and University of Pennsylvania. Assistant Instructor of Artillery at West Point, after graduation. After resignation from United States Army, he was in employ of Pennsylvania Railroad Company as engineer; Brigadier General Commanding the Second Brigade National Guard of Pennsylvania for eight years. President of Kitson Lighting Co., Carbon Light Company; connected with the United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia. Married to Mary Homer Dixon, April 18, 1876. Address, United Gas Improvement Co., Broad and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
THEIS, Fred:
President the Wyoming Valley Trust Company. Address, Wilkesbarre, Luzerne County, Pa.
THEOBALD, Peter:
Refiner, of the Independent Refining Company, of Oil City, Pa .; was one of the leaders in the association of Oil City and
Titusville refiners, formed as early as 1888, to take some action against the pe- culiar discriminations of the railroad. One of the most interesting cases which has come before the Interstate Commerce Commission was brought by these refin- ers. He has always been prominent in the councils of the independents, and is at present one of the four refiners on the Board of Directors of the Pure Oil Com- pany. Address, Titusville, Pa,
THOMAS, Albert J .:
President of the First National Bank of Lansford. Address, Lansford, Carbon County, Pa.
THOMAS, Alfred Kirk:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Major Findlay I. Thomas. Elected, May 1. 1901. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
THOMAS, Allen Clapp:
Author, librarian, Professor of History; born in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 26, 1846; son of Dr. Richard H. and Phebe Clapp: A. B., Haverford College, 1865; A. M., 1882. Married Rebecca H. Marble, of Woon- socket, R. I., August, 1872. Engaged in shipping and commission business in Bal- timore, 1869-1878; librarian, and Profess- or of History, Haverford College. 1S. to date. Author of "Edward L. Scull, a Memoir," 1891; "The Familists." 1993: "A History of the United States for Schools and Academies," 1894: revised editions, 1895, 1896, 1\97; re-written. 1001; revised, 1902. 1903. 1904; "William Penn." a mono- graph, 1895; second edition, 1896; "History of the Society of Friends in America." Joint author 1891, 1895. Editor of "Ma- triculate Catalogue of Haverford College," 1833-1900: "Attitude of Society of Friends toward Slavery in Eighteenth Century," 1897. Member of the American Antiqua- rian Society, American Philosophical So- ciety. American Historical Association (original member), Historical Society of Pennsylvania. American Library Asso- ciation, and of Pennsylvania Library Club. Address, Haverford, Pa.
THOMAS, Charles Mitchell:
Captain United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania: entered Naval Academy, Nov. 28. 1st1; was graduated Sept. 26, 1865; served in Shenandoah, on the Asiatic Station, from Oct. 17, 1865, to 1869. Pro-
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moted to Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866. Promoted to Master, March 12, 186S. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; League Is- land, June to September, 1869; Supply and Guerriere, European Station, 1869, to September, 1871; receiving ship Potomac, Philadelphia, March to Oct. 22, 1872; monitor Terror, Key West, Fla., Oct. 1872, to June, 1873; Torpedo Station, New- port. R. I .. Sept. 1, 1573, to April 20, 1874; monitor Dictator, Key West, Fla., June 22. 1874, to April 22, 1$75; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, June 17, 1875, to Nov. 15, 1875; Centennial Exposition, Nov. 17, 1875, to March 23, 1877; receiving ship St. Louis, March 24, 1877, to Jan. 9, 1878; Con- stitution, Paris Exposition, 1575, and training ship, 1879-18SO. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, April, 1880; Na- val Academy, September, 1880, to June, 1884; Hartford, flagship. Pacific Station, June, 1884. to January, 1887; commanding C. S. S. Patterson. April, 1887, to April, 1859; Hydrographic Inspector. July 1, 1889, to March, 1891. Promoted to Com- mander, February, 1890; Bureau of Navi- gation. March. 1891, to July, 1893; com- manding Bennington, July, 1893, to July, 1895; Naval Home, October, 1895, to May, 1897; War College, June to September, 1897; Naval Academy, September, 1897, to 1898; Lighthouse Inspector, Fifth District, Aug. 12. 1898, to May, 1899. Commis- sioned Captain, March 3, 1899; command- ing Lancaster, Baltimore, Brooklyn. Ore- gon, May S. 1899, to Feb. 15, 1902. Com- manding United States R. S. Franklin since March 13, 1902. Address, Norfolk, Va.
THOMAS, Charles Monroe:
Physician; born at Watertown, N. Y., May 2. 1840. He was educated at the Philadelphia High School, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1868, and the degree of A. M. in 1874; took a course in medi- cine at Hahnemann Medical College, grad- uating in 1871; studied surgery in Europe, 1872-1874. Demonstrator of surgery, 1875-1876; Professor of Operative Surgery, Ophthalmology and Otology. 187-1891; since 1691 has devoted himself exclusively to diseases of eye and ear; married. 1876, Marion Emslio Turnbull. Elected dean of Hahnemann College May, 1903. Resi- dence. Devon, Chester County, Pa. Ad- dress. 1623 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
THOMAS, Chauncey:
Commander United States Navy; born April 27, 1850, in New York; appointed to
Naval Academy from Pennsylvania, Sept. 26. 1867; Naval Academy to June 6, 1871; frigate Wabash, European Station. Octo- ber 5, 1871; store ship Supply, July 21, 1873; frigate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, Dec. 1, 1873; frigate Wabash, April 2. 1874; Commissioned Ensign, July 14, 1872; fri- gate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, July 13, 1874: sloop Canandaigua, Sept. 21, 1874; flagship Worcester and to start of Rear Admiral Mullany, Sept. 27, 1874; flagship Colorado, March 31, 1875; flag- ship Worcester, May 10, 1875; sloop Plym- outh, June 24, 1875; commissioned Mas- ter from April 14, 1875; the flagship Hart- ford and to staff of Rear Admiral LeRoy, Feb. 14, 1876; to staff of Rear Admiral Trenchard, Aug. 31, 1876; flagship Pow- hatan, July 4, 1877; Nautical Almanac Office. Navy Department, Washington, D. C., July 8, 1878; ordered to sloop Adams Pacific Station, Sept. 10, 1SS1. Commis- sioned Lieutenant from March 10, 1882; Nautical Almanac Office, Navy Depart- ment, Washington, D. C., Nov. 15. 1884; appointed Assistant Superintendent Nau- tical Almanac, Nov. 25, 1884; and ordered to special duty as Aide to Admiral Por- ter, March 10. 1886, to March 15, 1891; March 15, 1891, to training ship Monon- gabela; July, 1893, to Bennington as navi- gator, and to home and waiting orders, March, 1894. Ordered to Hydrographic Office April, 1894; detached and granted sick leave for three months Sept. 1, 1896; to Oregon as navigator Dec. 15, 1896; to Wheeling as executive officer Dec. 26, 1897; to Yorktown November, 189S: pro- moted to Lieutenant Commander March 4, 1899; to Oregon as executive officer June 1, 1899; to command Monadnock July 11. 1899; to Baltimore as Assistant Chief of Staff. Asiatic Station, staff of Rear Ad- miral Watson, Aug. 15, 1899; to home and waiting orders Dec. 14, 1899. Ordered to Navy Yard. Washington, for instruction in ordnance Feb. 15, 1900: detached and to Hydrographic Office, April 11, 1900; pro- moted to commander Oct. 26, 1901, and or- dered to command United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross, Oct. 26, 1901; detached and to command Benning- ton Feb. 11, 1903; detached and home to wait orders Dec. 15. 1903. Ordered to court martial duty, Navy Yard, League Island. Feb. 11. 1904. At present Aido to Commandant Navy Yard, League Island. Address. Navy Yard, League Island, Pa.
THOMAS. C. Wesley:
Collector of Customs of Philadelphia; i born in Philadelphia, 1960; educated in the
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public schools; in 1890 was elected State Senator from the fourth district and was re-elected in 1894; member of the Union League, and Hamilton Republican Club. Address, Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa.
THOMAS, Daniel J .:
State Senator from Schuylkill County; born in Swansea, South Wales, in 1840; worked in the mines when twelve years old, and attended night school to procure his education; he came to this country when twenty-two years old, and was em- ployed as a miner in Schuylkill and Lu- zerne Counties for fifteen years, after which he became mine foreman in Cum- bola, and from there he was appointed general inside foreman of the Dodson Coal Company, at Beaver Brook; later he proved and developed the Morea colliery, and was Superintendent of Morea and Kaska William colleries until 1897; during this time he served two terms as school Director in Luzerne County, and was ap- pointed twice to the same position in Mahanoy Township; for the past five years he has been engaged in the hotel business in Mahanoy City; was elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address. Mahanoy City, Pa.
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THOMAS, Findlay Isaac:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Corporal Eighty-seventh Penn- sylvania Infantry Sept. 12, 1861; Sergeant March 1, 1863; honorably discharged Dec. 31, 1863; private Eighty-seventh Pennsyl- vania Infantry Jan. 1, 1864; Sergeant Major Sept. 16, 1864; discharged for pro- motion Jan. 2. 1865; Captain Eighty-sev- enth Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 3, 1865; Major June 15. 1865; honorably mustered . out June 29. 1865. Brevetted Major United States Volunteers April 2, 1863, "for gal- lant and meritorious services before Pe- tersburg. Va." Elected, Feb. 5. 1890. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
THOMAS, Francis H .:
Superintendent of the Bellefonte Cen- tral Railroad; born in Pottsville, Pa., 1849. His parents came from Cornwall, En- gland, and settled in Pottsville in 183S. Rodman Engineer Corps, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 1866; 1868-1372, Assist- ant Engineer of Construction and Main- tenance of Way: 1872-1878. Assistant En- gineer, Philadelphia Division; 1878-1879
Assistant Engineer of Construction, Har- risburg, Pa .; 1879-1SSO Superintendent of Harrisburg Furnace; 1880-1886 Chief En- gineer, Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad; 1887-1389 Contracting Engineer; 1SS9 En- gineer Brookton Viaduct, E. C. & N. R. R .: 1889-1903 Assistant Engineer, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and Superintendent of Construction, Port Reading docks; since May, 1893, Superintendent of the Bellefonte Central Railroad. Address, Bellefonte, Pa.
THOMAS, Frank J .:
Jurist; born in Crawford County, Pa., Oct. 13, 1853. After attending the High School at Cambridge, he entered Alle- gheny College in 1881, graduating from that institution in 1885. Before entering upon his college term he had been a High School teacher for over three years. He began the study of law in 1885, and was admitted to the bar in 1989. He then re- sumed teaching, becoming principal of the classical school at Tuscola, Ind .. but at the end of his first term he returned to Meadville, and entered upon the prac- tice of law in partnership with his pre- ceptor, Hon. H. J. Humes. In 1897 he re- ceived the nomination of the Democratic and Populist Parties for President Judge of the Crawford County District and was elected to this office, entering upon its duties in January, 1898. Address, Mead- ville, Pa.
THOMAS, George O .:
. Banker and broker; born in Philadel- phia, about 1840; educated in that city; engaged in the business of brokerage, and showed such activity and capacity in this vocation that he was offered a position in the house of Drexel & Company. at a very high salary. In this new line of duty his ability was so marked that he was eventually made a member of the firm, and is at present senior member of this great banking company. Mr. Thom- as has been closely associated with other important business interests, especially the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, in which he represented the in- terest of J. P. Morgan & Company and was elected a Director in 1896. He he- came a member of the Executive Com- mittee and took a prominent part in the affairs of the road. Recently failing health has led to his resignation from the membership in the Reading Directorate, Edward T. Stotesbury, his business part-
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wer in the Drexel firm, succeeding him. Ho resides at Twenty-first and Spruce stre ts, and has been active in the im- provement of that section of the city. Ad- dress, 301 South Twenty-first St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
THOMAS, Hampton Sidney:
Soldier; born in Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa., Nov. 3, 1837, being a son of Benjamin F., and grandson of Dr. David Thomas, of Chester County, Pa; his mother was a daughter of Jesse Baker, of Loudoun County, Va., and her mother was Gertrude Bullman, a daughter of Judge Bullman, of Phillipsburg, N. J., and of Revolutionary fame. When Gov. Cur- tin issued his call for volunteers, April 15, 1661, Col. Thomas joined a company of soldiers at Westchester, Pa. He was mustered in April 22, 1361, for three months, and his company was assigned to the Ninth Pennsylvania Infantry. His first promotion was that of Corporal. Two days before he was mustered out of the infantry he enrolled himself in a com- jany of cavalry, and was made a Ser- geant; this company was assigned to the First Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was then promoted Second Lieutenant, and a short time afterward First Lieutenant. He was detailed by Colonel Bayard as Acting Ad- jutant of the regiment, and in the spring of 1\62 was appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant General of Bayard's brigade of cavalry, the first brigade of cavalry or- Kamized in the Army of the Pomotac or in the United States Army. When Col. Bayard was appointed Brigadier General, May 1, 1862. Thomas was appointed Cap- thin. He commanded his squadron until April, 1863, when he was appointed one of the Assistant Inspectors of Cavalry, and assigned to the staff of Gen. D. McM. Gregg. He remained on staff duty until "nober, 1864, when he was ordered to conmond his regiment, which then num- Wird five hundred inen, mostly veterans. Thomas's first engagement was at ! Ching Waters, Va., July 1, 1861. He was quently engaged at Dranesville, Va., En IT, and Dec. 20, 1561; at Falmouth. i grsonburg, Cross-Keys, Cedar Moun- Brandy Station (slightly wounded), .riv Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Thorough- Gap, Gainesville, Second Bull Run Atly wounded), Rappahannock Sta- and Fredericksburg, Dec. 11. 12, In 1863 was engaged in Stoneman's Forpoly Station, Rappahannock Sta- Ford, Aldie, Upperville, Middleburg, Gettysburg,
second and third days (slightly wounded), Fairfield, Shepherdstown, Culpeper, Rac- coon Ford, Jeffersonton, Warrenton, Sul- phur Springs, Auburn (was severely in- jured), Mine Run, and New Hope Church. In 1864 was engaged at Todd's Tavern, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Sheridan's raid. Yellow Tavern, Richmond Heights. Mead- ow Bridge, Haw's Shops, Barker's Mills, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, White House, St. Mary's Church, Jones's Bridge. Lee's Mills, Deep Bottom, Malvern and Gravel Hills, Strawberry Plains, Six- Mile House, Weldon Railroad, Reams's Station, Arthur's Swamp, Hatcher's Run, Davis Farm, Stony Creek Station, Belle- field, and Dabney's Mills. In 1865 was en- gaged at Dinwiddie . Court House, Five Forks, Chamberlain's Bed, and from Paine's Cross-Roads to Jetersville. This was a running engagement from sunrise to sunset, and he led six charges against the enemy during the day, losing a horse killed in each charge. His command captured the celebrated battery of Arm- strong field guns and eleven rebel bat- tleflags. Five of the flags were turned over to the government, but six were kept by individuals. In the last charge at Je: tersville on that day, April 5, 1865, he had his right foot shot away. At that time his lineal rank was that of Major. He was brevetted Colonel "for great gallant- ry in action." Gen. Davies, in his final report of the operations of his cavalry from March 28, to the surrender of Gen. Lee, says, "Major Thomas, commanding the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was se- verely wounded while leading his com- mand in a charge at Jetersville, April 5. 1865, and has lost a leg from the injury he received. Of this officer I cannot speak too highly. Foremost in every fight, brave and daring, yet possessed of most excellent judgment, his loss to the service is irreparable. In every action he was distinguished. The success of the
attack on the train at Painesville is greatly due to him, and with subsequent movements of that day bis services were most valuable." He was mustered out of service in August, 1865. He was ap- pointed a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the United States Army, and was assigned to the Seventh United States Cavalry, but resigned his appointment on account of his wounds not having thoroughly healed. He has been a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion since October. 1\66. Address, Fairmount Ave., Philadel- phin, Pa.
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THOMAS, James Belcombe:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Twentieth Pennsylvania Infantry April 26, 1861; mustered out Aug. 6, 1561; private 107th Pennsylvania In- fantry March 5, 1862; Sergeant Major March 26, 1862: discharged for promotion Oct. 30, 1862; First Lieutenant 107th Penn- sylvania Infantry Oct. 27, 1862; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Nov. 22, 1862; honorably mustered out March 5, 1865; private 107th Pennsylvania Infantry March 27, 1865; discharged for promotion April 19, 1865; Captain 10ith Pennsylvania Infantry April 20, 1865; honorably mus- tered out July 13, 1865; brevetted Major United States Volunteers "for gallant and distinguished services in the battle of Dabney's Mills, Va." Elected Oct. 4, 1893. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
THOMAS, John:
President of the Johnstown Trust Company. Address Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.
THOMAS, Joseph:
President of the Quakertown National Bank. Address, Quakertown, Bucks County. Pa.
THOMAS, J. Preston :
President of the National Bank of Chester County. Address, Westchester, Chester County, Pa.
THOMAS. M. Carey:
Educator; born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2, 1857; daughter of James Carey and Mary ( Whitall) Thomas. Her father was a prominent physician and philanthropist of Baltimore, and a descendant of Philip Thomas, who emigrated in 1631 from Swansea, Clamorganshire, Wales, to Mary- land; her mother was descended from James Whitall, who emigrated from Litchfield, England. in 168\ and purchased Red Bank, N. J., which remained in the possession of the family for 160 years. Educated in private schools and Cornell University, graduating in 1877; Johns Hopkins University, 1877-1578, and the University of Leipzig, 1872-1882; the de- gree she had earned was refused on ac- count of her sex, and also at the Univer- sity of Göttingen; at the University of Zürich, after an exceedingly severe ex- antination, she obtained the degree of Ph. D. summa cum laude, the highest degree
ever awarded to a woman up to that time; 1882-1883 at the Sorbonne; 1SS3-1592 Dean and since 1SS4 Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College. In association with the first President, Dr. James E. Rhoads, she prepared the educational plans, organizing the college on the "group system," with an undergraduate and com- plete course leading to the degree of Ph. D .; in 1903 elected one of the thirteen life Trustees of the college. At the re- quest of the United States Department of Education she prepared the monograph on the Education of Women which re- ceived a medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; in the establishment of the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1893 she was a powerful factor in obtaining its endow- ment of $500,000, upon the agreement that women should be admitted on equal terms with men. She was the first woman to be elected an Alumni Trustee of Cornell Uni- versity, and served for four years. Mem- bero of the Acorn, Contemporary, New Century and Civic Clubs and the Quaker Church; degree of LL. D. was conferred on her by the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1896. Address, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
THOMAS, Samuel:
in Iron manufacturer; born Wales. March 13, 1827; came to the United States June, 1839, and received his education at Nazareth Hall, Nazareth, Pa .; served an apprenticeship as a machinist, and made a specialty of furnaces. In 1954 he was made Superintendent and in 1864, Presi- dent, of the Thomas Iron Company, Cat- asnuqua, Pa .; President, 1865-1894, and since then Vice President of the Pioneer Mining & Manufacturing Company, Bir- mingham, Ala .: since 1$71 President of the American Institution of Mining En- gineers. Address, Catasauqua, Pa.
THOMAS, Rev. Welling Evan:
Born in Orwell, Bradford County, Pa .; son of Rev. Thomas Thomas and Mary Evans Thomas; his parents were natives of Wales; educated in the common schools, the Delaware Literary Institute. Franklin, N. Y., and Lafayette College: graduated from latter in 1875 as Latin Salutatorian; after one year of teaching in New Windsor College, Md., he attended Union Theological Seminary, New York. and Princeton Theological Seminary. N. J., and was graduated from the latter in 1879; ordained by the Presbytery of Marion Oct. 9, 1879, and after a pastorate
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of five years at Ashley and Kilbourne, Ohio; he became pastor of the First Pres- byterian Church of Marion, Ohio, where he remained nearly seventeen years; pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lewisburg, Pa., since September, 1901. Married Emma W. (daughter of Rev. S. Mattoon, D. D), Dec. 20, 1881. They have four sons and two daughters living and one daughter deceased; received the non- crary degree, Doctor of Divinity, from the University of Worcester in 1901. Address, Lewisburg, Pa.
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THOME, John M .:
Astronomer, Director of the National Argentine Observatory, United States Vice Consul; born at Palmyra, Pa.,. Aug. 22, 1843; was graduated from the Lehigh Uni- versity in 1870; assistant astronomer on staff of Dr. Gould, who went to Carolina in that year to found the astronomical observatory. During the first fifteen years he took a prominent part in the elaboration of various astronomical publi- cations: "A Uranometry of the Southern Heavens," "Fifteen Catalogues of Stellar Positions." Determinations of the geo- graphical co-ordinates of the capitals of Provinces and the principal ports, and made a long series of comet and planet observations. Director of the observatory since 1885, and has produced, besides a number of volumes of stellar positions, three volumes of the Cordoba Durch- musterung, being an atlas and catalogue containing every star to the tenth magni- tude situated in the region between twenty-two and sixty-two degrees of south declination. For this work he re- ceived the Lalande prize from the Insti- tute of France, and his designation as Foreign Associate of the Royal Astro- nomical Society. Is at present actively engaged upon the photographic zone as- signed to the observatory by the Inter- national Congress of Astronomers, which met in Paris, in 1900. United States Vice Consul in Cordoba since 1878. Address, Cordoba, Argentine Republic, South Am- erica.
THOMPSON, Andrew Anderson:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Fayette County; born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., Oct. 25, 1880; attended Washington and Jefferson College and was graduated from that lustitution in 1902, since which time he has been employed in the First Nation- al Bank of Uniontown; elected to the
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