Benjamin Franklin Thomas
Born: February 12, 1813
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts
Father: Isaiah Thomas 1773 – 1819
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Mother: Mary Weld 1768 – 1825
(Buried: Central Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts)
Wife: Mary Ann Peck 1811 – 1885
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
Married: October 1, 1835 in Worcester, Massachusetts
Children:
Agnes Park Thomas Olney 1837 – 1919
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Pliny Merrick Thomas 1839 – 1883
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
Mary Thomas 1841 – 1920
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jr. 1843 – 1861
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
John Park Thomas 1845 – 1870
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
Augusta Thomas 1848 – 1871
William Thomas 1853 – 1936
(Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California)
Isaiah Thomas 1855 – 1890
(Buried: West lawn Cemetery, Goffstown, New Hampshire)
Political Party: Whig Party and Unionist Party
Education:
1830: Graduated from Brown University
Occupation before War:
1833 – 1844: Attorney in Worcester, Massachusetts
1842: Massachusetts State Representative
1842: Massachusetts State Commissioner of Bankruptcy
1844 – 1848: Probate Judge in Massachusetts
1848: Whig Party Presidential Elector
1853 – 1859: Judge of Massachusetts State Supreme Court
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
Civil War Career:
1861: Elected to Congress to fill in Charles F. Adams unexpired term.
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Massachusetts
1861 – 1863: Member of House Judiciary Committee
1863: Declined renomination for the office of United States Congressman.
1863 – 1878: Attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1878: Vice President of American Antiquarian Society
1868: Nominated Chief Justice but nomination was not confirmed.
Died: September 27, 1878
Place of Death: Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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