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Benjamin Franklin Thomas

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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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