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American politician (1810–1858)
John Addison Thomas (May 28, 1810 – March 26, 1858)[1] United States Army , and later served as United States Assistant Secretary of State .
Early life [ edit ]
Thomas was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina on May 28, 1810 and grew up on the family plantation in Columbia, Tennessee .[1] née Houston) Thomas. His older brother was James Houston Thomas (1808–1876), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district.[1]
He graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1833.[2]
Upon his graduation from West Point, he was assigned to the 3rd artillery, served in garrison and as assistant instructor of infantry tactics and became 2nd lieutenant on December 1, 1835 and 1st lieutenant on June 30, 1837.[3] West Point and from 1842 to 1845 he was commandant of cadets and instructor of infantry tactics. He was made captain on November 19, 1843 and resigned on May 28, 1846 to practice law in New York City, New York . On July 23, 1846, he became colonel of the 4th New York regiment which had been raised for the war with Mexico , but was not mustered into service.[3]
Thomas was chief engineer of New York state in 1853 to 1854 and from April 19, 1853 to January 14, 1854 was advocate of the United States in London, England under the convention of February 8, 1853 with Great Britain for the adjustment of American claims. From November 1, 1855 to April 3, 1857 he was United States Assistant Secretary of State , serving under U.S. Secretary of State William L. Marcy and, later, Lewis Cass , in Washington, D.C.[4]
Personal life [ edit ]
In 1844, Thomas was married to Catherine Ronalds (1820–1885), the daughter of Maria Dorothea Lorillard (1790–1848) and Thomas Alexander Ronalds (1788–1835), a New York merchant. Eleanora was the granddaughter of Pierre Lorillard II , the head of the Lorillard Tobacco Company , and a cousin of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe . Her sister, Eleanora Lorillard Ronalds, was married to U.S. Representative Frederick A. Conkling .[5] [6]
Addison Thomas (1845–1908), who married Alice Gridley Abbott (1850–1874), daughter of James Alexander Abbott.[7] Samuel Hanson Cox .[1]
Ronald Thomas (1847–1923), who married Daisy Richards (1857–1900),[8] [9] Santa Barbara, California .[10] [11]
Catherine Lorillard Thomas (1850–1934), who married Ernest Christian de La Haye, Viscount d'Anglemont (d. 1885)[12] [13] [1]
George Lorillard Thomas (b. 1851), an attorney,[14] James Houston Thomas , a member of the Confederate Congress .[1]
Thomas died in Paris, France, on March 26, 1858.[3]
^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1900). Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American biography 85 . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ a b c Cullum, George Washington (1891). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy . Retrieved September 23, 2009 .
^ "John Addison Thomas - People - Department History" . history.state.gov . Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "Miss Wolfe's Heirs" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "Col. Addison Thomas" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "DIED. THOMAS" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "MARRIED. Thomas -- Richards" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ Social Register, Summer . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "MARRIED. Thomas -- Percy" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ "DOINGS OF AMERICANS IN FRANCE; Dinners Given by Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Spears on Christmas Day -- Mrs. Potter Palmer Soon Coming Home -- Engagement of Mlle. de Machado and Vicomte Henri de la Haye d'Anglemont" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
^ Journal of Proceedings of the ... Annual Session of the Convention 28 . Retrieved 23 January 2018 .
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