C.M. Thomas.
Title
C.M . Thomas .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
Charles Morehead Thomas was born in 1847 in Bowling Green , Kentucky . He attended the common schools of Warren County , Kentucky , but was caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War , joining the Confederate Army as a youth . After the war he returned to his studies , and in 1868 , he started a drug store in Bowling Green . In 1871 , he read law and joined the bar . He served as city attorney and city court judge , but in 1886 accepted an appointment by President Grover Cleveland as circuit court judge in the Territory of South Dakota , serving until 1894 when his health failed . He died in Chicago in 1895 . He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in his home town of Bowling Green .
Subject
Lawyers Judges Portraits
People Pictured
Thomas, Charles Morehead
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 478 in H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897. In Law Library Rare Book Collection.
Citation Information
Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897.
Collection
Law Library Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law/
Digital Publisher
Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
Format
image/jpeg
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