Background
Thom, Alfred Pembroke was born on December 15, 1854 in “Elkington,” Northampton Company, Virginia, United States. Son of William Alexander and Anne (Parker) Thom.
Thom, Alfred Pembroke was born on December 15, 1854 in “Elkington,” Northampton Company, Virginia, United States. Son of William Alexander and Anne (Parker) Thom.
Educated private schools, Richmond (Virginia) College, 1 year, University of Virginia, 3 years in academic department and 1 year law department. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1913.
1 son, Alfred Pembroke. Married second, Mistress Jessie Gertrude (Griffin) Respess, March 29, 1916. Was admitted to the bar, 1876, and practiced law at Norfolk, Virginia, 1878-1905.
Receiver, 1891-1894, general counsel, 1894-1899, Atlantic & Danville Railway Company.
Counsel in charge Atlantic & Danville Railway lines, 1899-1902, counsel in Virginia, 1902-1905, and general counsel at Washington, 1905-1917, Southern Railway Company. General counsel Association of Railway Executives, 1917-1932, and American Railway Association, 1922-1933, when became associate general counsel
Member Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1901-1902.
Married Mistress;; married second, Mistress.