Background
Thorn, Frank Manly was born on December 7, 1836 in Collins, Erie Company, New York, United States. Son of Abram and Phila M. Thorn.
Thorn, Frank Manly was born on December 7, 1836 in Collins, Erie Company, New York, United States. Son of Abram and Phila M. Thorn.
Academic education; clerk surrogate’s court, Buffalo, 1857-1860. Admitted to New York bar, May, 1860. Attended Albany Law School, 1861.
Petroleum producer and refiner, 1861-1867. Member board supervisors, Erie County, New York, 1871-1880. Associate editor Buffalo Courier, 1874-1877.
Superintendent East Hamburg Canning Company, 1881-1884.
Chief clerk Internal Revenue Department, Washington, July 1-23, 1885. Superintendent United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, July 23, 1885, to June 30, 1889.
Special National bank examiner, 1895-1897. Writer of signed editorials in Buffalo Times.
Address: Orchard Park, Eric County, New New York
Member board supervisors, Erie County, New York, 1871-1880.
Married Eola Smith, of Orchard Park, New York, May 14, 1867.