John J. Thomas

August 8, 1813 (age 81)

Albemarle County, Virginia, United States

John J. Thomas was a planter in Christian County, Kentucky, throughout the antebellum period. From 1845 until 1850 he held a clerkship in the post office department in Washington, D.C. Thomas became active in politics and served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853. In the provisional Congress, he served on the Commissary Committee. He did not stand for election to the first Congress, but he served as an aide to General John Stuart Williams until the end of the war. From 1865 until 1873 Thomas was a tobacco broker in Clarksville, Tennessee. He was a tobacco inspector in New York City from 1873 until 1878, when he moved to Paducah, Kentucky.

John J. Thomas

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Background

John was born on August 8, 1813, in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. There is no record of his early life, although there is evidence that he moved to Kentucky sometime in the 1820s.

Career

John J. Thomas was a planter in Christian County, Kentucky, throughout the antebellum period.

From 1845 until 1850 he held a clerkship in the post office department in Washington, D.C. Thomas became active in politics and served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853. In the provisional Congress, he served on the Commissary Committee.

He did not stand for election to the first Congress, but he served as an aide to General John Stuart Williams until the end of the war. From 1865 until 1873 Thomas was a tobacco broker in Clarksville, Tennessee. He was a tobacco inspector in New York City from 1873 until 1878, when he moved to Paducah, Kentucky.

Achievements

John J. Thomas was known as a Representative of the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862. After his political career, he became a tobacco inspector.

Politics

John Thomas supported the Davis administration.

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On August 11, 1837, Thomas married Lucy M. Quarles, and they had children.

Wife:: Lucy M. Quarles

References

Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy
1977

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