Thomas Allison EDWARDS

Background

Edwards, Thomas Allison was born on February 21, 1874 in Dover, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Samuel and Martha Isabel (Allison) Edwards.

Education

State University; University of Arkansas.

Career

Mary Merlin, Catherine, Donald Allison. John Charles. Admitted to Oklahoma bar, 1898, and began practice at Cloud Chief, Oklahoma. County attorney, Washita Company, Oklahoma, 1900-1905.

Judge, Disease Court, 17th Oklahoma District, 1915-1925. Judge, Criminal Court of Appeals, Oklahoma, since 1925, presiding judge, 1929-1937. Retired from bench, 1937.

Politics

A believer should support social climates, in which human communities are maintained and strengthened for the sake of all persons and their growth.

Views

The erroneous notion that one gender must strive against another cannot be accepted.

Membership

Member Oklahoma State History Society (directory). Mason (Shriner).

• Member of Mason; Shriner.

Connections

Married Rose Catherine Leverett, February 24, 1901. Children: Thomas Leverett.

Father:

Thomas Samuel Edwards

Mother:

Martha Isabel (Allison) Edwards

Spouse:

Rose Catherine Leverett

child:

Thomas Leverett Edwards