Background
Burrowes, Thomas Henry was born on November 16, 1805 in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bredin and Anne (Smith) Burrowes.
Burrowes, Thomas Henry was born on November 16, 1805 in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Bredin and Anne (Smith) Burrowes.
Graduated from Yale.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1829. Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1831-1832. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1835-1838.
Superintendent schools of Pennsylvania, 1835-1838, 60-63.
Founder, editor Pennsylvania School Journal, 1852-1870. Organized Soldiers’ Orphans’ Schools in Pennsylvania.
President Pennsylvania Agricultural College, 1871.
Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1831-1832.
Married Salome Carpenter, April.