Background
Thum, William was born on December 21, 1861 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Christine (Greiner) Thum.
Thum, William was born on December 21, 1861 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Christine (Greiner) Thum.
Common and high schools to 1876. Michigan Agricultural College, 1880-1881.
Clerk in father’s drug store, 1876-1883 and for family estate, 1883-1885. Member firm William Thum & Brother, 1885-1888, O. & West. Thum, 1881-1896. Mayor of Pasadena, California, 1911-1913.
Progressive.
Author: A Forward Step for the Democracy of Tomorrow, 1910. Untaxing the Consumer. 1918. Address: 123 Columbia Saint, Pasadena, California.
Member firm William Thum & Brother, 1885-1888, O. & West. Thum, 1881-1896. Mayor of Pasadena, California, 1911-1913. Progressive.
Married Margaret R. Clark, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 7, 1896.