Thomas L. Smith, M.D.

Thomas L. Smith, M.D.

Thomas L. Smith, M.D.

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Mr. Ron, “Find-A-Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records,” January 9, 2021.  www.findagrave.com

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1833-1834 Representative Democrat
Counties Chester

Biography

03/23/1805 - 01/23/1875


SMITH, Dr. Thomas Lacy, Sr., a Representative from Chester County; born, March 23, 1805 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1825; physician; surgeon, merchant vessel; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; appointed, Canal and Road toll collector, Columbia, Pa. (1834); unsuccessful campaign, Indiana State Senate (1842); owner and editor, Louisville Weekly Democrat (1845-1848); lawyer; judge, Supreme Court, Indiana (1847-1853); died, January 23, 1875 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana; interred, Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.

 

 

Bibliography

Smith, Tomas L., M.D., Chronicles of Turkeytown; or, the Works of Jeremy Peters. Containing the History of a Dreadful Catastrophe, the Amours of Dr. Post and Mrs. Peweetie, and the History of the Tatterdemalion.  R.H. Small: Philadelphia, 1829.


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