Biography

1837 - 11/08/1870


THOMAS, Daniel G., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1837 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; captain and storekeeper, United States Army, Washington DC (1861-1870, Civil War); captain and quartermaster, United States Army, Fort Rawlins and Camp Douglas, Utah (1870); elected, school board, 9th Ward, Philadelphia (1858-1859); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1860-1861); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1860; died, November 8, 1870 in Camp Douglas (Fort Douglas, now defunct), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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