Biography

03/27/1813 - 08/02/1883

THOMAS, Edward, a Representative from Bucks County; born, March 27, 1813 in Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa.; merchant tailor; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1851, 1852, 1853 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1854 term; elected, council, Quakertown; member, school board, Quakertown; director, Farmers’ National Bank of Bucks County; director, Independence Mutual Fire Insurance Company; died, August 2, 1883 in Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Richland Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.