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Benjamin Platt Thomas

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Benjamin Platt Thomas

Birth
Pemberton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Death
29 Nov 1956 (aged 54)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
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Block 32, 49
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Historian, Author. After receiving his doctor's degree in history, Ben Thomas was in this order, a college history professor, illustrious secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association, insurance man, farmer, cattleman, & finally author. His works include "Lincoln's New Salem", Portrait for Posterity", "Theodore Weld, Crusader for Freedom", "Three Years with Grant", and "Abraham Lincoln", the last considered by many the best single volume on the life of Lincoln ever written.
Historian, Author. After receiving his doctor's degree in history, Ben Thomas was in this order, a college history professor, illustrious secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association, insurance man, farmer, cattleman, & finally author. His works include "Lincoln's New Salem", Portrait for Posterity", "Theodore Weld, Crusader for Freedom", "Three Years with Grant", and "Abraham Lincoln", the last considered by many the best single volume on the life of Lincoln ever written.

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  • Added: Mar 2, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20754/benjamin_platt-thomas: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Platt Thomas (22 Feb 1902–29 Nov 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20754, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.