US Marine Corps Veteran, (1893-1899) Spanish American War. During the war, he served as a private in the Marine Guard aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey's seven-ship Asiatic Squadron and at the Battle of Manila Bay. He was awarded the Dewey Medal, named after Commodore George Dewey, for action in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 during the Spanish American War.
He enlisted on August 3, 1893 and in addition to serving on the Olympia Marine detachment he was also on that of the USS Baltimore and Raleigh. He along with scores of other sailors and marines detached from Olympia in December 1898 to the USS Raleigh for the four month voyage back to America through the Suez canal and Gibraltar, arriving at New York on April 15, 1899.
Following his honorable discharge on August 3, 1899, he married Mary Elizabeth Newton, 17, of Arvada, Colorado at Denver on January 1, 1900. Per the Census that year they were living at 44 Clark St. and Thomas was working as a street car conductor. They had a son the following year, Elwin (1900-1983). They divorced on May 22, 1907 and shortly after, Mary remarried to James Burt Dormer, with whom she had six sons and four daughters. Thomas remarried a 24 year old woman, Mamie that year. Per the 1910 Census Thomas and Mamie were living in Spokane, WA where he worked as a street car inspector and she was a saleslady.
Thomas died at Victor, Colorado on April 5, 1914, following surgery. His pension benefits were claimed in 1919 by his widow, "Mary A. Hedden."
He enlisted on August 3, 1893 and in addition to serving on the Olympia Marine detachment he was also on that of the USS Baltimore and Raleigh. He along with scores of other sailors and marines detached from Olympia in December 1898 to the USS Raleigh for the four month voyage back to America through the Suez canal and Gibraltar, arriving at New York on April 15, 1899.
Following his honorable discharge on August 3, 1899, he married Mary Elizabeth Newton, 17, of Arvada, Colorado at Denver on January 1, 1900. Per the Census that year they were living at 44 Clark St. and Thomas was working as a street car conductor. They had a son the following year, Elwin (1900-1983). They divorced on May 22, 1907 and shortly after, Mary remarried to James Burt Dormer, with whom she had six sons and four daughters. Thomas remarried a 24 year old woman, Mamie that year. Per the 1910 Census Thomas and Mamie were living in Spokane, WA where he worked as a street car inspector and she was a saleslady.
Thomas died at Victor, Colorado on April 5, 1914, following surgery. His pension benefits were claimed in 1919 by his widow, "Mary A. Hedden."
US Marine Corps Veteran, (1893-1899) Spanish American War. During the war, he served as a private in the Marine Guard aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey's seven-ship Asiatic Squadron and at the Battle of Manila Bay. He was awarded the Dewey Medal, named after Commodore George Dewey, for action in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 during the Spanish American War.
He enlisted on August 3, 1893 and in addition to serving on the Olympia Marine detachment he was also on that of the USS Baltimore and Raleigh. He along with scores of other sailors and marines detached from Olympia in December 1898 to the USS Raleigh for the four month voyage back to America through the Suez canal and Gibraltar, arriving at New York on April 15, 1899.
Following his honorable discharge on August 3, 1899, he married Mary Elizabeth Newton, 17, of Arvada, Colorado at Denver on January 1, 1900. Per the Census that year they were living at 44 Clark St. and Thomas was working as a street car conductor. They had a son the following year, Elwin (1900-1983). They divorced on May 22, 1907 and shortly after, Mary remarried to James Burt Dormer, with whom she had six sons and four daughters. Thomas remarried a 24 year old woman, Mamie that year. Per the 1910 Census Thomas and Mamie were living in Spokane, WA where he worked as a street car inspector and she was a saleslady.
Thomas died at Victor, Colorado on April 5, 1914, following surgery. His pension benefits were claimed in 1919 by his widow, "Mary A. Hedden."
He enlisted on August 3, 1893 and in addition to serving on the Olympia Marine detachment he was also on that of the USS Baltimore and Raleigh. He along with scores of other sailors and marines detached from Olympia in December 1898 to the USS Raleigh for the four month voyage back to America through the Suez canal and Gibraltar, arriving at New York on April 15, 1899.
Following his honorable discharge on August 3, 1899, he married Mary Elizabeth Newton, 17, of Arvada, Colorado at Denver on January 1, 1900. Per the Census that year they were living at 44 Clark St. and Thomas was working as a street car conductor. They had a son the following year, Elwin (1900-1983). They divorced on May 22, 1907 and shortly after, Mary remarried to James Burt Dormer, with whom she had six sons and four daughters. Thomas remarried a 24 year old woman, Mamie that year. Per the 1910 Census Thomas and Mamie were living in Spokane, WA where he worked as a street car inspector and she was a saleslady.
Thomas died at Victor, Colorado on April 5, 1914, following surgery. His pension benefits were claimed in 1919 by his widow, "Mary A. Hedden."
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