JUSTICE THOMAS,
ON BENCH 20 YEARS,
DEAD AT AGE OF 80
Retired From Appellate Division
in 1918—Originally
Appointed by McKinley.
Former Supreme Court Justice Edward Beers Thomas, who sat as a member of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn from 1909 to 1918, and previously as a Federal Judge of the Eastern District of New York, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 83 Remsen St., of the infirmities of age. He was in his 81st year and had been ill for a month.
Justice Thomas retired from the bench December 31, 1918, because of the age limit and had been an official referee since. He was born in 1848 in Cortland, N. Y., and came from a distinguished New England family, one of his ancestors being Governor Bradford. He was graduated from Yale in 1870 and practiced law in Norwich, N. Y. from 1871 to 1889.
Was State Senator.
Justice Thomas was State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District from 1882 to 1885 and in the latter year was the Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General.
Thereafter he practiced in this city until 1898 when he was appointed by President McKinley as a Federal Judge. While in this office he presided at the majority of the criminal trials in the Southern District.
Justice Thomas was elected to the Supreme Court in 1906 and in 1909, Governor Hughes designated him as an associate justice of the Appellate Division, succeeding Justice William J. Gaynor.
Author of Two Law Texts.
He remained in this post until his retirement. He was the guest of the Brooklyn Bar Association at a testimonial banquet at the time of his retirement at which were some of the most prominent figures of the bench and bar of the State.
Justice Thomas was the author of a work on Negligence which is in common use and also a work on Estates. He was a trustee of the Long Island Historical Society and a member of the Hamilton Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Babcock Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. William H. Cary, of 1 Pierrepont st., and four grandsons.
The funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Henry st., near Clark st., tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 Mar 1929
ON BENCH 20 YEARS,
DEAD AT AGE OF 80
Retired From Appellate Division
in 1918—Originally
Appointed by McKinley.
Former Supreme Court Justice Edward Beers Thomas, who sat as a member of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn from 1909 to 1918, and previously as a Federal Judge of the Eastern District of New York, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 83 Remsen St., of the infirmities of age. He was in his 81st year and had been ill for a month.
Justice Thomas retired from the bench December 31, 1918, because of the age limit and had been an official referee since. He was born in 1848 in Cortland, N. Y., and came from a distinguished New England family, one of his ancestors being Governor Bradford. He was graduated from Yale in 1870 and practiced law in Norwich, N. Y. from 1871 to 1889.
Was State Senator.
Justice Thomas was State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District from 1882 to 1885 and in the latter year was the Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General.
Thereafter he practiced in this city until 1898 when he was appointed by President McKinley as a Federal Judge. While in this office he presided at the majority of the criminal trials in the Southern District.
Justice Thomas was elected to the Supreme Court in 1906 and in 1909, Governor Hughes designated him as an associate justice of the Appellate Division, succeeding Justice William J. Gaynor.
Author of Two Law Texts.
He remained in this post until his retirement. He was the guest of the Brooklyn Bar Association at a testimonial banquet at the time of his retirement at which were some of the most prominent figures of the bench and bar of the State.
Justice Thomas was the author of a work on Negligence which is in common use and also a work on Estates. He was a trustee of the Long Island Historical Society and a member of the Hamilton Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Babcock Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. William H. Cary, of 1 Pierrepont st., and four grandsons.
The funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Henry st., near Clark st., tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 Mar 1929
JUSTICE THOMAS,
ON BENCH 20 YEARS,
DEAD AT AGE OF 80
Retired From Appellate Division
in 1918—Originally
Appointed by McKinley.
Former Supreme Court Justice Edward Beers Thomas, who sat as a member of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn from 1909 to 1918, and previously as a Federal Judge of the Eastern District of New York, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 83 Remsen St., of the infirmities of age. He was in his 81st year and had been ill for a month.
Justice Thomas retired from the bench December 31, 1918, because of the age limit and had been an official referee since. He was born in 1848 in Cortland, N. Y., and came from a distinguished New England family, one of his ancestors being Governor Bradford. He was graduated from Yale in 1870 and practiced law in Norwich, N. Y. from 1871 to 1889.
Was State Senator.
Justice Thomas was State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District from 1882 to 1885 and in the latter year was the Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General.
Thereafter he practiced in this city until 1898 when he was appointed by President McKinley as a Federal Judge. While in this office he presided at the majority of the criminal trials in the Southern District.
Justice Thomas was elected to the Supreme Court in 1906 and in 1909, Governor Hughes designated him as an associate justice of the Appellate Division, succeeding Justice William J. Gaynor.
Author of Two Law Texts.
He remained in this post until his retirement. He was the guest of the Brooklyn Bar Association at a testimonial banquet at the time of his retirement at which were some of the most prominent figures of the bench and bar of the State.
Justice Thomas was the author of a work on Negligence which is in common use and also a work on Estates. He was a trustee of the Long Island Historical Society and a member of the Hamilton Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Babcock Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. William H. Cary, of 1 Pierrepont st., and four grandsons.
The funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Henry st., near Clark st., tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 Mar 1929
ON BENCH 20 YEARS,
DEAD AT AGE OF 80
Retired From Appellate Division
in 1918—Originally
Appointed by McKinley.
Former Supreme Court Justice Edward Beers Thomas, who sat as a member of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn from 1909 to 1918, and previously as a Federal Judge of the Eastern District of New York, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 83 Remsen St., of the infirmities of age. He was in his 81st year and had been ill for a month.
Justice Thomas retired from the bench December 31, 1918, because of the age limit and had been an official referee since. He was born in 1848 in Cortland, N. Y., and came from a distinguished New England family, one of his ancestors being Governor Bradford. He was graduated from Yale in 1870 and practiced law in Norwich, N. Y. from 1871 to 1889.
Was State Senator.
Justice Thomas was State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District from 1882 to 1885 and in the latter year was the Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General.
Thereafter he practiced in this city until 1898 when he was appointed by President McKinley as a Federal Judge. While in this office he presided at the majority of the criminal trials in the Southern District.
Justice Thomas was elected to the Supreme Court in 1906 and in 1909, Governor Hughes designated him as an associate justice of the Appellate Division, succeeding Justice William J. Gaynor.
Author of Two Law Texts.
He remained in this post until his retirement. He was the guest of the Brooklyn Bar Association at a testimonial banquet at the time of his retirement at which were some of the most prominent figures of the bench and bar of the State.
Justice Thomas was the author of a work on Negligence which is in common use and also a work on Estates. He was a trustee of the Long Island Historical Society and a member of the Hamilton Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Babcock Thomas; a daughter, Mrs. William H. Cary, of 1 Pierrepont st., and four grandsons.
The funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Henry st., near Clark st., tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 Mar 1929
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