The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-07


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] HE Hi WAS A = A HERO.
Cen Minor 7. Thomas Dies at
His HOnle. 81. #...Es3. I &.
brave Soldier and i Good Cfti-
zen is Gone.
Gen. Minor 7. Thomas,one Of Mn.
sneapoIis' early settlers and one Of the
heroes of the late rebellion, died at
his home, 27O6 Third avenue south,
yesterday afternoon. October End,
about 2:9O o'clock. r.. ~, ~.
Gen. Thomas had only been in
Minneapolis about two weeks, and
come with the expectation of spend
ing the winter with his daughter, Mrs
Eugene Campbell at the above adj
Dress Though he had been al inva
lid everysince the war and had been
in feeble health for some time, it was
not thought that the end was SO near
until he died suddenly yesterday of
a hemorrage OF. the lungs. Mrs. Thon-
as and Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell sur
vive him. 80 - + = -<.~, .- ,...L, III.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the
Episcopal prayer service will be per
formed at his late residence, 2706
Third arenue south and this evening
Mrs. Thomas will accompany the re-
mains to Galveston. Ind. where the
iuterment will take place.
! Born in 1880, at Conuersvitle, Ind.
Gen, Thomas grew up to youugma
hood in his native state, and ut r,t,
age of "a came to Minnesota to IS
cape the malaria which had laid fas.
hold upon him. After Il short resi-
dence here he returned to his home
l. and induced his fathers family TO re-
turn with him to this state, whi:h
they did in 1856, settling at Alton
near Saltwater, where his father, who
| was known as Judge Thomas, and
who was later a member of the con
vention which drafted the constitu
ton of the state, erected mil! over
which he had charge.
At the the outbreak of the wal
| Minor T. Thomas was chosen second
lieutenant of the old Saltwater
guards, which had just changed its
name to Company B of the First
Minnesota regiment. After being
| advanced to the position of first lieu
tenant, and having distinguished
himself for his service in the first
Bull Run battle, he was promoted
to the position of lieutenant colone
of the Fourth Minnesota. which was
then new regiment, and which was
assigned duty on the Minnesota from
Ter in the fall of 1861, and. in the
| spring of 1862 was ordered to Fort
Smelling. Soon after, he was agar
orderid with six companies of the
Fourth Minnesota to report to Gen
Halleck at St. Louis. The other fou1
companies followed and the whole
| regiment Immediately went into the
| field, winning glory for the sons O.
Minnesota under the leadership o.
Col. Thomas.
In August of the same year occur
| red the Sioux outbreak. Col. Thorn
| as was second time called back tc
his adopted state to-, be placed il
charge Of new regiment, this time
the EIGHTH, which he organized anC
prepared for active service agains
| the Sioux. While situated at For
Ripley during the winter of '62- '63 h
again won honor by the mastery
manner in which he prevented al
! outbreak among the Chippewa In
dams.
After years service with Gen
Sibley pursuing the Dakota Indians
through the Bad Lands and into
Montana. he was again assigned tx
the South where he participated il
engagements at Nashville and Muir
freesboro, in which he and his regi
meut won addition distinction. Ii
the winter of 1855 his command
was transferred to North Carolina
where it participated in the battle
of Kinston and Goldsboro, shortly at
ter which Gen. Lee surrendered, bu
not before Col. Thomas had won hi
commission as brigadier-g general.
After his return to civil life he en-
gagged in the profession of civil engi
neering, which he had adopted prior
to the war. He aided in the con
struction Of the old St. Paul and Pa
cific road, which now constitutes {
port of the system of, the Grea
Northern, and was afterward connec:
| ed with roads built in the South, liv
| ing in New Orleans, Texas, Califor
MIA and elsewhere, always with thu
! view Of escaping the malady which ii
nally resulted in his death yesterday
TO the end he retained his interes
| in his comrades of war times, who viii
mourn his loss as brave soldier anc
a citizen worthy of all that that wore
implies to a loyal American.-Minne
apolis Daily Tribune.
Mrs. G. A. Forbes received mess
age Saturday afternoon, announcing
the death Of Gen. Thomas. Hi
friends here, of whom there are many
were sorrowfully surprised to hear O
his death 80 soon after leaving her
only a short time ago.