The sun., 1919-07-31
Eminent Lawyer Succumbs to
Long Illness at Watch
Hill, r. I
FATHER YALE PROFESSOR
Mother Was Daughter of a
President of That
University.

Thomas Thacher. a leader at the New
York bar. died early yesterday morning
in the home of his daughter. Mrs. lewis
Martin Richmond. at Watch Hill. r. 1.
Death came after a long illness. Mr..
Thatcher was In his SEVENTEEN year.
He was born in New Haven. May 3.
1850, the son of Thomas Anthony and
Elizabeth Day Thacher. His father was
a professor at Yale and came Of English
stock. His ancestors. coming from Saiis-
bury. England. in 1915. settled In WeyA
mouth and Boston. The first minister Of
the Old South Church In Boston was the
first Of the TEACHERS in America Mr..
TEACHERS mother was the daughter Of
jeremiah Day of New Haven. who was
president of Yale from 1917 to 1S4e and
who came also of English stock, one of
the first Days In America having been
Robert. one of the founders Of Hartford.
Conn.
MIR. Thacher prepared at the Hopkins
Grammar School at New Haven and
then entered Yale, from which he re-
ceived his b. A. After graduation Mr.
Thatcher lived in New Haven until 1874.
then came to New York. having a coun-
try home in Tenafiy. N. J: He was con-
nected for a time with the law firm OF
Alexander q Green as a clerk and with
the Equitable Trust Company as attor-
ney in office.
Since January 1, 1884, he had been
| partner in the successive firms Of
Simpson, Thatcher & Barnum; Reed,
Simpson, Thatcher & Barnum Simpson.
Thacher, Barnum & Bartlett and Simp-
son, Thacher & Bartlett He received
the degree of NJ. A. from Yale in 1874.
Columbia honored him with the degree
of LII. b. in 1875 and in 1908 Yale gave
him an LII d.
He was a Republican and was a
member of the University, Yale. Cen
tury, City, Midday and Railroad clubs
OF New York and Of the Graduates Club
OF New Haven. He was president of
the Yale Alumni Association in New
York from 1895 to 1897 and Of the
New York Yale Club from 1897 to 1904.
He was president of the University Club
from 1913 to 1918. He was a member
of the Alumni Fund Association and
of the Alumni Advisory Board He
was vice-president of the New York
City Bar Association from 1907 to 1909.
He attended all OF his Yale class re-
unions except that OF 1906, when he
was detained In New York by the trial
,
the interests of Yale was one of the
leading factors of his life. In college
he had been a member OF Delta Kappa.
Phi Theta Psi, Psi Epsilon, Brothers
In Unity, Skull and Bones and had
won the key of Phi Beta Kappa
His writings include: Corporations
at Home and Abroad" Columbia Loo
Repiev; Incorporation" "Construc-
tion." Federal Control OF Corpora
TONS" Limits of Construction Law"
Corporations and the Nation" and
Corporations and the States" Yais
Loo Journal; Legislation by Commits
SION" North American Reptet1: Cor
porate Powers Coluni bid Ldto Repietc;,
New Tariff and the Sherman Act"
North American Revtet1.
Mr.. Thatcher married Sarah McCulloh
Green, daughter of Judge Green. OF
Alexander & Green, and of Louisa b.
(Walker) Green of Tenafy, N. J., on
December 1, 1880.
He leaves Mrs. Thatcher and their four
children.
Mr.. Thatcher was a pioneer In the
development of Watch Hill and main
tained his summer home there for many
years.