Samuel Milton Thomas obituary

Collection

Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 394

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains facsimile newspaper clipping of Samuel Milton Thomas’s obituary as published in the Bossier Banner (Bellevue, La.), December 22, 1910.

Dates

1910

Creator

Thomas, Samuel Milton, 1833-1910 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Milton Thomas (1833-1910) is the son of David Thomas (1775-1849) and Elizabeth Pattillo Thomas (1786-1833). David Thomas served on the board of trustees of both the College of Louisiana (1828-1845) and Centenary College of Louisiana (1845-1849). During the mid-1840s, Samuel Milton Thomas was enrolled as a student at Centenary College of Louisiana’s preparatory department. He served as a soldier in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. In 1870, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate. In 1898, Thomas was appointed postmaster of Benton, Louisiana.