Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . i86r,Harry THOMAS, George Brinton Yale 1857, in West Chester, Pa, 1836: graduated Yale,1857; spent the ensuing year in study and travelabroad; served in the Army during the Civil War;engaged in the nursery business. 1866 ; now memberof the firm of Hoopes Bro , & Thomas, West Chester,Pa. GEORGE BRINTON THOMAS, Nurseryman,was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania,July 5, 1836, son of Isaac Thomas, M.
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . i86r,Harry THOMAS, George Brinton Yale 1857, in West Chester, Pa, 1836: graduated Yale,1857; spent the ensuing year in study and travelabroad; served in the Army during the Civil War;engaged in the nursery business. 1866 ; now memberof the firm of Hoopes Bro , & Thomas, West Chester,Pa. GEORGE BRINTON THOMAS, Nurseryman,was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania,July 5, 1836, son of Isaac Thomas, , and MaryHendrickson (Brinton) Thomas. On the paternal 78 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS side he is of Welsh descent, and his mother was whom he married in 1883, was, Linda Hastings,Enghsh. He received preparatory instructions at also of Philadelphia. His children are: Francesthe Haverford School (now Haverford College) Penn- Canby, Isaac Biddle, Yale 92 and Rachel Millersylvania, and at Russells Collegiate and Commercial Thomas, now Rachel Thomas Logan, of his first union, and John Hastings, George Brinton, Jr.,Alan Butler, Carol Hastings, Mary Brinton andLinda GEO. B. THOMAS Institute, New Haven, Connecticut, from whichlatter he entered Yale, taking his Bachelors degreewith the Class of 1857 and that of Master of Artstwo years later. In 1858 he went abroad anddevoted fourteen months to study and travel, visit-ing the principal points of interest in Great Britainand Continental Europe. During the Civil War hedisplayed his patriotism by enrolling himself amongthe Volunteers, but feeble health prevented himfrom remaining in the service for any length of 1866 he entered the firm of Hoopes & Brother,Nurserymen, West Chester, which after his admis-sion became Hoopes Brother & Thomas, and he isstill a member of that concern. At College was a member of the Delta Kappa, .MphaSigma Phi and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraterni-ties, and is now a member of the Yale
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