. History of Milwaukee, city and county . l war he was among the first to enlist, joining the army in April, 1861,when the smoke from Fort Sumters guns had scarcely cleared away. He went to thefront with the Boys in Blue of Company D, Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, butwas discharged on account of physical disability in March, 1863, his company in themeantime participating in a number of skirmishes in Virginia and Kentucky, togetherwith the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth and the battles of Stone River andChickamauga. The two years of his active service had shown him every phase ofw
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . l war he was among the first to enlist, joining the army in April, 1861,when the smoke from Fort Sumters guns had scarcely cleared away. He went to thefront with the Boys in Blue of Company D, Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, butwas discharged on account of physical disability in March, 1863, his company in themeantime participating in a number of skirmishes in Virginia and Kentucky, togetherwith the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth and the battles of Stone River andChickamauga. The two years of his active service had shown him every phase ofwarfare as practiced at that day, and he gave strong evidence of his valor and hisloyalty to his country. Mr. Thomas dates his residence in Milwaukee from 1868, in which year he enteredthe employ of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company, as bookkeeper, thus con-tinuing to serve until April, 1875, when he resigned and turned his attention to thelivery business, becoming senior partner in the firm of Thomas & Sivyer. In 1884 MK. -VXD MRS: (iEOR(;K I., THOMAS ]||ST(H;V OK .MILWAI KKK 689 Sivyer retired and iMr. Thomas continued alone until August, 1R99, when he gave upthe livery business to devote all of his time to the undertaking business, in which hehad become interested in January, 1877, or seven years prior to the dissolution ofthe partnership. In 1883 he opened an undertaking establishment on Milwaukee changes in the care of the dead have been brought about since that time, theonly preservative used at that early day by the profession being ice. In March, 1882,anxious to advance in his chosen calling, Mr. Thomas pursued a course in theCincinnati School of Kmbalming and later took postgraduate courses in the ChicagoCollege of Embalming an<l with the Egyptian Chemical Company. He is today at thehead of one of the finest undertaking establishments in the United States, employingthe most scientific metliods in the care of the dead and his kindliness and t
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