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Show CHAPTER II A PRECIS Of HIS LIFE Elbert Duncan TMmos WGS born in Solt lake K. and Corrie Stockdale Thomes. and came to wos· a in 1883 the 'soo of RIch.. d Mormon convert in EnglGnd Utah in ,the middle of ,the' second han 0' the nineteenth eentury, enNr·' ing buslness and poUtl¢5.1 in ,the Stote Senate in 1 His father crty He 'was ,u«Ceq'u) In both ventures_ 1891.2 1'1, poHt,ics, h. SGt Yount Thom. em.red politics notur.lly and easily, from Oevol1$hJte, cmd his 'other from Cornwall, the ,Iai .. as h and· wife but were married twe or three yecn after they .,.Ived In Utah Oft' the 28th of Fehruary; 1165, In lich mond, Cache County, Utah. In 1869, Them.' fother bee,om. the ma\CJger of WGlk9r Brothers. The bank by 'this name stln stands .d is on_of the lotgMt# if not th.e iGtge&t, ain,J. banldft9 institution in Utcth. The deportment store' went out of business about twenty-live yeQf'S ago. In 1984, the father went into busiA_ fe" himself under the name.f I.K. Thom., his ff"t itote belng on the elock corner 0' First South end MaIn Street, Sott lake City UtGih, where the. Utah. StQte Notloftallonk now.en,.,. ThornG& WGl otwQys Q leacltns bYsin_mon. Hb mother England. They did came not cross a Them.' fother became 0 tt._eb,rush" Demoetaf fA th_ he became G Democrat when the $tote divided on party lines. He remained Q Democrut at, of his I.tfe. S..... The •• oHrl:butes hts Democracy to the faet of his expertenees in busif't" and hh relcstlom with businestmen In the East. The 'athe, WQ$ Q D.rnocrett from cenvidfon and -.c;atf,Ofti the ,mother WQ$ very adive in elvle end peUttcal affairs. Thomas wos mentlo"ed fteEpJeftfly for the governorship. The leglslotur'. of 1899 orad 1901 wete considered very pragrestlve, considering sueh questfons (1$ the mine inspectien ond eight-hour' low, the specicl conc.ns 0' Themas. 30 |
