NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11320 CHRISTIAN CO JOSEPH POTTS THOMAS, M.D. Thomas, Duvall, Curran, Waters, Walter, Radford, McClanahan 11320 . County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke District. JOSEPH POTTS THOMAS, M. D., of Cottage Lawn, near Pembroke, was born September 9, 1830, in Clarksville, Tenn., where, at the age of twelve years, he entered a drug store, in which he continued for a period of twelve years, and gaining a high character as a pharmacist. His father, Capt. Joseph P. Thomas, Sr., was an architect of Winchester, Va., who equipped, at his own expense, and commanded a company throughout the war of 1812. He removed to Elkton, Todd County, Ky., in 1822, and to Clarksville, Tenn., in 1829, where he died in 1835. His wife was Sarah Curran Duvall, of Frederick, Md., a descendant of John Philpot Curran, the celebrated Irish barrister. To them were born: Eliza A. (Waters), Emily A. (Armistead), Sarah J. (Walter), Dr. Adison E., Townsend A., Benjamin F., Edwin R. W., Robert B. and Joseph P. Subjects grandfather was a distinguished attorney who lived and died in Winchester, Va. He was also Major in the Revolutionary war. Subject was educated at the Clarksville Academy; the Shelby Medical College; the Universities of Nashville and Louisville, graduating in 1859, and again in 1868. In 1854 he was married to Miss Louisa J., daughter of Joseph A. Radford, of Christian County, Ky., and to them have been born: Mary C. (McClanahan), Blanche B., Lula M., Sallie H., Bettie, Ange A., Joseph E., and Frank P. Dr. Thomas moved to his present residence at Cottage Lawn in 1857, where he has continued his profession in general practice and surgery to the present time. At his extensive and delightful residence he has successfully treated many chronic cases placed under his care from a distance, and established a small sanitarium, as it were, for the treatment of chronic diseases, at which many successful cures have been performed. He has added to the wealth of medical science by his contributions to the literature of that old and worthy profession. Dr. Thomas possesses and has exercised the rare and heroic courage to publish, in the literature of the medical world, for the benefit of the profession, his failures in difficult cases in surgery, and has, in consequence, received many letters of commendation and inquiry from men whose reputation gives weight to their opinions throughout the civilized world. In addition to his practice he is also an extensive farmer, having 1,500 acres of good land which he is successfully cultivating in wheat, tobacco, corn and live stock. In his religious affiliations he is connected with the Baptist Church; and politically is identified with the Democratic party. His portrait appears on another page. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx