Thomas Fearn Explained

Thomas Fearn
Term Start:February 4, 1861
Term End:April 29, 1861
Predecessor:New constituency
Birth Date:15 November 1789
Resting Place:Maple Hill Cemetery,
Huntsville, Alabama

Thomas Fearn (November 15, 1789 – January 16, 1863) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from February until April 1861, when he resigned from office.[1]

Biography

Thomas Fearn was born on November 15, 1789, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and later moved to Alabama. He served in the War of 1812 and as a member of the Alabama state legislature. Before the American Civil War, he was a practicing physician in Hunstville, Alabama, and served as a physician under Andrew Jackson. He was the father-in-law of William Taylor Sullivan Barry. In 1861, he was a Deputy to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, representing the state of Alabama.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Root . Elihu . Elihu Root . 1904 . Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 . I . Washington, D.C. . . 159 . 05012700.