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 THROOP

THRUSTON

and upon the appointment of Van Buren as secre- tary of state in 1829, Judge Throop became act- ing governor of New York, serving as such until 1830, and by election to the office until 1833. He was naval officer of the port of New York, 1833- 38 ; charge-d'aff aires to the Two Sicilies, 1838-41, retiring to his estate near Auburn, N.Y., in 1841 ; resided in Kalamazoo, Mich., 1847-57, and subse- quently returned to Auburn, N.Y., where he died. Nov. 1. 1874.

THROOP, Montgomery Hunt, jurist, was born in Auburn, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1827; son of

George B. and (Hunt) Throop, and nephew

of Gov. Enos Thompson Throop (q.v.). He was graduated from Hobart college, A.B., 1846 ; ad- mitted to the bar in 1848, and practised in Utica, N.Y., in partnership with his uncle. Ward Hunt, 1851-56. and with Roscoe Conkling, 1856-64. He removed to New York city in 1864 ; was ap- pointed commissioner to revise the statutes of the state, 1870, and was chairman of the com- mission that prepared the New York code of civil procedure in 1877. He removed to Albany, N. Y., in 1880, and devoted himself to the publi- cation of legal books. He received the degree of A.M. from Hobart in 1864. Among his more prominent works are : The Future : a Political Essay (1864) ; Treatise on the Validity of Verbal Agreements (1870) ; Annotated Code of Civil Pro- cedure (1880); The New York Justice's^ Manual (1880); Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1887), and Re- vised Statutes of the State of Neiv York (1888). He died in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1892.

THRUSTON, Buckner, jurist, was born near Winchester, Va.: son of the Rev. Charles Mynn and Mary. (Buckner) Thrustou, and a descendant of John Thruston, chamberlain of the city of Bristol, England, and of his son, Edward Thrus- ton, who settled in Gloucester county, Va., in 1666. His father (1738-1812) an Episcopal minis- ter, served as captain and later as colonel in the Revolution ; was a judge and member of the state legislature, and in 1811 located in Louisiana. Buckner Thruston was liberally educated and re- moved to Frankfort, Ky., where he was admitted to the bar and began practice. He was married to Jeannette, daughter of Peter January of Lex- ington, Ky. He declined the U.S. territorial judgeship of Orleans Territory in 1805, having been elected U.S. senator from Kentucky for the term expiring March 4, 1811, and" served from Dec. 2, 1805 to July 1, 1809, when he resigned to become U.S. judge of the District of Columbia, Henry Clay completing his term in the senate. He served as judge of the district, 1809-45. He died in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 1845.

THRUSTON, Charles Mynn, soldier, was born in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22, 1789 ; son of Buckner

(q.v.) and Jeannette (January) Thruston. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy, and appointed 2d lieutenant, corps of artillery, July 21, 1814 ; .served as acting assistant-engineer in the defence of Governor's Island, New York harbor, 1814-15 ; was on garrison duty at Fort McHenry, Md., 1815-18, being promoted 1st lieutenant, April 20. 1818 ; served as battalion adjutant of artillery, 1818-21, and as adjutant of artillery, 1818-21 ; and as adjutant of the 3d artillery at headquarters, 1821-27. He was pro- moted captain, Feb. 17, 1827 ; was on garrison duty in Maryland and Connecticut, 1827-33, and at Fort Monroe, Va., 1833-35. He was married to Julia Armstead, of Baltimore, Md. He served as acting adjutant-general of the Florida army, February to May, 1836, being engaged in the combat against the Seminole Indians and Olok- likaha, March 31, 1836, and resigned from service in the following August. He then retired to a farm at Cumberland, Md., where he was presi- dent of the Mineral bank, 1838-41, and mayor of Cumberland, 1861-62. As brigadier-general of the U.S. volunteers, he guarded the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 1861-63, resigning, April 17,

1862, and again retiring to his farm at Cumber- land, Md., where he died, Feb. 18, 1873.

THRUSTON, Gates Phillips, soldier, was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 11, 1835 ; son of Robert Alexander and Marianna (Phillips) Thruston ; grandson of Buckner (q.v.) and Jeannette (Jan- uary) Thruston and of Capt. Horatio Gates and Elizabeth (Houston) Phillips. He was graduated with highest honors from Miami university, A.B., 1855. A.M., 1858, and from the Cincinnati Law school, LL.B., 1859; was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Dayton. He served as captain of the 1st Ohio volunteer infantry, U.S.A., 1861-63, and his brother, Dickinson Phillips (1838-1872), A.B., Miami. 1858, was ad- jutant and captain of the 93d Ohio volunteers, 1862-63, and aide-de-camp to Gen. R.C., Schenck,

1863. Captain Gates P. Thruston was promoted major and assistant adjutant-general, Feb. 4, 1863 ; lieutenant-colonel. May, 1863 ; served as assistant adjutant-general and chief of staff, 20th army corps, at Chickamauga, Sept. 19-20, 1863, and for his gallantry in the latter battle, as well as at Shiloh and Stone River, was brevetted brigadier-general, March, 1865. He was subse- quently judge-advocate of the Army of the Cum- berland, and at the close of the war resumed his practice in Nashville, Tenn. He was first mar- ried, Dec. 21, 1865, to Ida, daughter of James M. and Louise (Berry) Hamiltonof Nashville, Tenn.; and secondly, Sept. 4, 1894, to Fanny, daughter of R. Dorman and Fanny (Bang) Dorman of Nashville, Tenn, He received the honorary de- gree of L.H.D. from Miami university in 1900.