Thomas Chaires
Thomas Peter Chaires (March 12, 1847 – August 17, 1899) was a state legislator in Florida in both the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate.
Biography
[edit]Chaires was born March 12, 1847 in Leon County, Florida to Green D. Chaires and Anna Maria Parkhill.[1] He received most of his education in a seminary in Tallahassee and enlisted in Robert H. Gamble's Artillery before transferring to Scott's Cavalry.[1][2] A few years after the war in 1868 he moved to Cedar Key, Florida and started farming and raising cattle, then moved to Old Town in 1870 to avoid an epidemic.[3][1]
He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1885 representing Lafayette County,[4] and then the Florida Senate in 1887 and again in 1899.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Chaires died August 17, 1899[1] from issues with his liver. He was survived by his wife and three sons.[5] One of his sons, McQueen Chaires, also became a state legislator in Florida.[3][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Hon. Thomas Peter Chaires". The Weekly Tallahasseean. May 23, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Gamble's (Leon Light) Artillery". battleofolustee.org. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- 1 2 "3 Oldest Of Old Town's Chaires Clan Know History Of State's Cattle Industry". The Tampa Tribune. October 25, 1953. p. 57. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Florida Legislature". The Weekly Floridian. December 2, 1884. p. 2. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Obituary for T. P. Chaires". The Ocala Evening Star. August 21, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
- ↑ "The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822 - 2019" (PDF). Florida Memory. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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