T. Spicer Curlett | |
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![]() Portrait of Curlett,
c. 1887 | |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Lancaster and Richmond | |
In office December 9, 1885 – December 7, 1887 | |
Preceded by | L.R. Stewart |
Succeeded by | Eugene S. Phillips |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Lancaster County | |
In office December 6, 1871 – December 1, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Armistead S. Nickens |
Succeeded by | Charles Pitts |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Spicer Curlett 1847 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | May 7, 1914 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Susie Chilton (
m. 1868) |
Children | John |
Education | Loyola College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Unit | 1st Eastern Shore Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Thomas Spicer Curlett (1847 – May 7, 1914) was a Republican farmer, postmaster and state legislator in Lancaster County, Virginia, during Reconstruction. [1]
He was born in Baltimore. His father, John Curlett (died February 17, 1896), was a bank director and philanthropist. [2] He was a student at Loyola College in Baltimore in 1864. [3] On November 4, 1868, he married Susie Spicer (1849-1933) of Lancaster County, who would survive him, as would their son John (1870-1944), who would also serve in the Virginia House of Delegates beginning in 1906 and also act as an oyster inspector.
During the American Civil War, Spicer was a private in Company B of the Maryland Volunteers Eastern Shore Infantry. [4] A photograph of him in uniform sold at auction. [5]
On January 6, 1874, he became the postmaster for Litwalton in the Whitechapel district of Lancaster County. [6] Spicer represented Lancaster County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1879, until census reorganization combined it with nearby Richmond County. He represented both counties 1885 to 1887. [7] In 1888-1889 he was one of the principal farmers in the Litwalton division of the county. [8] The Chesapeake Watchman lampooned his candidacy and denounced his previous affiliation with Republicans. [9] Henry Straughan Hathaway who owned Enon Hall wrote to him denouncing his political affiliation with blacks. [10]
Curlett may have returned to Baltimore by 1894 and worked as a salesman, [11] though his wife and son remained in Lancaster County, Virginia. He died on May 7, 1914, in Baltimore. [12]
T. Spicer Curlett | |
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![]() Portrait of Curlett,
c. 1887 | |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Lancaster and Richmond | |
In office December 9, 1885 – December 7, 1887 | |
Preceded by | L.R. Stewart |
Succeeded by | Eugene S. Phillips |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Lancaster County | |
In office December 6, 1871 – December 1, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Armistead S. Nickens |
Succeeded by | Charles Pitts |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Spicer Curlett 1847 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | May 7, 1914 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Susie Chilton (
m. 1868) |
Children | John |
Education | Loyola College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Unit | 1st Eastern Shore Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Thomas Spicer Curlett (1847 – May 7, 1914) was a Republican farmer, postmaster and state legislator in Lancaster County, Virginia, during Reconstruction. [1]
He was born in Baltimore. His father, John Curlett (died February 17, 1896), was a bank director and philanthropist. [2] He was a student at Loyola College in Baltimore in 1864. [3] On November 4, 1868, he married Susie Spicer (1849-1933) of Lancaster County, who would survive him, as would their son John (1870-1944), who would also serve in the Virginia House of Delegates beginning in 1906 and also act as an oyster inspector.
During the American Civil War, Spicer was a private in Company B of the Maryland Volunteers Eastern Shore Infantry. [4] A photograph of him in uniform sold at auction. [5]
On January 6, 1874, he became the postmaster for Litwalton in the Whitechapel district of Lancaster County. [6] Spicer represented Lancaster County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875 to 1879, until census reorganization combined it with nearby Richmond County. He represented both counties 1885 to 1887. [7] In 1888-1889 he was one of the principal farmers in the Litwalton division of the county. [8] The Chesapeake Watchman lampooned his candidacy and denounced his previous affiliation with Republicans. [9] Henry Straughan Hathaway who owned Enon Hall wrote to him denouncing his political affiliation with blacks. [10]
Curlett may have returned to Baltimore by 1894 and worked as a salesman, [11] though his wife and son remained in Lancaster County, Virginia. He died on May 7, 1914, in Baltimore. [12]