biography of Edward Kirkbride THOMAS (1817-1906)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Death place: Detroit, MI

Addresses: Detroit, MI

Profession: Painter, decorator

Work: Minneapolis Inst. Art (view of Fort Snelling, MN)

Comments: Of colonial ancestry, he fought in the Seminole War and the Civil War. He made several views of Fort Snelling, MN and other drawings and sketches for the Army Ordinance Department in South Carolina.

Sources: Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 227.