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THOMASVILLE , a See also: city and the See also:county-seat of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas county, See also:Georgia, U.S.A., about 200 in. S.W. of See also:Savannah. Pop. (1900), 5322, of whom 3296 were negroes; (1910), 6727. Thomasville is served by the See also:Atlanta, See also:Birmingham & See also:Atlantic, the Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line and the See also:Florida Central See also:railways. The city is attractively situated (about 250 ft. above the See also:sea) on a high See also:plateau, is surrounded by See also:pine forests, and is a well-known See also:winter resort. There are See also:fine drives in the vicinity. Thomasville has a city See also:hospital, a public library (1876) and a See also:good public school See also:system, and is the seat of See also:Young's See also:College (for girls), which was founded by E. Remer Young, a wealthy planter of Thomas county, was incorporated in 1869 and was opened in 1871, and of the Vashti See also:industrial school (1903) for girls, maintained by the See also:Women's See also:home See also:mission society of the Methodist Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:South. The city has a large See also:trade in See also:lumber, especially yellow pine; other products of the region are See also:cotton, See also:sugar-See also:cane See also:tobacco, melons, fruits and vegetables. The See also:municipality own; and operates the See also:water-See also:works and electric-See also:lighting plant; thi water See also:supply is obtained in See also:part from artesian See also:wells 1900 ft
deep. Thomasville was settled about 1825, was incorporated as a See also:town in 1831, and was chartered as a city in 1889.
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