Greenhalge, Frederick

THOMAS, was born in Clitheroe, Eng., July 19, 1842; removed with his parents to Lowell, Ma ., in 1850; worked in the mills there; entered Harvard College in 1859, but was not able to complete his course from lack of money. He sought to enlist at the beginning of the Civil War, but was refused admittance by the surgeons; served in the commi ary department at New Berne, N. C., Nov. 1, 1863, till April, 1864; after the war resumed his studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He was elected to the Common Council of Lowell (1868); to the school committee (1871); in 1880 and 1881 was elected mayor of the city; in 1884 was delegate to the Republican National Convention; in 1888 member of Congre , and in 1893, 1894, and 1895 governor of Ma achusetts. He had excellent powers of oratory, and represented Ma achusetts in the dedication of the Chick am aug a National Park, in Sept., 1895, and at the Atlanta Exposition on Ma achusetts Day, in November following. Died in Lowell, March 5, 1896.