THATCHER, Frederic G., Fairhaven, Mississippi, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 429.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Thatcher, Frederic Gray, prominent attorney, Shreveport, La., was born at
Fairhaven, Mass., Jan. 26, 1856; son of George E. and Aurilla S. (Gray)
Thatcher, both parents being natives of the State of Vermont.  George E.
Thatcher, the father, was prominent as a teacher in Louisiana for many years. 
He came to the state in 1857, first locating at Mansfield, DeSoto parish,
where he taught in the Mansfield female college about 8 years.  In the year
1870 he removed to Shreveport, and there founded Thatcher institute, where he
taught the remainder of his active lifetime.  Many of the business men of
Shreveport attended his school.  He attained the age of 76 years, and was
widely and favorably known as an educator for many years prior to his death. 
His family is of English ancestry.  The mother died in 1858, when F. G.
Thatcher, the son, was only about 2 years old, and he was thereafter reared in
the home of his grandfather, who resided in Vermont.  In the course of his
education, he attended Leland & Gray academy, from which he graduated in 1873. 
In 1875 he came to Shreveport, La., and there began the study of law in the
office of Egan & Wise.  In 1878 he was admitted to the bar, and in the same
year began practice as an attorney in the city of Shreveport.  Mr. Thatcher
occupied the office of city attorney of Shreveport for a number of years, and
later acted as counsel to the police jury of Caddo parish for a considerable
period.  He has always taken a decided interest in political questions and in
public affairs, particularly in those matters involving the improvement
conditions affecting the daily lives of the people among whom he lives.  He
bears the reputation of a progressive citizen keenly alive to the public
welfare and deeply appreciative of the obligations of citizenship, while
conserving to the strictest degree the interest of his clients, of whom there
are many.  In 1904 Mr. Thatcher was married to Miss Fannie O. Shivers, a
daughter of Judge J. B. Shivers of Marion, Ala.  One son,  Gray Thatcher, was
the result of this marriage.