Biography of Albert A. Thoman; Cincinnati, OH., then Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 247, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. 
Date: May 2000




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Albert A. Thoman, postmaster of Monroe, has had many years of active
connection with and experience in the lumber industry of the South, at
first in Mississippi and later in Louisiana.  He has been one of the 
popular and energetic citizens of Monroe for fifteen years.

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was reared and educated in that city.
Leaving there in 1902, he came South and had varying interests in the
lumber industry in the manufacturing side in the timber district of
Mississippi and later in Louisiana.

Becoming a resident of Monroe in 1909, he transferred his business
interests to Northern Louisiana and gave his time to the lumber business
until 1922.  In that year he was appointed by the Federal Government to a
position in the Internal Revenue Department as collector of internal revenue
at Monroe.  He was in the Federal service until the summer of 1924. when
President Coolidge appointed him postmaster.  He took charge of that office
August 9, 1024.  As he had made a splendid reputation in the city for his
upright character and thorough business qualifications, his appointment
was a popular one with the citizens.  Mr. Thornan is a member of the Masonic
fraternity.  In 1911 he married Miss Betty B. Buckley, daughter of
W. F. Buckley, of an old and prominent Mississippi family.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 247, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. 

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