Biographical Sketch of Thomas E. Torbot, Johnson County, Missouri
Centerview Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

THOMAS E. TORBOT,

was born in Virginia, February 15, 1830.  He came to Missouri with his
parents in 1848.  He first engaged in the mercantile business, as clerk
at Boonville, Alasco, and other points, and afterwards at Waverly, Mo.
He came to Johnson county, in 1859, and commenced dealing in stock, and
followed this until 1872.  Mr. T. is a brother of Dr. John S. Torbot,
the celebrated physician, who now lives in Cass county, Mo.  In 1862,
Mr. T. was appointed justice of the peace, and served two years, after
which he resigned, having moved out of the township.  Mr. Torbot's
father, Samuel Torbot, was a native of Virginia, and died in Missouri,
in 1850.  His mother was also a native of Virginia, and died in 1880.

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