Memorials › Thomas Noble Sedgwick

Thomas Noble Sedgwick

15 Aug 1848 – 5 May 1905

Birth15 Aug 1848
Death5 May 1905
CemeteryMaplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Emporia , Lyon County , Kansas , USA
Added byBecky Doan on 04 Nov 2012
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59448907

Bio

Son of Thomas Sedgwick and Mary Jane Roney. Married to Flora F. Frederick in 1880. From Cutler's History of Kansas: T. N. SEDGWICK, attorney-at-law, settled in Emporia, in April, 1870, and commenced the study of law in the spring of 1873. Admitted to the bar in 1874, he commenced the active practice of his profession in the spring of 1876. Mr. Sedgwick has served two years as Justice of the Peace, and was County Attorney from January 1, 1877 to January 1, 1883. He is a native of Todds Point, Shelby County, Ill.; born August 15, 1849, living in Shelby, Moulton, and Macon Counties, until he came to Emporia. He is a member (S. D.) of A., F. & A. M., K. of P. and K. of H. Mr. S. was married in Emporia, April 29, 1880, to Flora Frederick, a native of Indiana. They have one child, Edith Pauline. ******************************************** The Emporia Gazette, 05 May 1905, Fri T. N. SEDGWICK DEAD Death Came To Former Emporia Man This Morning At His Home In Parsons. BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE WAS GENERAL ATTORNEY FOR KATY ROAD The Sedgwicks Are Well Known In Emporia And Have Many Friends And Relatives Here--Time For Funeral Not Set. T. N. Sedgwick, General Attorney for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad died this morning at 10:35 at his home in Parsons, of cancer of the stomach, of which he had been suffering since last November. Since that time he has been making a continuous fight for life, and a short time ago was taken to the Battle Creek, Mich., sanitarium, where an attempt was made to do something for him, but finding the effort useless, he was brought home to Parsons last Tuesday. He was accompanied to Battle Creek by his friend, Howard Dunlap, of Emporia. T. N. Sedgwick was a former Emporian whos upward struggle has been watched with interest by Lyon county people. His parents being unable to give him more than a common school education, he was forced to fight for every inch of ground he gained. He was born in Shelby county, Indiana, August 15, 1848, and came to Kansas in 1870, locating in Emporia. He had been here only a short time when he went into the law office of Edwin S. Waterbury, where he acted as office boy and read law whenever possible. In 1874 he passed a brilliant examination and was admitted to practice before the Lyon bar. Although he was pitted against a class of brilliant young lawyers at that time, he soon worked his way up and was elected as a justice of the peace in Emporia and in 1877 was elected county attorney, which office he held for two terms. During that time he added to his reputation by his work in the prosecution of the Madaris murder case, and in the suit he instituted against the Santa Fe. This case saved the county $200,000 and grew from the building of the Howard branch. The county voted the railroad company bonds for the building of a narrow gauge road, and after the election, decided to build a standard gauge track. Taking advantage of this, Sedgwick brought suit to save the county from redeeming these bonds and was successful. This was a decided boost for the young man and when H. C. Cross became connected with the Katy he made Sedgwick a solicitor for the road, and from this position he worked up to the place he held at his death. In 1888 he was married to Miss Flora Frederick, an Emporia girl, and a few years later they moved to Parsons. He leaves a wife and three children, Edith, Fred and Mary Alma, all of whom were at home when he died, the son arriving a few minutes before his death. In addition to this, he leaves an aged mother, Mrs. Polly Sedgwick who lives with his sister, Mrs. H. H. White, of 915 Rural street, and a brother, I. T. Sedgwick, who lives in St. Louis. He was a member of the A.F. & A.M., the K. of P., and the K. of H. lodges, and the funeral services will be under the direction of the Emporia lodge of Knights Templar, but the time will not be set until tomorrow.

Photos

Family

Parents

Spouse

Siblings

Children

Export GEDCOM

This person only · Entire connected family