Thomas H. Rochester

Thomas Hart Rochester (September 23, 1797 – October 6, 1874) was the 6th son of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the 6th mayor of Rochester, New York.[1]

Thomas Hart Rochester
6th Mayor of Rochester, New York
In office
December 1838 – December 1839
Preceded byElisha Johnson
Succeeded bySamuel George Andrews
Personal details
BornSeptember 23, 1797
Hagerstown, Maryland
DiedOctober 6, 1874
Rochester, New York
Political partyWhig
SpousePhebe E. Cuming
ProfessionMiller, Banker

Rochester was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and moved with his family to Dansville, New York in 1810. Rochester was the first of his family to move to the land his father Nathaniel, Charles Carroll, and William Fitzhugh purchased next to the High Falls of the Genesee River. When his family followed him to the city two years later, he decided to move briefly to Missouri before returning and marrying Phebe E. Cuming, the daughter of the village of Rochester's first clergyman.

Rochester was selected by the Common Council as a Whig to be Mayor during the depression year of 1838. After his term, he became a banker and real estate developer before his death in 1874. He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

His Spring Street house served as the home of the Rochester Police Locust Club from 1921 to 1964. It was demolished in 1964.[2]

References
  1. "Rochester Mayors Before the Civil War - Rochester History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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