Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Thomas Sturgis
Rancher/Fire Commissioner, New York City
Centurion, 1886–1914
Proposed by
George William Curtis and James J. Higginson
George William Curtis and James J. Higginson
born
April 6, 1846
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
February 25, 1914
Eastbourne, England
Eastbourne, England
elected
May 1, 1886
Age forty
Age forty
buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, New York
Bronx, New York
Archivist’s Notes
Brother of Frank K. Sturgis
Century Memorial
Thomas Sturgis, a vigorous citizen of our town, who was an officer in the Civil War, one of the first builders of model tenements, and Fire Commissioner under Mayor Low.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1915 Century Association Yearbook