Daniel Thomason

Personal Details

Species: Human
Born: 1836 C.E.
Place of birth: Birch Harbor, Michigan, United States
Death: 1924 C.E.
Place of Death: Birch Harbor, Michigan, United States
Burial: Birch Harbor, Michigan, United States

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Education

Self educated

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Career

1855-1861
Surveyor
  1861-1865
Union Army, Artillery
  1865-1880
Surveyor
  1880-1908
Venture Capitalist
  1910-1920
Mayor of Birch Harbor
  1911-1920
Chairman, Birch Harbor Historical Society   1908-1923
Trustee, Thomason Trust

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Family

Parents
Johnathan Thomason
Katherine Thomason
  Siblings
Aaron Thomason
  Spouse
Victoria Neuman (1860-1903)
Min Zhou (1907-1924)
  Children
Benjamin Franklin Thomason

Trivia

  Met Nikola Tesla at the 1889 Paris Exposition, where he described Tesla as "the greatest man to walk the Earth since Jesus."
  His family despised his first wife Victoria because she was educated and not afraid to speak her mind.
  He was the first multi-lingual Thomason, being fluent in English, French, and Mandarin, and able to converse in German, Spanish, and Arabic.
  An early adopter of technology, he purchased the first car in Birch Harbor, a 1902 Cadillac Runabout, as well as the first airplane, a Nieuport II in 1911.