Thomas Beloat
Thomas Beloat was a sheriff of Gibson County, Indiana at the turn of the 20th century noted for stopping a lynching in the county seat of Princeton.[1] He was the subject of a June 10, 1901 article in the New York Tribune.[2] His bravery is also mentioned by Mark Twain in his 1901 essay The United States of Lyncherdom.[3]
A Republican, he served as sheriff from January 1, 1901, through December 31, 1904.[4] He was a charter member of the Gibson County Sons of Veterans organization.[5]
References
- ^ The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: Volume LXII. New York: Macmillan & Co. Ldt. 1901. p. 631.
- ^ Mark Twain: Collected tales, sketches, speeches & essays. Vol. 2. The Library of America. 1993. p. 1033.
- ^ Twain, Mark; Justin Kaplan (2004). Great Short Works of Mark Twain. Harper Collins. pp. 193f. ISBN 0060727861.
- ^ "Sheriffs of Gibson County, Indiana". Gibson County Sheriff's Department. 2008.
- ^ Stormont, Gil R. (1914). History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowden, & Co. p. 261.