Talk:Thomas O. Larkin

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There are a number of discrepencies from what I have read elsewhere about T. O. Larkin. For example, there is no mention of his having been a judge in North Carolina, the half brother he followed to California was Benjamin Richardson, no mention of a daughter named Anne (I had read he had five daughters and two sons), and I understood his death to be in 1859. This all from the history PhD thesis published in hardcover under the title "The First and Last Consul", which is not even mentioned in the bibliography.

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Other biographical writings atest that he served in several public offices in North Carolina, however as there is no evidence that he had any legal training, I would like to see the evidence before I accept the assertion that he served as a judge. No source, other than perhaps this PhD thesis mentions B. Richardson as the half-brother he followed to California. The "daughter named Anne" is certainly Caroline Ann (don't ignore the common practice of going by one's middle name). The death date is confirmed by the obituary, published in 1858. I will, over time, make an effort to match the sources to the facts throughout the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauldebits (talk • contribs) 15:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC) You're almost certainly right about the daughter's name, but as for the judgeship, this was in an era when legal training was not required for much of anything, and when it happened, just meant apprenticeship working for a lawyer (see for example Abraham Lincoln as an approximately contemporaneous example). As for the half brother, his daughter gave her son the middle name of Richardson with the first name Thomas, which at least suggests some degree of closeness. sharonro246 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.237.232.154 (talk) 22:14, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Justice of the Peace, Duplin County, NC, 1826 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.168.74.214 (talk) 23:18, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]