Thomas Fearn
American confederate politician
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| Intro | American confederate politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 15 November 1789, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 16 January 1863Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, U.S.A. (aged 73 years) |
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Thomas Fearn (November 15, 1789 - January 16, 1863) was an American politician.
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Fearn was born on November 15, 1789, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and later moved to Alabama. He served in the War of 1812 and as a member of the Alabama state legislature. Before the American Civil War, he was a practicing physician in Hunstville, Alabama, and served as a physician under Andrew Jackson. He was the father-in-law of William Taylor Sullivan Barry. He represented Alabama in the first session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in 1861.