Thomas H. Rochester

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Thomas Hart Rochester
6th Mayor of Rochester, New York
In office 1838–1839
Preceded by	Elisha Johnson
Succeeded by	Samuel George Andrews
Personal details
Born	September 23, 1797 Hagerstown, Maryland
Died	October 6, 1874 Rochester, New York
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Phebe E. Cuming
Profession	Miller, Banker

Thomas Hart Rochester (September 23, 1797 – October 6, 1874) was the 6th son of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the 6th mayor of Rochester, New York.^[1]

Rochester was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and moved with his family to Dansville, New York in 1810. Rochester was the first of his family to move to the land his father, Charles Carroll, and William Fitzhugh purchased next to the High Falls of the Genesee River. When his family followed him to the city two years later he decided to move briefly to Missouri before returning and marrying Phebe E. Cuming, the daughter of the Village of Rochester's first clergyman.

Rochester was selected by the council as a Whig to be Mayor during the depression year of 1838. After his term he became a banker and real estate developer before his death in 1874. He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

His Spring Street house is now the home of the Rochester Locust Club.^[2]

References

External links

Known descendants of Nathaniel Rochester at Ancestry.com
Mayors of Rochester at WorldStatesmen.org
Thomas H. Rochester at Find a Grave

Preceded by Elisha Johnson	Mayor of Rochester, NY 1838 - 1839	Succeeded by Samuel George Andrews

Persondata
Name	Rochester, Thomas H
Alternative names
Short description	American mayor
Date of birth	September 23, 1797
Place of birth	Hagerstown, Maryland
Date of death	October 6, 1874
Place of death	Rochester, New York

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