Wilder, Thomas (1791-1862)

Name:: Wilder, Thomas (1791-1862)
Born:: 05/13/1791
Birthplace:: Brattleboro, VT
Died:: 07/11/1862
Death Location:: Worcester, MA
Residence:: Brattleboro, VT
Massachusetts
New Ipswich, NH 1805-1825
Walpole, NH 1825-
Worcester, MA 1843-1862
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Artist
Ornamental Painter
Furniture painter
Portrait painter
Father:: Wilder, Peter (1761-1841)
Mother:: Rice, Tamar (1763-1843)
Relations:: Siblings:
Wilder, Elizabeth (1784-1861); m. Abijah Wetherbee, chairmaker; MA
Wilder, Joseph (1787-1825)
Wilder, Peter (1793-1814)
Wilder, Andrew (1795-1822)
Wilder, Laura (1797-1814)
Wilder, Josiah Prescott (1801-1873); chairmaker
Wilder, John B. (1804-1852); made chair parts and painted chairs
Wilder, Calvin (1806-1851); Wilder & Stewart, New York, NY
Grandparents: Andrew and Elizabeth Carter Wilder
Spouse:: Polly H. Chaffin (1797- , April 6, 1815, Walpole, NH
Notes:: Arthur Kern, "Thomas Wilder: Early New England Portrait Painter," Antiques and Fine Arts, Autumn/Winter 2008, 232-239.

Charles S. Parsons, "Wilder Chairs," The Decorator, 38(Fall 1983)1, 19-23.

Moses H. Wilder, Book of the Wilders. A Contribution to the History of the Wilders... (New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1878), 180-183.

Death Notice, Massachusetts Spy, Worcester, Massachusetts, July 16, 1862.