Badger, Thomas (1792-1868)

Name:

Badger, Thomas (1792-1868)

Born:

12/25/1792

Birthplace:

South Reading, MA

Died:

02/03/1868

Death Location:

Charlestown, MA

Residence:

South Reading, MA 1792
Boston, MA 1814, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1825, 1826, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1849, 1850, 1855
Charlestown, MA
Amherst, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Ornamental Painter, 1814-
Portrait Painter, 1825-
Artist

Father:

Badger, Benjamin (1752-1832)

Mother:

Emerson, Naomi (1755-1831)

Relations:

Grandson of Joseph Badger (1708-1765), Boston portrait painter.

Spouse:

Melendy, Rebecca (1795-1852), 12/15/1818

Children:

Thomas H., b. 02/14/1820; d. 12/28/1897; m. 1845, Mary E. Farwell; portrait painter
William Melendy, b. 06/15/1822; d/ 12/28/1912; musician
George Washington, b. 05/1837; died 11/22/1853

Notes:

John Cogswell Badger, Giles Badger and His Descendants. First Four Generations and A Portion of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Generations, 1909, 19, 43.

John Cogswell Badger, Badger Supplement, 1922, 29, 63.
Georgia Cook George, The Melendy Family in America 1701-1981, 1982, 14, 16.

Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, Volume I., 169.

Daniel F. Secomb, History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire� From the Grant of the Township� In June, 1728 , to March 11, 1882. With Genealogies of Amherst Families� (Concord, NH: Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, 1883), 693.

"Sign & Ornamental Painting" Advertisement, Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, MA, March 3, 1814, 3.

The Boston Directory; Containing the Names of the Inhabitants... (Boston, MA: E. Cotton, 1816), 56.

Obituary, Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, MA, February 6, 1868.