In his boyhood Thomas pursued his elementary studies at the seminary of De Ruyter, and then attended the Military Academy at Chester, Pa., for three years, going from there to a boarding-school at Stockbridge, Mass., where he went through an excellent classical course. He read law with D. S. Richards, Esq., of Binghamton, N. Y., remaining in his office from October 14, 1877, until January 20, 1879, and next going into the office of the Hon. D. S. Curran of the same city, where he studied until his admission to the bar as an attorney, January 28, 1881. January 27, 1882, he received the title of Counsellor, and immediately opened an office at the corner of Court and State Streets in Binghamton, where he practised alone until the admission of his brother to the bar, when the present partnership of T. B. and L. M. Merchant was formed. Their business takes them before all the courts, and they have been eminently successful since starting in their profession. Mr. Thomas B. Merchant is unmarried, and resides in his father's home, No. 92 Main Street.
A brief sketch of Mr. Leslie M. Merchant, his brother and associate partner, will not be out of place here. Leslie was born at De Ruyter, October 10, 1860, and received his early education at the De Ruyter Seminary and at different private schools. He read law with his brother Thomas, and was admitted to the bar on examination at Syracuse, N. Y., May 3, 1889, and immediately formed the partnership now existing for the practice of law in Binghamton. On October 30, 1890, Mr. Leslie M. Merchant married Miss Hattie M., daughter of Harvey Wescott, a prominent and wealthy merchant of Binghamton.
The brothers had the misfortune in 1891 to lose their estimable mother, who was a truly good Christian woman, and deeply interested in all charities, the City Hospital, of which she was one of the original managers, finding in her a great benefactress. Since her death Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Merchant have resided with Mr. Joseph W. Merchant, the father, over whose household Mrs. Merchant gracefully and capably presides. The family are prominent attendants and supporters of the First Presbyterian Church of Binghamton.
Source: pages 784-785.
All biographies are from Biographical Review - The Leading Citizens of Broome County, New York
Boston - Biographical Review Publishing Company - 1894
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