Wyatt C. Thomas
Arkansas newspaperman and judge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wyatt C. Thomas (died February 19, 1874) was a newspaperman,[1] state legislator, and judge in Arkansas.
He was assistant Adjutant General with the rank of captain during the American Civil War.[2][3] He returned to Washington, Arkansas after the war and started practicing law.[4]
He founded the Pine Bluff Press in 1869 and he was the editor-in-chief until he died when Maj. Charles Gordon Newman took over until 1881.[5][6] He was a member of the Arkansas Press Association.[7] He was the paper's editor and publisher.[8] He wrote a letter about the Battle of First Manassas.[9]
Governor Isaac Murphy appointed Thomas as special probate judge for Hempstead County, Arkansas February 9, 1866.[10]
In 1870 he served as Secretary of the Arkansas Senate.[11]
Thomas died February 19, 1874 in Pine Bluff after being ill for some time.[4]