Thomas H. Rochester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas H. Rochester

American mayor

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1797

Place of Birth: Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1874

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.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 Nathaniel, Charles Carroll, and William Fitzhugh purchased next to the High Falls of the Genesee River.
He ran the 400m in college.
He had a respectable PR of 52.23.
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 Common 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 served as the home of the Rochester Police Locust Club from 1921 to 1964.
It was demolished in 1964.