Thaddeus A. Minshall

Thaddeus Armstrong Minshall (January 19, 1834 – November 22, 1908) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1886–1902.

Youth Thaddeus A. Minshall was born near Hallsville, Ross County, Ohio. His mother died in 1841, and he worked in a woolen mill for six years starting in 1844. He also attended Mount Pleasant Academy at Kingston. He started teaching school at age twenty, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861.

Civil War

During the American Civil War, Minshall enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Company C of the 22nd Ohio Infantry April 20, 1861, and was mustered out after four months as a Sergeant Major. He re-enlisted October 1861 as a captain in Company H of the 33rd Ohio Infantry, served three years, and mustered out October, 1864.

Thaddeus A Minshall died November 22, 1908, at Chillicothe. He had married Julia Ewing Pearson on April 9, 1873. He and his family are buried at Grandview Cemetery.