Photo #59422
                        Last Name: Munson
                        First Name: Thomas
                        Middle Name: Volney
                        Subject's City: Denison
                        Subject's State: Tx
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                        Subject's Country: United States
                        Date: 1851-1900
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                        Comments: Thomas Volney Munson (Nee: ) | Denison Tx United States | 1851-1900 | Comments: This portrait of Mr. Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913) appears on page 635 of Rural New Yorker, vol.XLIV, no.1860, 19 September 1885.  There is a biographical sketch of him on that page.  See that reference for more information.  He was born 26 Sept 1843.  His father was William Munson, an early settler in Fulton County, Illinois.  His mother was Maria Linley Munson, a native of Kentucky.  
He became one of the most important people in early American grape breeding.  There are many websites with additional biographical information (an example would be: http://www.tvmunson.org/).
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Thomas Munson