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Thomas Killam, merchant, shipowner, politician (b at Yarmouth, NS 8 Feb 1802; d at Digby, NS 15 Dec 1868). He became the central figure in a group of related families who dominated the commercial and social activities of Yarmouth from the 1840s into the 1860s.
Thomas Killam
Thomas Killam, merchant, shipowner, politician (b at Yarmouth, NS 8 Feb 1802; d at Digby, NS 15 Dec 1868). He became the central figure in a group of related families who dominated the commercial and social activities of Yarmouth from the 1840s into the 1860s. He was the senior partner of Thomas Killam and Co 1849-62, a marine-insurance company director 1837-57, and on the board of the Bank of Yarmouth 1865-66. He emerged from municipal politics to become an influential member of the Legislative Assembly 1847-67 and the first MP for Yarmouth County in 1867.
