Boswell, H. James.  American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and 
Hanford Co., 1922.  p. 138.


THOMAS, JOSIAH: IN EVERY line of business, there are men who are able to see 
further than others.  By some, this is called intuition, by others, good 
judgment, but call it what we may, the fact remains that the far-seeing men 
are those who become by natural right, leaders in their community.  This 
applies to law as well as to anything else.  It applies to such successful 
lawyers as Josiah Thomas, of Seattle.  Mr. Thomas is a native of Wales, where 
he was born in 1872.  He came to the United States in 1893, and was educated 
in public schools.  His legal training was had in the university of Michigan, 
and it was in 1902, in Utah, that he was admitted to the bar.  In 1905 Mr. 
Thomas located in Seattle, and in 1901 Mr. Thomas married Miss Anna Reed, of 
Salt Lake City, and the couple have three children, two girls and a boy.  He 
is a member of the Michigan Alumni Association and the county , and state bar 
associations.  Mr. Thomas is one of the  best known attorneys in Washington, 
and has a large and representative clientele.  He has appeared  as counsel in 
some of the most important litigation tried in King county, and has met with a  
measure of success that comes to but few men.  Mr. Thomas is one of the most 
public spirited men  in Seattle and can always be counted upon to further any 
plan or measure for the general good.   The high standard which he set for 
himself in early life has won for him the respect and esteem of  bench and 
bar, alike.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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