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Thomas Beloat was a sheriff of Gibson County, Indiana at the turn of the 20th century noted for stopping a lynching in the county seat of Princeton.[1] He was the subject of a June 10, 1901 article in the New York Tribune.[2] His bravery is also mentioned by Mark Twain in his 1901 essay The United States of Lyncherdom.[3]

A Republican, he served as sheriff from January 1, 1901 through December 31, 1904.[4] He was a charter member of the Gibson County Sons of Veterans organization.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: Volume LXII|pages=631|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan & Co. Ldt.|year=1901}}
2. ^{{cite book|page=1033|title=Mark Twain: Collected tales, sketches, speeches & essays|volume=2|year=1993|publisher=The Library of America}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Great Short Works of Mark Twain|first=Mark|last=Twain|author2=Justin Kaplan |pages=193f|year=2004|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=0060727861}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gibsoncountysheriff.com/sheriff/sheriffs.htm|title=Sheriffs of Gibson County, Indiana|publisher=Gibson County Sheriff's Department|year=2008}}
5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1E0AQAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas%20Beloat%20indiana&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=261|title=History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families|first=Gil R.|last=Stormont|year=1914|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|publisher=B. F. Bowden, & Co.}}
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