THOMAS FLEMING BIRCH, one of the leading attorneys of Washington, whose practice is for the most part in the civil courts of the county, is a native of Claysville, Washington Co., Penn., born May 18, 1856. His father, John Birch, was one of the enterprising men of Claysville. Our subject received a thorough English education at the common schools of his native borough, which was supplemented with a course of study at Washington and Jefferson College. He began the study of law in the office of Alexander Wilson, and in 1880 was admitted to the bar of Washington county. For three years he was in the practice at Washington and in 1883, formed a partnership with Mr. Albert S. Sprowls, under the firm name of Birch and Sprowls, which continued until 1888, when it was dissolved, since when Mr. Birch has again been practicing alone. Mr. Birch is unmarried. In politics he is a staunch Democrat; socially he is a Knight Templar.

Text taken from page 313 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed April 1997 by Thomas Shultz of Nashville, TN as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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