Thomas Andrew Strange DeWolf (April 19, 1795 – September 21, 1878) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He represented King's County in the

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from 1837 to 1848. He was born in Horton (later

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), the son of Elisha DeWolf and Margaret Ratchford. In 1817 or 1818, he married his cousin Nancy Ratchford. He was named to the Executive Council in 1838 as Collector of Customs. DeWolf also served on the board of governors for

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. He died in Wolfville in 1878. His son

James Ratchford Dewolf James Ratchford DeWolf (September 14, 1787 – June 10, 1855) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Liverpool township from 1820 to 1830 and Queens County from 1830 to 1836 and from 1840 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia H ...

became a physician and the first superintendent of the province's Hospital for the Insane.

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