Thomas Story Officer

Place: Carlisle

Born: 1810

Death: 1859

Biography:

Thomas Story Officer was born in Carlisle on August 15, 1810 to cabinetmaker John Officer and his second wife Margaret. He trained in Philadelphia with the well known portrait painter Thomas Sully and began his career there in the 1830s. Officer left Philadelphia in the 1840s and traveled widely, working as a miniature and portrait painter. He settled in California in the 1850s and continued to paint until his death in 1859.