BIOGRAPHY

REV. THOMAS B. MILDE - OF PAVILION, NY

Rev. Thomas B. Milde was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 8, 1857, a son of Edward and Ann (O'Reilly) Milde, natives of Jena, Germany, and County Cavan, Ireland, respectively. Edward came to the United States when a young man, about 1850 or 1855 and reared four sons and two daughters. Rev. Thomas B. was educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, Brooklyn, remaining there nine years from 1872, and was four years at the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, Niagara Falls. He was ordained May 1, 1885, and sent to Hornellsville. In June, 1887, he came to Pavilion and took charge of the Catholic Church here, which, though small in numbers, is gradually increasing in membership.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890