History

Thomas B. Birch

surfman, Ocean City Life-Saving Station

Maryland-born Worcester County surfman at the Ocean City life-saving station on 1 July 1897, at $60 a month. A Charles W. Birch was serving at North Beach in the same year; Surfman William T. Birch of the Ocean City crew had drowned in January 1895. Whether the three are kin is not established.

In the record

No dated facts cite Thomas B. Birch yet — the record here is the biography above.