Thomas Beloat

Thomas Beloat (February 6, 1855 – February 23, 1946) was an American sheriff of Gibson County, Indiana at the turn of the 20th century noted for stopping a lynching in the county seat of Princeton.

[2] Beloat was one of two law enforcement officials whose bravery in preventing lynchings in early 20th-century America was noted by Mark Twain in his 1901 essay The United States of Lyncherdom.

[3] Beloat was born on February 6, 1855 near Fort Branch, Indiana.

[4] He was a charter member of the Gibson County Sons of Veterans organization.

[5] In 1919, he was named as deputy fish and game warden for the first congressional district of Indiana, serving in this capacity for fifteen years.