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The Thayer family is an American Boston Brahmin family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer and Richard Thayer.
Sylvanus Thayer, the Father of West Point
Ernest Thayer, American poet
Sylvanus Thayer
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Sylvanus Thayer was an American military officer, engineer and educator who served as the fifth superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1817 to 1833. He is remembered a
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…Simeon Thayer (1737–1800), American Revolutionary War officer Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), United States Army general, Father of West Point Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), financier, philanthropist, and one of the most generous…
Thayer's birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts
Statue and Memorial to Sylvanus Thayer at West Point