Thomas B. Middleton (born Thomas B. Garlick) (1836-1900) was born in Woolley Bridge, Derbyshire, England, and died in Salem, New Hampshire. In 1848, when he was 11 years old, his family immigrated to the United States. After the death of his parents, he was raised by his aunt and uncle, first in Providence, Rhode Island, and then in Salem, and he adopted their surname of Middleton in 1859. He married Clarissa A. "Clara" Middleton (b. Hovey) in about 1862 and served in the Civil War as a Private in Company L, First Regiment New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, from 1864 to 1865. He was a farmer and a governing member of the Granite State Colony, No. 11, United Order of Pilgrim Fathers. He wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in June 1886 to obtain a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and subscribe to The Christian Science Journal, and another time he inquired about the terms for taking the Primary course in Christian Science with Eddy, although there is no record of his having done so. Based on the records available, we have found no further information concerning his involvement with Christian Science.

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