Show tom thumb presented to royal family in 1854 tom thumb charles sherwood stratton Stra Uon was born at bridgeport conn on january 4 1838 his parents parent s were of normal size and he ha showed no peculiarity until he r reached the age of seven months when he ceased to grow in 1842 his mother took him to P T bar num at that time he was 28 inches in height and weighed a little more than 15 pounds though he later in creased in size ile he was perfectly p proportioned portioned ru active and intelligent his exhibitions proved a great success and in 1854 he was taken to england by barnum and presented to the queen and royal family in 1863 tom thumb married lavinia warren a dwarf and together they traveled widely and gave exhibitions he died at middleborough Middle borough mass mas on july 15 1883 1683 |