Mr. Thourot was educated in the public schools of West Hoboken. At the age of thirteen he began life as an apprentice to the plumbing and gasfitting trade. which he mastered in some of the best establishments in West Hoboken and New York. In 1981 he engaged in business for himself in West Hoboken, but the next year moved to the Town of Union, where he continued until 1891, when he sold out. During this period he not only achieved success, but also gained a high reputation as a first-class plumber and gas and steam fitter, and came to be regarded as a man of ability and integrity. In 1891 he assisted in the organization of the Union Granite Company, located at the "Old Ferry" in West New York, and for about four years was its President. Under his able management that company laid the foundation of its present prosperity and usefulness.

In 1895 Mr. Thourot removed to West New York and opened his present plumbing establishment, and upon the creation of the post office of Taurus, on July 1, 1896, was made the Postmaster, which office he still holds. He was also Recorder of the Township of Union for five years and a Justice of the Peace for a similar period. He is a prominent member of Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 123, F. and A. M., of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a Democrat, earnest in his convictions, and active in the councils of his party. Public spirited and patriotic, he is esteemed for those abilities and virtues which mark the successful man.