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 1824 - 1903 (79 years)
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| Name |
Alfred G. Thomas |
| Born |
16 May 1824 |
Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A.  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
12 Jun 1903 |
Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA |
- Obituary: "Alfred G. Thomas, age 80, 3 Jun 1903 EGAZ, p.2."
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| Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| Notes |
- U.S. Census Harrison, Vigo County, 1850: "Alfred Thomas, age 30 Abt. 1830 Indiana, cooper real estate owned $600, wife Martha, age 25 b. 1825 Illinois; one son b. Indiana: Curtis 2."
U.S. Census Harrison, Vigo County, 1900: "Alfred Thomas, age 76 Abt. 1824 Kentucky parents b. Kentucky, widower," in the household of his son, Charles Sherman Thomas & Sarah E. Thomas.
H. C. Bradsby, "History of Vigo County, Indiana," (Chicago: S. B. Nelson, 1891), p. 956:
"ALFRED G. THOMAS, farmer and stock-grower, Sugar Creek township, P. O. Macksville, was born May 16, 1824, in Hardin county, Ky., and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Watts) Thomas, natives of Kentucky and of Welsh and Irish descent, former of whom was a tanner and farmer. They came to this county November 16, 1829. The family consisted of eight daughters and five sons, Alfred G. being the third son. He was reared in this county, where he obtained his schooling, and spent his childhood and youth on the farm. Our subject is a regular graduate of the old-fashioned log school-house, and the school which he attended for a time then stood where Centerville now is. There his father farmed and carried on a tanyard for years, but his parents subsequently moved to Harrison township, this county, where Alfred G. also attended school.
He learned the cooper's trade, which he followed for about thirty years in Harrison township. In 1875 he bought a farm; since when he has devoted most of his time to farming and stock growing. He is now the owner of a well-improved farm in Sugar Creek township, where he resides. . . .
He has been twice married, the first time to Miss Martha, daughter of Joseph Giesham, and of German descent. Of this union there were six children (five now living): Alva Curtis, Charles, H.F., Mary (wife of G.W. Shank), Ralph L., Nellie (wife of William Murphy).
Martha Thomas died in 1867, and Mr. Thomas married in 1868, the widow of D.S. Jenks. They have two children: William B. Jenks, and Olive (married M.A. Murphy). Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of Edward and Martha (Meadows) Braden, and of German descent. She is a member of the Methodist Church; Mr. Thomas of the Baptist and in politics, a Republican.
He is a grandson of General John Thomas, a general in the War of 1812, and who has nine sons, all of whom were soldiers in that war. . . ."
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| Person ID |
I21122 |
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| Last Modified |
20 Feb 2018 |
| Father |
Isaac Thomas, b. Abt. 1787, Frederick County, Virginia , d. Bet. 1850-1860, Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Watts, b. Abt. 1787, Kentucky , d. 13 Sep 1852, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, U.S.A. (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Married |
30 Mar 1809 |
Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
- Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850: "Isaac Thomas & Polly Watts, m. 30 Mar 1809 Hardin County."
Hardin County Clerk's Office Online Record Search:
"1809 March 29, Hardin County, KY, Book A, p.31: Bond by Isaac Thomas and George Howard; witness, Jack Thomas; and license issued for the marriage of Isaac Thomas and Miss Polly Watts. 1809 March 30, Book A, p.6: Isaac Thomas and Polly Watts, m. by B. Albert."
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| Family ID |
F8176 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Martha A. Grisham, b. 28 Aug 1827, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, U.S.A. , d. 27 Apr 1887, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age 59 years) |
| Married |
30 Mar 1847 |
Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Vigo County, IN Marriages, 1818-1958: "Alfred Thomas & Martha Grissom [sic], m. 31 Mar 1847."
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| Children |
| | 1. Albert Curtis Thomas, b. Abt. 1848, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. May 1872 (Age ~ 24 years) |
| + | 2. Charles Sherman Thomas, b. Nov 1850, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA , d. 10 Nov 1919, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 68 years) |
| | 3. Franklin H. Thomas, b. Abt. 1853, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| | 4. Ralph Thomas, b. Abt. 1857, Indiana, U.S.A. |
| | 5. Mary A. Thomas, b. Abt. 1859, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Last Modified |
10 Sep 2014 |
| Family ID |
F8185 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 16 May 1824 - Hardin County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
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 | Married - 30 Mar 1847 - Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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 | Died - 12 Jun 1903 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA |
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 | Buried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Vigo County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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