Monday, August 30, 2021

August 30

MEMORIAL TO...

George Theodore Thomas 1856-1920


George Theodore Thomas was the son of Uriah Baker Thomas and Ellen McComber.
The following are excerpts from the book:
 History of Van Buren County, Portrait and Biographical Record.


George Theodore Thomas is the 11th George Thomas in the family history, which starts with John Thomas, born 1640 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. His son George was the first of our Thomas line to be born in the USA, in 1681.

1) George Thomas 1681-1740, married Alice Gorton
2) George Thomas born 1708, married Elizabeth Mauney
3) George Thomas born 1734, married Hannah Arnold
4) George Thomas 1743-1803, married Bathsheba Hull
5) George Hull Thomas 1767-1843, married Abigail Vaughn
6) George Thomas (son of George Hull Thomas and Abigail Vaughn) 
7) George H Thomas 1794-1882, married Adeline Baker (bought the Thomas farm in Bangor MI 1853)
8) George Thomas born 1817 (son of Charles Thomas and Freelove Segar)
9) George Thomas 1822-1882, married Sarah unknown
10) George Thomas born 1856, son of Sylvanus Thomas and Sarah unknown
11) George Theodore Thomas 1856-1920, married Emmaline Jane Miller

George Theodore Thomas was a judge, with a career that was quite impressive, according to his obituary:
This obit was followed by a rather lengthy resolution made in his memory by the Huron County [Ohio] Bar Association:

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