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THOMAS, Major John W.

Male 1830 - 1906  (75 years)


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  • Name THOMAS, John W.  [1
    Title Major 
    Born 24 Aug 1830  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    _AMTID 210176773620:1030:119496207 
    _UID 283904E76C424FF3B662E4D001B405C78908 
    Died 12 Feb 1906  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Person ID I3216  Treehouse Compendium
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2010 

    Family 1 THOMAS, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1840, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 1852  [4, 7
    Children 
     1. THOMAS, John W. Jr.,   b. 24 Aug 1856, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1913, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. THOMAS, Ellen,   b. Abt 1862, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 DEBOW, Evelina 
    Married 14 May 1891  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018.

    2. [S208] 1870 US Census.
      Davidson County, Tennessee -- Ward 10, pg. 60, Family #419 - http://is.gd/eMFnE

    3. [S445] Obituary: John W. Thomas. Railway Age Gazette 41.7 (1906): 265. Google Books. http://is.gd/eMDcO.

    4. [S446] Allison, John. Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with Portraits. Atlanta: Southern historical Association, 1905. Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=Fag-AAAAYAAJ.

    5. [S442] Blackstock, Towner. Delta Chapter at Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1851-1861 and 1870-1873. Archives: Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Aug. 2006. http://fiji.hea.biz/history/Articles/Union2.htm.
      appears to mix the death date of John W. Thomas Jr. & Sr.? Obit of Jr. from the Confederate Veteran has Sr.'s death year as 1906.

    6. [S444] Obituary: John W. Thomas Jr. Confederate Veteran 22.3 (1914): 133. Google Books. http://is.gd/eMBZZ.

    7. [S442] Blackstock, Towner. Delta Chapter at Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1851-1861 and 1870-1873. Archives: Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Aug. 2006. http://fiji.hea.biz/history/Articles/Union2.htm.

    8. [S308] Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905.