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Source:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
Chester E. Bryan, Supervising Editor
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published by B. F. Bowden & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915

 

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  MILTON E. THOMAS, son of Milton and Margaret Thomas, was born in Union township, Madison county, Ohio, July 29, 1873.  When he was eight years old the family purchased a farm known as the Horace Sanford farm, in Monroe township, and moved there.  Milton grew to manhood, attending school during the winter and helping with the farm work in the summer, until at the age of twenty-five years he started to farm for himself, on rented land, first in Monroe, then in Pleasant, last in Pike township, where he lived for eight years on the C. W. Phellit farm of seven hundred acres.  Leaving this farm he moved to the house purchased of Frank Kaufman (in March, 1910), consisting of seventy acres, with an eight-room house, having all the modern conveniences, as furnace, bath, acetylene lights etc.; barns for horses and other live stock; a plant for the manufacture of drain tile; a saw-mill and houses for the principal men.  In addition to his own farm, Mr. Thomas rents an adjoining tract of one hundred and ninety-six acres.
     Mr. Thomas is especially interested in the breeding and raising of good stock, having full-blooded Percheron horses, Shorthorn' cattle and Poland-China hogs.  He has held several large public sales, which were well patronized, because of the quality of the stock offered and the fact that he stood back of them.
     On Mar. 6, 1900, M. Eugene Thomas was united in marriage with Neil A. Williams. daughter of Joseph and Adelia (Bradley) Williams.  She was born on Oct. 22, 1875, in Madison county, where she has always lived with the exception of two years spent with an aunt in San Diego county, California.  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas grew up on adjoining farms and went to the same school. They have two children: Lohren Williams, born on Feb. 11. 1901, and Margaret Adelia, Sept. 25, 1908.
     The family are all members of the Plumwood Methodist Episcopal church and are connected with the Rosedale Union church, where Mr. Thomas has served several years as Sabbath school superintendent.  They take an active part in the temperance cause through the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Dry Federation. and have a deep and sincere interest in the advancement of the welfare of the community.
     Politically, Mr. Thomas is a stanch Republican, taking an active interest in local politics, serving in various offices; at present he is on the central committee of Madison county.
     The prosperous and well-cared for farm owned by Mr. Thomas is located on rural route 3, seven miles southeast of Mechanicsburg, where he has won and retains the respect of the entire community.
     John Milton Thomas, father of the subject of this sketch, was born near South Solon, Ohio, and was a son of Benjamin Thomas, a direct descendant of Joseph Thomas, the “White Pilgrim.”  John M. Thomas was united in marriage with Margaret Anna Carr, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are living in 1915: Luella, unmarried, and living in Mechanicsburg, Ohio; M. Eugene; Mamie, wife of Charles A. Arganbright, of Lima, Ohio, and Howard C., of Chicago.  Those dead are Samuel, Linnie Wilson and Florence Reed.
Source: History of Madison County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published by B. F. Bowden & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - 1915 - Page 601
  RALPH W. THOMAS, the superintendent of the Madison county infirmary since 1908, and one of the best-known citizens of the county, was born in Stokes township, Madison county, Sept. 4, 1878.
     Mr. Thomas is the son of Moses and Catherine (Blessing) Thomas, the former of whom was born in Madison county and who was the son of William and Lavina (Beacham) ThomasWilliam Thomas was born in Virginia, Dec. 18, 1813, the son of Moses and Catherine (Williams) Thomas.  Lavina Beacham was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1815.  Mr. Thomas' grandparents came to Madison county in an early day.  Catherine Blessing was a native of Madison county and was married to Moses Thomas, the father of Ralph W., in this county.
     To Moses and Catherine (Blessing) Thomas were born nine children as follow:  Dora, who is the wife of George C. Adams, of Lafayette, Ohio; Amanda, who is the wife of Robert Chapman, of St. Joseph, Missouri; Lavina, who married David M. Henry, of Jeffersonville, Ohio; Austin, who is a resident of Portland, Oregon; Gwinn, who lives in Plain City, Ohio; Carrie, who married John Horney; of Plain City; Ried, who lives in Fremont, Nevada; Ralph, who is the subject of this sketch; and Amy, who is the wife of Bemis Mendenhall, of Springfield, Ohio.
     The late Moses Thomas was a farmer by occupation and owned ninety acres of land in this county.  He died on July 3, 1905, and his wife died two years previously, on Aug. 5, 1903.
     Ralph W. Thomas received a good common-school education at South Solon and was graduated from the high school at that place.
     On Dec. 23 1908, Ralph W. Thomas was married to Anna Ada Burnham, the daughter of L. A. and Anna (Longbrake) Burnham, who live in Plain City.  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two children, Lucille, born on June 23, 1909, and Ralph H., Apr. 30, 1911.
     Mr. Thomas followed farming until 1908, when he was appointed superintendent of the Madison county infirmary, a position which he has now held for seven years.  The infirmary includes a farm of one hundred and six acres, of which Mr. Thomas is ex-officio manager.
     Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Presbyterian church at London.  Mr. Thomas is a member of the Masonic lodge at London and the Knights of Pythias lodge, No. 539.  He is also a member of the Oak Run Grange.  Mr. Thomas is a Republican.
Source: History of Madison County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published by B. F. Bowden & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - 1915 - Page 747

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