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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio
Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company
1903
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WILLIAM M. TAIT
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HARRY L. TARBOX
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CHARLES R. TAYLOR
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EDMUND C. TAYLOR
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RUFUS E. TAYLOR
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ISAAC TEATSORTH
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ALBERT J. THOMAS.
In various lines of employment this subject of this
biography has been well known in Hancock county,
since his business career began twenty-five years
ago. He has been a school teacher, carpenter,
salesman of threshing-machines, agricultural
implement dealer, tile manufacturer and finally a
producer of oil, in which last capacity he has
operated largely and successfully for some years
past. During this period of multiplied
employments, Mr. Thomas has gained a well
recognized standing in the industrial world as one
of the county's enterprising citizens. He
inherits Welsh blood, strengthened by Irish
admixture, a combination that usually results in
vigorous and energetic progeny who are able to make
their way in the world wherever their lot is cast.
Originating in Wales, the family emigrated to the
north of Ireland and located in county Down.
There James Thomas was born in 1792, married Mary
A. Campbell in 1814,and with her emigrated two
years later to America. After spending a few
years at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he settled in Wayne
county, Ohio, in 1822, remained there until 1835,
and then located permanently in Biglick township,
Hancock county, where he died in 1879. His
eleven children all grew to maturity, and six of
these are still living as follows: Samuel
B.; Robert; Ann, wife of Henry Shroy; Joseph;
Nathaniel and Martha. Robert Thomas,
second of the surviving children, was born in Wayne
county, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1827, came with his parents to
Hancock county at the age of eight years, and since
reaching maturity has been engaged in farming.
In 1849 he married Dilly A., daughter of
Solomon Little, had seven children, and the five
of these who still survive are thus named:
Albert J. and Alvin S. (twins), Albert R.,
Elsworth C. and Edgar P. Nathan H.,
the oldest, died Apr. 9, 1899, and Libbie M.
died Sept. 1, 1887. The mother died Dec. 23,
1898, but the father is still living, having sold
his farm and moved to Findlay in April, 1902.
Albert J. Thomas,
eldest of the survivors and one of the twin brothers
above mentioned, was born on the farm in Biglick
township, Hancock county, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1856.
During his boyhood he received the ordinary farm
training and education, but later had the benefit of
a six months' course at the Normal school in
Findlay. When eighteen years old he began to
learn the carpenter's trade, which furnished him
employment during three summers, and upon reaching
his majority he engaged in school teaching in his
native township. During the seven succeeding
years, he continued his pedagogic labors in winter,
and spent the summers and falls in selling threshing
machines, or such other work as could be obtained.
In the spring of 1880, in partnership with M. C.
Sheraden he built the first tile factory
established in Biglick township, which was carried
on by the firm for eleven years. At the end of
that period Mr. Thomas embarked in the
agricultural implement business at Findlay, in
connection with I. C. Porter, and he continued in
this line for two years. In 1893 he engaged as
traveling salesman for the Flint & Walling
Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of mills, pumps
and kindred articles at Kendallville, Indiana.
In 1894, however, Mr. Thomas returned to
Findlay and renewed the work of drilling water
wells, which he carried on extensively throughout
Hancock county. In the spring of 1896 he went
into the oil business, leasing lands and drilling
wells, and this has been his occupation up to the
present time. The first twelve wells he
drilled proved to be what is known to the craft as
"dry-holes," but he "struck oil" in his thirteenth
venture. In fact he has been one of the most
successful of the many oil producers in the Findlay
field and is able to show good results from his
years of arduous labor. Mr. Thomas has
never married but belongs to the class who rejoice
in "single blessedness" and freedom from matrimonial
restraint. He is, however, a man of regular
habits and upright life, a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church in good standing, and active in
connection with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. In politics he is a Republican.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
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Chas. H. Thomas
Harriet A. Thomas |
CHARLES H. THOMAS.
Since an early epoch in the dcN-elopment of the
northern part of Ohio, the family of Charles H.
Thomas (now deceased) has been numbered among
its citizens. To know the early life of this
family, we have but to picture the conditions common
in Hancock county six or seven decades ago.
Much of the land was wild, awaiting the awakening
energy of civilization to transform it into richly
cultivated fields. Schools were primitive and
the curriculum limited. The now thriving towns
and cities were merely hamlets, or had not been
founded, and the settlers were deprived of many of
the comforts of the older east. But they were
people of resolute spirit and with determined
purpose, well fitted to the work of making homes in
the wilderness. In this work the Thomas
family bore its part. This family was
one of the first to settle in Marion township, in
this county, where they located on a tract of land
received from the government. Charles
Thomas was the first of the name of whom we
have any knowledge. He cleared his farm, which
he had received from the government, and at his
decease passed it down to his son George.
The latter, who married Katherine Paden,
was a thrifty and practical farmer, who placed many
a solid improvement on the old place. At his
death he left the farm to his son Charles H.
Thomas, the subject of this review, who was born
on the 26th of August, 1853. He, like his
ancestors, followed agricultural pursuits and was
much esteemed by his fellow citizens. After he
became of age he was elected trustee, treasurer and
school director in Marion township, all of which
offices he administered with credit to himself and
to the satisfaction of his constituents. He
was a faithful and loyal member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, in which for many years he was
superintendent of the Sunday-school and a leader of
the musical department. In November, 1874, he
was joined in marriage to Harriet A., the
daughter of David and Amanda Walter.
The union was blessed with six children; George
W., who married Gladys P. Moore, and to
whom were born three boys, Charles K.,
Delbert L., and Glen; the second child,
Tishie M., married Calvin L. Moore, an
electrician, and she was the mother of one daughter,
Lora B.; the third child, David L.,
married Edith Nusser. The three
younger sons were Benj. H., Charles G. and Edward
R. After a rather short but eminently
useful life Charles H. Thomas died Mar. 29,
1892. His widow, Mrs. Harriet A. Thomas,
was born in Hancock county in 1852. She is a
lady of much refinement of character and many noble
qualities, and is the center of a large circle of
friends in her community. The farm upon which
she resides contains ninety-six acres, is well
tilled and everything about the premises shows the
guiding hand of an experienced representative of the
farming class. The fifth generation of the
Thomas family are now residents on this
farm, first settled by Charles Thomas,
early in the century.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 432
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DAVID THOMAS.
The family of which the above named gentleman is an
honored representative, is one of the pioneer
families of Hancock county. Henry Thomas
and his half-brother, James, were the
first of the name to settle in the county, the date
of their arrival being as early as 1834. They
were natives of Ireland, where Henry was born Nov.
21. 1781, and emigrated to this country in 1816.
Sept. 17, 1811, he was united in marriage to Jane
Stranahan, and their first three children,
William, John and Mary J., were
born before they left their native country. Henry
and Sarah were natives of Pennsylvania, while
Samuel L., the youngest, was born in Wayne
county, Ohio. Henry Thomas died
Oct. 14, 1865, and his wife in 1852. Henry
entered from the government one hundred and sixty
acres of land, which was at that time in its
primitive wildness, and which he cleared during his
lifetime. He was a man of moderate education,
but of fine judgment and keen foresight. In
his native land he had learned the weaver's trade,
but after he came to America abandoned it for
agricultural pursuits. In religious faith he
w^as a Presbyterian, and gave his support to the
policies of the Whig party. His son Henry,
father of David Thomas, was born in
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1819, and
was but fifteen years of age when he came to Hancock
county with his parents. He passed an entire
lifetime in agricultural pursuits, and in this
vocation he was very successful. He purchased
eighty acres of land from his father, on which he
continued to reside until his death, which occurred
Oct. 4, 1891. In 1843, he married Elizabeth
Shoemaker, who was born in Wyandot county, Ohio,
on the fourth of Feb. 1826, and the results of this
marriage were the following named children: Sarah
J., born in 1844; Mary A., 1846: John,
1847; Margaret, 1850; Andrew. 1853;
David, Sept. 12, 1855; Ellen, 1857;
Henry, 1860; Ira, 1863. The father
of this family was a man whose reputation stood high
for probity with his neighbors and whose character
was above reproach. He was bold and positive
in his assertions, and lived up to his convictions
of right and duty. He. as his father before
him, was a consistent and earnest member of the
Presbyterian church, in which organization he was
for many years a deacon. Politically he gave
allegiance to the Republican party during nearly all
his life, though toward the close he was more
particularly interested in the matter of
temperance, on which question he felt the Republican
party did not give entire satisfaction. After
a long and useful life, and mourned by a host of
friends, he died Oct. 4. 1891. His wife
survived him about six years and died Apr. 1, 1897.
David Thomas. son of Henry and
Elizabeth, was born on his father's farm in
Hancock county, Ohio, and reared to manhood in his
native township of Big Lick. He received a
good elementary education and in early life followed
portable wood-sawing and threshing, but his
employment later, for several years, consisted in
the pressing and shipping of hay. He owned one
hundred and seventy acres of land, ninety-seven of
which he sold in 1902, and is now on account of
failing health not actively engaged in the rougher
work of farming. The marriage of Mr.
Thomas was celebrated Nov. 6. 1879. the lady of
his choice being Miss Ella, daughter
of William K. and Alartha J.
Leonard. Mrs. Thomas is a
native of the county, having been born at Findlay.
Dec. 22. 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are
adherents of the Presbyterian faith, in which
organization Mr. Thomas is an active
worker, being at the present time an elder, they
have no children.
The family of which Mrs. Thomas is a member
deserves more than a passing notice. Her
father, William K. Leonard, was born in
Columbiana county in 1821, and spent the early part
of his adult life as a school teacher, making a fine
reputation as a member of that profession. He
followed that occupation until 1863. when he turned
his attention to agricultural pursuits.
He also was an active worker in the Presbyterian
church, and for many years was an elder.
Indeed, in early life he had very serious intentions
of being ordained to the ministry, and only the
consideration of poor health changed his
determination. His marriage to Martha J.
Moorhead occurred Dec. 15, 1853, and their
children were: Edgar H., Francis E., Melissa,
Samuel M., deceased, John M., Mary A.,
deceased, Margaret M., deceased and Robert
W. It is worthy of note that John M.
Leonard, the third son, spent five years as a
missionary of the Presbyterian church in Japan, but
his health failing he was obliged to return to his
native country, where he is now actively engaged in
the ministry in the state of Kansas. The
father of this family died Oct. 22, 1890.
Robert Leonard, grandfather of Mrs.
Thomas, removed from Columbiana county, Ohio,
to Hancock county in 1837. He married
Frances Bayless and the children born to
them were: Elizabeth, Samuel,
Silas, William K., Abner
and Mary A. Robert Leonard died May 4, 1867,
his wife having preceded him some fourteen years.
Thus ends the record of two of Hancock county's most
estimable families, the representative of which at
the present day are held in the highest esteem by
all.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 470 |
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GRANT THOMAS.
Among what may be called the middle generation of
farmers in that part of Hancock county included in
Jackson township perhaps none are better known than
Grant Thomas. He is a "native and to
the manner born," his father being one of the
earliest pioneers of the county, and the family form
a part of Hancock's history for more than eighty
years. When John S. Thomas, a raw Irish
lad just over from the old country, arrived in
Hancock county in 1822 there was not much inviting
in the prospect. The county was still a
wilderness, with all the adjuncts of Indians and
beasts of prey that characterized the west at the
first advent of the white man. There had been
little clearing done as yet, settlers were few and
far between, there were no roads worthy of the name
and altogether the outlook was not encouraging to
the young Irish immigrant. But John Thomas
was made of tough fiber and not to be discouraged by
any ordinary hardship or mishap. As soon as he
grew to manhood he effected an entry of one hundred
and sixty acres of land, on which he set to work
energetically with ax and mattock and in course of
time reduced to presentable shape. Of course
it took much hard work, all pioneers expected thus,
but the hope of a smiling home and productive farms
in time spurred them on from year to year until
their desires were realized. John S. Thomas
prospered and eventually added sixty acres to his
original purchase of land, all of which by degrees
was much improved and brought into a high state of
cultivation. Personally he is described as a
kind but firm man in his dealings with his family as
well as the outside public. His religious
affiliations were with the Presbyterian church and
his political predilections with the Republican
party. He lived to advanced age, not dying
until 1898, when eighty-three years old. In
early life he married Elizabeth Camp, who
died after leaving him two children. Some
years later Caroline Hoage became his second
wife and the mother of five additional children,
after which she also joined the "innumerable
caravan" of the departed. Mr. Thomas'
third and last wife was Miss Sarah J. Hall a
lady of Irish nativity, who presented him with two
children and survives as his widow, at the age of
sixty-four years. Of the nine children by the
three marriage the eight survivors are:
Sarah J. Gilbert, Marie J. McDowell, Henry
A., Phebe Damon, Tillie Phillips, Mary
Wisely, John M. and Grant.
It will be seen from
the foregoing that Grant Thomas was the
youngest of the third set of children, and his birth
occurred May 28, 1863. He was reared on his
father's farm, trained by that strict disciplinarian
to a life of industry and after he reached maturity
always followed agricultural pursuit. In 1898,
after the death of his father, he effected the
purchase of the interest of all the other heirs in
the family estate and now owns and resides upon the
old homestead. This includes the land
originally entered by his father, but the farm mom
consists of two hundred and twenty acres and is
devoted to general agriculture and stock-raising.
In July, 1885, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage
with Miss Amanda Greenland, a native of
Cincinnati, but they have now children. Mr.
Thomas' fraternal connections are confined to
membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and he takes considerable interest in the
affairs of the lodge. As a farmer he has been
both prosperous and popular, managing his fine
patrimonial estate with discretion and good
judgment. Everybody in the township knows
Grant Thomas and it could be added with equal
truth everybody likes him.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 220 |
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JOHN A. THOMAS.
One of the prominent G. A. R. men and worthy
citizens of the city of Findlay is the above named
gentleman, who lives in a comfortable residence at
1115 East Sandusky street. He is a native of
Findlay township, where he was born May 13, 1846.
and is a son of James B. and Eliza J. (Abrams)
Thomas. The father was a native of Caroline
county, Maryland, where he was born July 4, 1804.
The mother was a native of Fairfield county, Ohio.
James Thomas was one of the first settlers in
Hancock comity. His father moved to Pickaway
county, Ohio, when James was about six years
of age. James remained here up to 1829,
when he removed to Hancock county, where he filed
upon ninety-eight acres of virgin forest land.
He put up the usual log cabin and remained a year,
when he returned to his home in Pickaway county, and
there married our subject's mother, this being in
1832. They returned immediately to Hancock
county, and passed the remainder of their lives
engaged in agricultural pursuits. To them were
born ten children, eight of whom are now living.
James Thomas left the reputation of
being a man of large heart whose sympathies were
soon touched by the woes and wants of others.
He was very charitable and of a generous cast of
character. During his lifetime he held some of
the township offices, and at his death distributed
his property to his family. The mother of this
family died in 1863, on the 1st of April, while the
father lived until November of 1877.
Mr. John A. Thomas, whose name initiates this
paragraph, was therefore reared and educated in
Findlay township. He was but a lad when the
Civil war came on, but he watched with interest the
progress of events which precipitated the country
into that sanguinary conflict, and when the storm
broke he was found among the boys in blue who went
forth to battle for the Union. He enrolled as
a private soldier in Company G, Twenty-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, on the 5th of December, 1863.
In this organization he participated in some of the
bloody battles of the war, some of which were as
follows: Tunnel Hill, Buzzard Roost, Resaca,
Altoona, Kennesaw Mountain, Vining Station, Peach
Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah and
Bentonville. He was fortunate in passing
through this experience without harm, and received
his discharge July 25, 1865. Returning from
the war, his thirst for knowledge was such that
although advanced in age for a school boy, lie
entered the Findlay high school and passed some time
in the pursuit of knowledge. After leaving
school he went west to the state of Missouri, where
he became apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, and
after spending three years in the west he returned
to his native county, where for the next two years
he was engaged at his trade. In 1871, having
the previous year, on January 27, married Lydia
A. Kiehl, second daughter of Eli and Maria (Uber)
Kiehl, he removed with his family to Kansas,
where he remained for a period of four years.
There he followed
his trade. The charms of his native county
were too great, however, and he again returned and
has since been a resident within her borders.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have reared a
family of six children: Etta, Almeda, Albert R.,
Bessie P., Mary G. and John A., Jr. The
mother of this family was born in Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of October, 1849,
and is of German descent. Mr. Thomas
has figured prominently in his township, and is a
man of forceful character. He is at the
present time holding the office of assessor.
In the G. A. R. organization he has taken an active
interest and has been honored with the office of
commander of Stoker Post of Findlay. As a
contracting carpenter Mr. Thomas
enjoys the entire confidence of his wide field of
patrons, and the large number of fine residences
which he has built in the city of Findlay and
adjacent territory, is a lasting monument of his
skill and ingenuity. He and his family are
held in high repute in their native city, and
deserve and receive the best wishes of a large
circle of acquaintances.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 389
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SAMUEL B. THOMAS.
This gentleman deserves to be ranked among the early
pioneers, as he is a native of Ohio and has lived in
the state for eighty years. He is a son
of James and Mary A. (Campbell) Thomas, both
natives of Ireland, where the former was born in
1784 and the latter in 1786. They emigrated to
America in 1818, first locating at Norfolk,
Virginia, where they made a short stay and then
moved to Pennsylvania, from which place they
subsequently migrated to Wayne county, Ohio.
In 1835 they came to Hancock county, where Mr.
Thomas purchased one hundred and sixty acres of
land, upon which he erected a log hut, eighteen by
twenty feet, and there resided for several years.
By much hard work these worthy immigrants succeeded
in
improving this land until it became a valuable farm.
Mr. Thomas was a hard working man, possessed
that geniality for which his countrymen are so well
noted, and by his upright life gained a multitude of
friends. Both himself and wife were members of
the Presbyterian church, and they followed out the
precepts of their religion in their daily
intercourse with their fellow men. Mr.
Thomas died in Hancock county, Aug. 10, 1870,
and his wife passed away Jan. 6, 1868.
Of their family of twelve children five are still
living, including Samuel B. Thomas, the
subject of this sketch, who was born in Wayne
county, Ohio, July 9. 1822. At the age of
twelve years he moved with his parents to Hancock
county, where he was brought up to do all kinds of
farm work and remained at home until 1847. In
that year he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Struble, by whom he had three children: Mary
A., Bradford and Alma, the latter
deceased. In 1845 Mr. Thomas purchased
the farm on which he now resides, consisting of
eighty acres, which he has brought to a high state
of cultivation and devotes to general farming.
He has greatly improved the place in every respect,
especially by the erection of substantial buildings,
constructed on the most modern plan and especially
adapted to the duties for which they are designed.
Everybody speaks of Samuel B. Thomas as a
successful citizen who can be relied upon to meet
every contract, whether it be in writing or not, and
he conscientiously performs every duty to his fellow
man both in public and in private life.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 574
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WILLIAM
THOMAS.
William Thomas is a well known and
respected citizen of Findlay, the son of one of the
first settlers of the county. His father was
Charles Thomas, a native of Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania, who removed to Tyler county, Virginia,
where he married Mary Ripley; she became the
mother of fourteen children, ten of whom grew to
maturity and two of this number are now living,
Narcissa W. and William. Charles
Thomas lived the uneventful but eminently useful
life of the practical farmer. The farm which
he tilled is still in the Thomas family, and
has been continuously since its first possession by
them in 1831. Charles Thomas endured
all the hardships incident to pioneer life,
receiving many friendly visits from his red brother,
the Indian, and it might be added many hostile
visits from his more vicious brother, the wolf.
When he first came to Hancock county, the town of
Findlay consisted of but sixteen houses. They
were principally of the block house variety, so
built for the purpose of defense from the unfriendly
tribes of red men which then surrounded the town.
William Thomas was born in Tyler county,
Virginia, on Apr. 2, 1827, and until middle life
always followed the pursuit of farming. His
labors were attended with such success that in 1879
he was able to retire from active labor, and
purchasing a home in Findlay he removed to the city
where he now resides. During his active life
on the farm he was honored with most all of the
township offices by his fellow citizens which he
administered in a worthy manner.
In religious faith he is a believer in the tenets held
by the Methodist Episcopal denomination, in which
organization he has labored during all of his
lifetime, holding many offices of trust. He
has held the office of steward for the past twenty
years. Mr. Thomas began his domestic
life on the thirty-first of October, 1850. when he
married Miss Sidney, the daughter of
John and Margaret Paden. The marriage
proved a most felicitous one, and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas have passed a long life of connubial
happiness. To this union were born five
children: Mary M., Margaret J., Kate, Lezettie
and Fannie, the latter being deceased.
The mother was born in Fairfield
county, Ohio, on Dec. 2, 1833. Her father,
John Paden, was born in Ireland and his wife in
Ohio.
Mr. Thomas, as must be supposed, is one of the
well known men of the county, having passed almost
the entire period of his life in this part of the
state. He is a worthy representative, though
now retired, of that calling which Washington said
is the most useful and honorable to which man
devotes his energies.
Source: Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York &
Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 469
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ISAAC THOMPSON
was the second of ten children of David Thompson, a
farmer, who came here from Stark county. Isaac was
born in Marlboro township, in that county, Feb. 25, 1828, and
when about five years of age, was brought to this township by
his father's family. This family was the second to locate
here.
Young Thompson commenced life in the woods, and
all the ups and downs of a frontier residence. He has
always followed the independent occupation of a farmer, and now
owns a very valuable farm of two hundred and eighty acres, well
improved and very productive.
Mr. Thompson has a fair common school education,
although his entire attendance at school, was only about
fifteen months, and that after he was fifteen years of age.
He is a man of good natural ability, good business tact, and
safe counsellor, and his advice and assistance in business
matters, is sought after by his neighbors, with whom he stands
high.
In October, 1850, he married Louisa McKinley, by
whom he had six children, all living. Mr. Thompson
is a member of the Disciples Church, and has been for about
fifteen years. His Christian life has conformed to his
profession. He is very punctilious in all his business
transactions. Honest, conscientious and faithful in the
discharge of all his duties. Firm in his convictions of
right, not easily turned aside from what he deems to be right.
Mr. Thompson has resided in the township
continuously since he first came here in 1833, and has never
been absent from it more than a month at a time. He has been
present at every election held in the township, the first of
which were held at his father's house. Such is the
confidence reposed in him by his neighbors, that he has been
called up to fill almost all the offices in his township.
On his father's side, his ancestors were of the old Puritan
stock, and on his mothers side, they were from Ireland.
Source: Centennial
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EPHRAIM TROUT
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MILTON E. TROUT
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SYLVANUS W. TROUT
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WILBUR F. TRUESLOW
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