Donna Jackson Fuller's Family History:Information about William Simpson Thomas
William Simpson Thomas (b. 19 Nov 1839, d. 10 Jan 1896)
Notes for William Simpson Thomas:Census Notes:
1870 Oct 4: MartinsVille, Nacogdoches, TX: "William S Thomas" age 31, Retail Merchant, born in TX, living with Cordelia G and Lulu.
1880 Jun 2: Cooke County, TX: "William S Thomas" age 40, farmer, unemployed 2 months of the year, born in TX, father born in NC, mother born in TN, living with wife, Elizabeth C, and children: Benjamin C, Mary A, Oscar J, and Carrie L.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Record about William S. Thomas
Gender: male
Birth Place: TX
Birth Year: 1839
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Mcknight
Spouse
Birth Place: TX
Spouse Birth Year: 1849
Marriage
Year: 1875
Number Pages: 1
BIOGRAPHY:William S. Thomas - Cooke, Nacogdoches and Smith Counties, TX
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"Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas"
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WILLIAM S. THOMAS, J.P., now of Cooke county, is a native Texan and was born in St. Augustine in 1838.His father, Benjamin Thomas, was a native of North Carolina, but an early pioneer of San Augustine county, Texas, whence he moved to Bexar county, and served under Sam Houston during the Texas revolution.He was afterward a sutler during the Mexican War in Veache's Texan regiment.He married a daughter of John Engledon
William S. Thomas, at the age of six years, was taken to San Antonio, Bexar county, by his father, and at the age of ten to Mexico, where he remained until grown, acting as interpreter for traders coming from the States.In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Second Texas cavalry, Confederate service and took part in numerous battles through New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana, the first being at Val Verde, the next at Glorieta, New Mexico, then at Galveston, Texas, then at Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana, and Berwick's Bay, same State, then on the Rio Grande, then back to San Antonio, where he performed provost-marshal duty; at the time of the surrender he went to Nacogdoches county, and finally in 1868, settled in Cooke county, where he has since been employed chiefly in merchandising and farming, being now engaged at the latter vocation.For eight years he has filled the office of justice of the peace and has just been elected for another term. In 1867 Mr. Thomas married Cordelia G., daughter of Claiborne Weaver, of Tennessee.This lady died February 5, 1874, the mother of two children - Benjamin C., and Mary A.The second wife of Esquire Thomas is Elizabeth C., daughter of James McKnight, a native of Tennessee, but now a resident of Nacogdoches county, Texas.This second marriage has been blessed by the birth of five children - Oscar, Carrie, Blanche, Bonnie, Frank. Mr. Thomas is an enthusiastic Free Mason and for many years has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church South.
More About William Simpson Thomas:
Burial: Jan 1896, Callisburg, TX.
Census 1: 02 Jun 1880, Cooke County, TX.
Census 2: 04 Oct 1870, Martinsville, Nacogdoches, TX.
More About William Simpson Thomas and Elizabeth Catherine McKnight:
Marriage: 02 Sep 1875, TX.
Marriage Notes for William Simpson Thomas and Elizabeth Catherine McKnight:U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Record about William S. Thomas
Gender: male
Birth Place: TX
Birth Year: 1839
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Mcknight
Spouse
Birth Place: TX
Spouse Birth Year: 1849
Marriage
Year: 1875
Number Pages: 1
Children of William Simpson Thomas and Elizabeth Catherine McKnight are:
- +Martha Blanche Thomas, b. 24 Nov 1881, Callisburg, TX, d. 17 Jan 1970, Wynnewood, Garvin, OK.