Hiram Thomas Family Home Page
Hiram Thomas Family Home PageUpdated September 6, 2000 | John w Thomas 1250 Juno St. Paul,Minnesota 55116 United States 612-690-5258 [email protected] |
My Great Great Grandfather Hiram Thomas was born on December 29, 1822 in College Hill, Cincinati, Ohio.He received a common school education and later a college education at College Hill.After school he became a contractor.He spent 11/2yrs. in California when the gold rush was raging.He married Mary Nancy Gilman(John Gilman)in 1848 while in Aurora, Illinois.While living there he built 3- 5 homes.One of his sons, James Hiram Thomas, was born (My Great Grandfather). In 1859 they moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.For a few years he took up farming but resumed his old calling of contracting.He died in Eau Claire March 1895. Mary died in Nov. 1901. He had 4 sons, Albert D. and Arthur C. who lived in Indianapolis in 1895, and James Hiram and William E. who lived in Ea Claire in 1895. A Peter Thomas living in Troy, Michigan contacted my father in 1983. This is as far back as I go on the Thomas side. Help me find the Thomas' |