R. J. THOMAS

THOMAS, DELAVAN

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/26/2009 at 20:16:37

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

R. J. THMAS, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Centerville; born June 13, 1822, in Wales; in 1831 came to Pittsburgh, Penn.; remained there till 1872 when he removed to Appanoose Co.; they own 240 acres of land. Married Evaline, daughter of Cornelius Delavan, of New Jersey, Feb. 20, 1845; she was born in December 1825, in Ohio; have seven children - Maria, Minerva, Harrison P., Evaline C., George D., Reuben M., and Lillie B. Republican; Presbyterian.