Richard Thomas (b. 1834)

THOMAS, GILBERT

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 10:24:49

Thomas, Richard H., farmer, Section 18 (Oran township), PO Fairbanks; born in Cornwall, England in 1834; came to this country in 1854; traveled through the United States two years; settled in California in 1862, Idaho in 1863, and located in this county in 1875. He married Miss Mary J. Gilbert in 1856; she was born in Cornwall, England in 1842. Greenback in politics. He owns eighty-one acres of land, worth $40 per acre.

Page 671, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"