Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Thomas
Died: Apr-25-1845 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Hannah Beckhorn 1
Married: Mar- 6-1827 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 2
Born: ca 1808 3
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Notes
M Child 1: Jacob Thomas
Born: ca 1830 4
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
M Child 2: Abraham Thomas
Census name: Abram Thomas
Born: ca 1833 3
Died: Sep-19-1864 in Winchester, VA
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3
Military: enlisted 8/11/1862 Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War
M Child 3: John K. Thomas
Born: ca 1834 5,6
Died: bef May 1917 7
Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 6
Occupation: 1876 laborer 5
Wife: Mary E. ___ d. bef Mar 1876
Wife: Emily Hyatt b. ca 1842 d. May- 9-1917
Married: Mar- 6-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
M Child 4: Joseph N. Thomas
Born: ca 1836 4,3
Died: Jan-19-1863 in New Creek, Mineral Co, WV 9 (see note 1)
Cause of death: typhoid fever, pneumonia 9
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Military: enlisted 8/11/1862 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 10,11
M Child 5: George W. Thomas
Born: ca 1839 3
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 12
M Child 6: William R. Thomas
Born: ca 1841 13
Died: bef Jun 1880
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Wife: Emily Jane Dotson b. ca 1841
Married: Feb-28-1861 in West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
M Child 7: Isaac W. Thomas
Born: ca 1843 in Hardy Co, (W)VA 4,14 (see note 2)
Census: 1870, 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Hardy Co, (W)VA
Wife: Alvina Rollins b. Jun-11-1852 d. Dec- 6-1946
Census name: Elvinia 15
Married: Jan-23-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
F Child 8: Nancy J. Thomas
Born: Nov-19-1845 in Hampshire Co, (W)VA 17,18
Died: May- 6-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,17
Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 20
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Husband: Gamble B. Davis b. Apr-28-1846
Census name: G. B. Davis
Married: Jul-29-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son.
(2) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(4) 1850 Census, Hardy County, (W)VA.
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
(7) Death record of wife.
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as John K. Thomas, widowed, laborer, 42, b. (county blank),
Va, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Hannah; and Emily Baker, widowed, 38, b. (county blank), Va, res. Ritchie Co, dau of
(blank); married Mar 6 1876 in Ritchie County.
(NOTE: In the 1880 Census, John K. Thomas was again listed as being age 42, and his wife Emily was age 38. Their
birthplaces were listed as Ohio and Delaware, respectively.), MR p. 33, line 12 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538217&Type=Marriage.
(9) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com.
(10) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(11) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(12) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883),
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html.
(13) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp)
(14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
(16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Isaac W. Thomas, 27, b. Hardy Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Hannah; and Alvina Rollins, 21, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Edward & Mary. Married Jan 23 1871.
(17) Headstone.
(18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(19) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(20) Findagrave.com.
Event Notes
Note (1) In the Regimental hospital. His military records state his cause of death
sometimes as typhoid fever and sometimes as pneumonia, with typhoid fever
appearing to be the more likely of the two.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1841. But age 7 in 1850 puts it in
about 1843.
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