Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Amos G. Thomas    
       Also known as: A. G. Thomas 1
                Born: ca 1847              in Ohio  2
              Buried: (no dates)           in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1890                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1869                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
            Military: Feb-22-1864 - Jun-28-1865 Pvt, Co G, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  4,5
              Father: Charles Thomas   (1814 - 1905) 
              Mother: Harriet Waldo   (1814 - 1880) 
                Wife: Rebecca A. Garner   6  
             Married: Jul- 1-1869          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Mar-24-1852          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7,2
                Died: May- 3-1931          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1869                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father: John Garner   (1809 - 1893) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Williams   (1808 - 1885) 
           F Child 1: Carrie Emily Thomas      
                Born: Jul-  -1873           10,11,12
                Died: 1961                  11
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920                 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1910     in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Creed Richards  b. May-14-1873  d. May-22-1945  
             Married: Oct- 8-1896          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
           F Child 2: Lillie Dell Thomas      
       Also known as: Dell Thomas 
                Born: Apr- 5-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,11 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb- 5-1936          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9,11,13
              Buried:                      in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH  9
              Census: 1930                 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1901                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Alvadore Smith Ward  b. Nov-30-1862  d. Feb-25-1899  
       Also known as: Smith A. Ward 13
             Married: Nov- 8-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  2,13
             Husband: Laban Canents Bush  b. Apr-25-1872  d. Jan-15-1931  
             Married: Jan-20-1901          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2

Sources:
(1) Military Grave Marker. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Name on grave marker:  A. G. Thomas. 
(6) Death record of daughter. 
(7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(11) Headstone (year only) 
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1910, listed as mother-in-law Rebecca A. Thomas, 57, divorced, in
household of Creed & Carrie (Thomas) Richards and their family.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1875.  Birthplace given in both
marriage records as Ritchie County, but birth record indicates Doddridge County.







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