Generation No. 1

1.  EZEKIEL1 THOMAS1,2 was born  in Wales3.  He married MARY ?4,5.  She was born  in Wales6.

Notes for EZEKIEL THOMAS:
They came on the same ship as the Owen Family.  Lived Harrison Co., Va. (1800 or earlier) and Urbana, Ohio.  (Not sure about this last location for Ezekiel and Mary.)

DAR Patriot Index, pp. 673-4:
 Thomas, Ezekiel, b. 10/25/1747, d. 1790-1808, m. Susannah Russell, Pvt. PA (any connection?)  (Note:  Many Thomas's listed)

Which Ezekiel (father or grandson?)--Bureau of Land Management,
www.glorecords.blm.gov, has one Ezekiel Thomas in Ohio, doc. #66, issue date 4/9/1822, W2NW 3-2-11, between the Miamis, 80 acres--no county stated; and several Ezekiel Thomas' in Illinois:  3 entries in Bureau Co., issue date of all 8/1/1838; 7 Pulaski Co. (one includes land in Alexander Co.), issue dates 1855 to 1858.  The Bureau Co. records are:
     Doc. 1212, issue date 8/1/1838, SW, 34-17N-8E, 160 acres.
     Doc. 1345, issue date 8/1/1838, E2NW 3-16N-8E, 77.54 acres.
     Doc. 2002, issue date 8/1/1838, NWSE, 34-17N-8E, 40 acres.

Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas came to Bureau Co., IL, June, 1830, the same date as Ezekiel Thomas.  Mr. A. C. Thomas came in May, 1828 (maybe widow of Arthur?).  Connection?

Bureau Co., Death Index, previous to 1916, males:   (see Microsoft Word for more) Thomas, Ezekiel, 33-1, 1878-1888, age at death 76.

There was an Ezekiel Thomas who m. Temperance Cheney 7/9/1793, Harrison Co., WV.

The Black Hawk War - 1831-1832, Vol. I, Illinois Volunteers:  Fifth Regiment, Whiteside's  Brigade, Volunteers, enrolled at Peoria, Co. of Capt. Abner Eads - mustered 4/28/1832, discharged 6/28/1832.
 Henry Thomas, May 1, June 28, 1832
 John C. Owen, May 3, June 28, 1832
Arthur Thomas, private, Black Hawk Campaign of 1831, Odd Companies, Co. of Capt. Benjamin F. Pike (Rock River Rangers), enrolled at Ft. Armstrong, IL 6/26/1831, discharged 7/2/1831 Jo Daviess County:  Thomas, Enoch 502, Enos 503, John (1) 503, 504n, John (2) 527, John C. 524, and Noah 502, 527.

1790 census Chester Co., PA, Honeybrook Twp.:  (free white males 16 yrs & over; free white males under 16; free white females)
 Ezekiel  1 3 3
 Samuel  1 1 3
 John Owens 2 - 1
(next pg.) Philip Thomas 1 1 1
 James Baggs 2 2 3 (indexed as Boggs; I think it's Baggs)

1785 Census, Harrison Co., VA:
 Ezekiel Thomas, 9 white souls
 John Owen (Jr.?), 6 white souls  (John Owen scalped 1780?)
 Owen Owen
 Evan Thomas (2), both with 5 [two different families or enumerated twice?]

1810 census, Virginia, Harrison Co.:
 Owen? Owens
 Eve Thomas  [could this be Evan?]
 George Thomas
 John Thomas

1850 census Peoria Co., City of Peoria, IL, 747/775, 8/27/1850 (p. 95 Ancestry.com):
 Henry Thomas 38 VA plasterer $2500
 Emeline E. 41 VA
 Emeline V.   7 IL
 Martha J.    3 IL
 Sarah Johnson 17 NE (?)

1850 census Peoria Co., IL (no twp or city listed), 1030/1065 (p. 136 Ancestry.com):
 Thomas Thomas 33 OH grocer
 Isabel  27 OH
 Sarah J.?  10 IL
 Seymore  (male)   5 IL
 Asenath? (female)   5 IL
 James A.    2 IL
 Alex.  17 IL student

"West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors," comp. by Anne Waller Reddy, 1930,
An Index from Manuscript Pub. Claims of the Revolutionary War in the Virginia State Library (whose services were nonmilitary). W.Va. Counties, Revolutionary and 1930 names (the counties of that part of the state of Virginia which later became West Virginia...):
Thomas, Evan Hampshire Co.) Ezekiel Hampshire Co.) James Hampshire Co.) Revolutionary Names of Counties
  Richard Botetourt Co.   )  William Monogalia Co. )

Harrison County, WV, General Index to Marriage Records, Males, then Females:

  Thomas, Evan 1789 Sarah Booth (1/29/1789) bk. 1, page 12
 John 1789 Sarah Owin  1/12
 Arthur 1792 Mary Haynes  1/19
 Ezekiel 1793 Temperance Cheney 1/21
 Jacob 1800 Elender Hayns [sic]  1/50
Note:  The record of Evan's marriage is shown on the copy I have of John & Sarah's. (There are others, George 1805, Thomas 1808, etc.)
 Thomas, Elizabeth 1789 Isaac Tucker  1/13
 Amy 1793 George Muirhead  1/22
(There are others, Mary 1804, Mary 1806, etc.)
Note:  From this, I would guess that at least Evan, John, Arthur, Ezekiel, Elizabeth and Amy may be siblings.  Maybe Jacob also.  From sources, we show Rev. John serving 20 years as minister in Champaign Co., OH, came to IL
1825; so that would have [some of] them leaving VA (WV) late 1700's or very early 1800's.

Per Vergene Lowther, LDS #163-830 Harrison Co., WV Family Records S to T:
 She found a record of an Evan Thomas b. 2/28/1752 in Chester PA.  He d. Feb. 10, 1840 Harrison Co., VA.  He was m. to Lydia Ann Dike; they had 10 children.  Any connection to our line?

>From "The Monongalia Story" by Earl L. Core, 1974, in the Clarksburg-Harrison Co. Public Library, the Thomas's may have lived and/or had land in Frederick Co., VA or Loudon Co., VA.  See Word file "Thomas Family" for more info from this source.

More About EZEKIEL THOMAS:
Emigration: June 1830, (came to) Bureau Co., IL

Children of EZEKIEL THOMAS and MARY ? are:
 i. REV. JOHN2 THOMAS7,8, b. 1752, Wales9,10; d. December 13, 1843, Cap Grove Cemetery (near/in Dixon, IL?)11; m. SARAH OWEN12,13, November 29, 1789, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia14; b. 1762, mid Atlantic Ocean, on a ship from Wales15,16; d. 1841, Bureau Co., IL17,18.

Notes for REV. JOHN THOMAS:
Per Vera Fletcher, Ezekiel and Mary Thomas came on the same ship as the Owen Family.  John Thomas came from Wales with his parents when he was age 10. Lived Harrison Co., Va. (1800 or earlier) and Urbana, Ohio.  Later lived
Peoria & Galena, Illinois.  The family reports they (John and Sarah?) are buried Dixon, Illinois (unmarked graves).  A brother of Arthur Thomas.  John was granted (400?) acres along Booth Creek, adjacent to John Owen's grant
(Harrison Co. VA/WV?).

John was granted 400? acres along Booth Creek next to 400-acre grant of John Owen (Sarah's father).

"History of Harrison Co. (VA)" by Dorothy Davis:
     John Thomas, p. 22, James Neal, assignee to John Thomas, 400 acres on the Left Hand Fork of Ten Mile Creek, at the mouth of Turkey Run, to include his settlement made in 1771 (35).  (This may be our John Thomas.)
     Family, Church and Community Cemeteries in Harrison Co., W.Va.--A
Partial List:
Name of Cemetery:  Thomas
Site:  Booth's Creek
Oldest Legible Inscription; date of death:  Marsisa Freeman, 8/18/1820
Family Names Occuring Frequently:  Freeman, Russell, Smith, Thomas.
     Thomas--name in Thompson Cemetery, Reynoldsville, oldest date 1818.

"West Virginians in the Revolution":  (any relation?)
 Joseph Thomas m. Rebecca Thomas ca 1786, Buckingham Co., VA Capt. John Thomas, a brother [of the above?]
 John Thomas, a cousin [of Joseph?]

DAR Patriot Index, pp. 673-4:
 Thomas, John... (Note:  Many Thomases listed)

Index of Rev. War Pension Applications/Applicants:
 Thomas, John, VA, S31416, widow Sarah, res. in 1833 Owen Co., KY [any connection to our line?]

Residences:  Harrison Co., VA (later WV)
 Urbana, Ohio--20 yrs. filled pulpit of King's Creek Baptist Church and served as church secretary
 Peoria, IL
 Galena, IL
Per Vera, no record until the Peoria, IL residence and Galena, IL (I had asked if Rev. John Thomas went to Russelburg, KY (mid 1820's) and Edwardsville, IL (1827) also.)
Note:  The note about Russelburg, KY, was taken from an old record book in the Bureau County Court House, she told me.

(NOTE:  The following six paragraphs are from "History of Champaign Co. (Ohio), 1881") THOMAS, John "settled [before 1805] about three miles south of Urbana...and had a distillery up the creek between where the Newell and
Donavan houses now stand."  (Page 214)  (NOTE:  Would the distillery have been used to purify/distill water?  Or alcohol?)

"Following we append the names of some of the Baptist ministers:  John THOMAS..."  (Page 415)

"Rev. William Haller, in an interesting communication to the "History of Logan and Champaign Counties," furnishes a brief description of the personal appearance of the most remarkable of these men [ministers], together with
their peculiarities.  We extract the description verbatim:  'I take the Baptist brethren first.  John THOMAS was a small, light [in weight?] man, dark hair and complexion, deliberate, cautious, not venturesome, and possessed of great strength and endurance for one of his size.'"  (Page 416)

"The Baptist Church-located one-half mile south of Westville, on the Valley Pike, is recorded as one of the oldest in the township.  In 1806, some of the members of the King's Creek Church, in Salem Township..."  "The Mad River Baptist Association was formed in 1812...In 1819, a log building was erected on the site of the present building.  A few years later the society concluded to put up a brick edifice, which was occupied for a number of years.  The present building was afterward erected."  (Page 418)  "Since its organization the following ministers have proclaimed the glad tidings of
eternal life:  John THOMAS...E. D. THOMAS..."  (Page 419)

"The earliest township election, of which we have any record, was held at the house of Isaac Gray on the 8th day of October, 1811...Number and Names of Electors.  23.  John Thomas..."  "That the above is the poll-book of the
first election held in the township cannot be stated with accuracy, but it serves to show who were the voters and householders at that early day." (Page 533)  (Wayne Twp.)

Goshen Twp.  Marriages.  The following are among the earliest marriages of the settlers of the township...John OWEN to Jane Minturn, September 27, 1808, by John THOMAS...Daniel Rutan to Mary Riddle, February 15, 1810, by
John THOMAS, Justice of the Peace [et al].  (Page 593)

There are four pages of John Thomas's in the Bureau of Land Management, www.glorecords.blm.gov, records for Illinois.

"1830 Illinois State Census Index," by Jackson, Samuelsen & Rosenkilde: Thomas, Henry, JoDaviess Co., IL, (no page #), Galena, 1830 (no ST to indicate, I suppose, that this was a state census enumeration.  I assume
some enumerations were from the 1830 Fed. census.)  Thomas, John--same info as for Henry.

Per "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee Co., IL," "John [Thomas?], Abraham, Jr., Daniel [Obrist I assume] and families moved to the Palmyra Twp. of Lee Co. in 1836."

1850 Census, Lee Co., Palmyra Twp., IL, 8/19/1850, 80/82 (pp. 11-12
Ancestry.com):  (next to John Baggs, 27, b. OH)
 Noah Thomas  37 OH farmer $800 (I think this is John's son)
  Elizabeth A. 37 MA
  Eupha  13 IL (female)
  Martha E.  11 IL
  Seth F.    9 IL
  Van J.    4 IL
 Reed, Virgil    4 IL
(50/51 is Abram & Rebecca Obrist with their children.)

1850 Bureau Co., IL, Town of Bureau?, 12/3/1850, 423/463 (Ancestry.com p.
63/217):
 Austin C. Thomas 23 IL $1500 farmer married within the year
 Amelia  17 Germany married within the year
 Electa    8 IL attended school
(This may be Henry's son.)

Per "Portrait and Biographical Album of Peoria Co., IL," John Thomas moved to Champaign Co., Ohio, when Francis was a child; came to Illinois 1825, Peoria Co.,  Galena lead mines, Lee Co.; died about 80 yrs. age; widow moved
to Bureau Co., IL and died there.  (Possible res.:  Chillicothe Twp. or Hallock Twp., Peoria Co.  Peoria was Ft. Clark then.)  Also, "That section [meaning Champaign Co., Ohio] was wild and unbroken, inhabited chiefly by
Indians, and the family were surrounded by dangers and met with many privations.  After having improved a farm and residing thereon some years, John Thomas, in the year 1825, came to Illinois, obtaining a claim on new
land in Peoria County.  A few years later he removed to Galena where for some years he was interested in lead mines.  He finally sold out and settled in Lee County, where he died when about four-score years of age.  His widow
remained there for some years after his death, but finally removed to Bureau  County, where she died full of years."

Per "Big Bureau and Bright Prairies," page 189, Henry Thomas' uncle had been a scout during the Revolution, and had been rewarded by a land grant of 400 acres in what  was later known as West Virginia.  (Note:  Rev. John Thomas
is Henry's only uncle that I now have record of.)

Per "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee Co., IL," page 515, "John Thomas was a very early pioneer in northern Illinois.  John, son of Ezekial [sic] and Mary Thomas, was born within the Country of Wales in 1752.  In the 1780's,
John worked as a scout in the western Virginia Territory.  It is in this time period, just after the Revolutionary War, that John got ideas of settling down.  He met [sic] Sarah Owens [sic] in Harrison County, VA, now known as West Virginia, and married her after a brief courtship. Interestingly, Sarah was born in mid Atlantic on her way to America in
1762.  Her mother died giving her life and her father, unable to care for her, adopted her to Ezekial and Mary Thomas."  Also, "John served as a Baptist preacher in Ohio.  He later served as Champaigne [sic] County Clerk.  In the 1820's the desire to travel west provoked the move to Galena, Illinois and the move to Dixon, Illinois in 1837."

The same source as the preceding but this article submitted by Donna A. Thomas Wright, "John Thomas, with Noah, went to Dixon in 1835.  They both served in the Blackhawk Indian War.  Family stories say John was an Indian Scout and Baptist minister."

More About REV. JOHN THOMAS:
Burial: Dixon, Illinois? (unmarked graves)19

Notes for SARAH OWEN:
Per Vera Fletcher, John Owen and his wife, parents of Sarah, were on the same ship as John Thomas, age 10, and his parents.  Sarah was born at sea, on a ship from Wales to the U.S.  Her mother died and was buried at sea.
Family reports John and Sarah are buried Dixon, Illinois (unmarked graves).

Per "Portrait...," after John's death, his widow moved to Bureau Co., IL and died there.

There was no Owen or Owens shown in Lee Co., IL "the old settlers record, information from 1830s to 1850 (the record compiled in Aug. 1880)" as sent to me by joanach@wayfarer1.com 5/30/02.

More About SARAH OWEN:
Burial: Princeton Cemetery, Bureau Co., IL20

Marriage Notes for JOHN THOMAS and SARAH OWEN:
I don't know where I got the July 29, 1789 marriage date & location for John and Sarah.

Harrison Co., Clarksburg, WV Courthouse 11/02:
"General Index to Marriages #1 Females A-Z 1784-1912 Harrison Co., WV" [VA or WV?]:
1789 Sarah (also "Sally") Owin [sic] to John Thomas, book 1, page 12, bond p. 72.
"Marriage Bonds Book 1, 1784-1803, Harrison Co., VA" [sic]:
Page 72, John Thomas and John Owin, both of Harrison Co., VA, bound 50 pounds, 11/6/1789, signatures look like John E.? Thomas and John Owen. (See Microsoft Word files "Owen Family" and "Thomas Family" for more info.)
 

 ii. ARTHUR THOMAS21, d. 1812, near Bellefontaine, Ohio (War of 1812); m.
MARY HAYNES, April 10, 1792, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia22,23.

Notes for ARTHUR THOMAS:
Per Vera Fletcher's article on Henry Thomas, they found the bodies of John and Arthur the next  day and buried them near Urbana, Ohio.

Per "History of Champaign Co. (Ohio), 1881,"  THOMAS, Arthur settled [before 1805] about four miles north of Urbana.  He, "who was a Captain in the war of 1812, was ordered, with his company, to guard the public store at Fort
Findlay.  On his return, having lost his horses, he and his son separated from the rest of the company to hunt for them.  They encamped at the Big Spring, near Solomonstown, about five miles north of Bellefontaine, and the
next morning were found killed and scalped.  Their bodies were brought to Urbana by a deputation of citizens."  (Page 214)  Concord Township.  George Goslee...was united in marriage with Julia Ann Kenton, Aug. 4, 1845.  She
was born March 25, 1820, and is a daughter of James and Elizabeth (THOMAS) Kenton.  Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Arthur THOMAS, who, with his son John, was murdered at the Big Spring, by the Indians, on their return from
Hull's surrender.  The Kentons came to this State from Kentucky, about 1810.  (Page 790-791)  (Note:  I don't know if Arthur had other children besides John and Henry.  I don't know who Elizabeth's parents were.)

More About ARTHUR THOMAS:
Burial: near Urbana, Ohio
Cause of Death: Scalped by Indians

 iii. EVAN THOMAS24, m. SARAH BOOTH24, January 29, 1789, Harrison Co.,
(West) Virginia25,26.
 iv. ELIZABETH THOMAS27, m. ISAAC TUCKER27, January 20, 1790, Harrison Co.,
(West) Virginia28.
 v. AMY THOMAS29, m. GEORGE MUIRHEAD29, April 04, 1793, Harrison Co., (West)
Virginia30,31.
 vi. EZEKIEL THOMAS, JR.32,33, m. TEMPERANCE CHANEY34, July 09, 1793,
Harrison Co., (West) Virginia35,36.

Marriage Notes for EZEKIEL THOMAS and TEMPERANCE CHANEY:
"Marriage Bonds Book 1, 1784-1803, Harrison Co., VA" [sic]:
1/156 Ezekiel Thomas, Jr. and John Thomas of Harrison Co., VA, 50 pounds
bond, 1793, Temperance, dau. of Thomas Cheney to Ezekiel Thomas.

 vii. JACOB THOMAS37, m. ELENDER HAYNES38, 1800, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia39.
 viii. GEORGE THOMAS40, m. MAGDALEN GOODWIN40, March 12, 1805, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia41,42.
 ix. THOMAS THOMAS43, m. SUSANNA RICE43, October 13, 1808, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia44,45.
 x. FRANCIS THOMAS46, m. ANNA BOWLIN46, March 21, 1815, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia47,48.
 xi. MARY THOMAS49, m. (1) WILLIAM LAMBERT49, April 05, 1804, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia50,51; m. (2) DAVID HENLIN52, October 16, 1806, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia53,54.
 xii. JAMES THOMAS55, m. ELIZABETH RICE, 1810, Harrison Co., (West) Virginia56.
 

Endnotes

1.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant.
2.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, ("information from Kevin Obrist").
3.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, Ezekiel came from Wales to U.S.; I assume he was born there.
4.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (I'm entering this source long after I entered the info; I believe Vera was my source).
5.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, ("information from Kevin Obrist").
6.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, Mary came from Wales; I assume she was born there.
7.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant.
8.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., (as copied by Lenore Sroka)--the article gave the names of Rebecca Thomas' parents.
9.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (country only--per Vera, John came from Wales with his parents at age 10; I assume he was born there).
10.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, (birth year and country of birth).
11.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, ("information from Kevin Obrist")--cemetery "is not  visible anymore."
12.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant.
13.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill
& Co., pub., (as copied by Lenore Sroka)--the article gave the names of Rebecca Thomas' parents--it gave her mother's maiden name as Owens.
14.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (book 1, page 12).
15.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (location only).
16.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, (location and year)--information from Kevin Obrist."
17.  "Portrait and Biographical Album of Peoria Co., IL," 1890, (location "Bureau Co., IL").
18.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, ("1841 at son Ezekiel's home near Princeton").
19.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, "family reports."
20.  "Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County, Illinois," 1881, H. H. Hill & Co., pub., p. 515, ("information from Kevin Obrist").
21.  "Big Bureau and Bright Prairies".
22.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year only--book 1, page 19).
23.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (Vergene Lowther sent me the
month and day). 24.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
25.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
26.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (book 1, page 12).
27.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
28.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only; I added the location).
29.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
30.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
31.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year; location is assumed--book 1, page 22).
32.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
33.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, ("Marriage Bonds Book 1, 1784-1803, Harrison Co., VA" [sic]--Ezekiel who m. Temperance Cheney is called Ezekiel, Jr.).
34.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--Vergene said 'Chuney,' probably a typo).
35.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
36.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (1793--book 1, page 21).
37.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
38.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (they show Hayns [sic]--I would assume the same as Haynes, maybe she's even a sister or related to Mary Haynes, wife of Arthur Thomas).
39.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (book 1, page 50).
40.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
41.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
42.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year;  location is assumed and I didn't get the bride' name).
43.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
44.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
45.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year; location is assumed and I didn't get the bride's name).
46.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
47.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
48.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records.
49.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
50.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
51.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year; location is assumed & I didn't get the groom's name).
52.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther).
53.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lowther--date only).
54.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (year; location is assumed and I didn't get the groom's name).
55.  Vera Fletcher, a Henry Thomas descendant, (through Vergene Lother).
56.  Harrison Co., West Virginia Marriage Records, (I'm assuming this is our James).