1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Lawton, District 23, page 9A, 921 7th St, Hse #189, Fam #206 Thomas, Merton Head Rents M W 26 Married at age 22 KS KS KS Farmer Thomas, Bessie F W 24 Married at age 20 OK TX TX [mar abt 1926] Thomas, Alfred Son M W 2yrs9mos OK KS OK [b abt June 1927] Thomas, Wanda M Dau F W 2mos OK KS OK [b abt Jan 1930] 1940 Federal Census, Cotton County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Bryan Township, District 17-24, page 1A, Hse #6 Owned, Value $400 Thomas, Myrten A Head M W 36 Grade 8 b Kentucky lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1904] Thomas, Bessie Wife F W 34 Grade 8 b Oklahoma lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1906] Thomas, Alfred R Son M W 12 Grade 7 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1928] Tomas, Wanda Mae Dau F W 10 Grade 5 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1930] Thomas, Charlotte S Dau F W 2 Grade 0 b Oklahoma [b abt 1938] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Alfred Robert Thomas Birth Date 30 Jun 1927 Chattanooga [Cotton County], Oklahoma Residence Chattanooga, Cotton, Oklahoma, USA Next of Kin Father Myrton Thomas 5'8" 167 lbs, Brown Eyes, Black Hair, Complexion Dark Registration Date 30 August 1946 Gravestone of Annie and Alfred Robert Thomas, Walters Cemetery, Cotton County, Oklahoma Anne CamilleThomas Aug 14 1948 (no deathy date) Alfred Robert “Al†Thomas S1 US Navy World War II 30 Jun 1927 Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma 6 Sep 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Walters Cemetery, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma Photo courtesy of C S Allen, posted on Find a Grave 19 January 2016, accessed 10 November 2017, used by permission ------------------------- ALFRED THOMAS Obituary Jun. 30, 1927 - Sep. 6, 2014 OKLAHOMA CITY Born Cotton Co., OK to Myrton & Bessie Thomas, Al worked in his dad's threshing business, was Valedictorian Ahpeatone HS `44; Cameron graduate and freshman class pres., then to OK A&M. Served WWII in USN. Dispatcher Lawton OHP in 50's. 60's raised his family in Enid working as Mgr Dillingham Claims and the Home Ins. Al was honored with appointments by Gov. Boren to the OETA Board `76, and Gov. Nigh to Cotton Co. Commissioner in `81 being re-elected till retiring in '91, also served on ACCO Bd of Dirs. Al was a Mason 65 yrs and attended 1st United Methodist Church of Walters where he married Anne in 1992. Al worked to age 85, loved to travel and spent years as an ins. adjuster on storms around the country including Johnstown flood, Northridge earthquake and Katrina. Al loved life, made friends everywhere and "lived during the best of times." Survivors: wife, Anne; children Linda Hoernke, Susan Desaulnier and Keith Thomas; sisters Wanda Scherler & Charlotte Brock; 4 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Walters 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at Hart-Wyatt. Published in The Oklahoman on Sept. 11, 2014, accessed on Leacy.com, http://legacy.newsok.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-thomas&pid=172424571&fhid=22594 ------------------------- His Find a Gravememorial inlcudes a longer version of his obituary. ------------------------- Alfred Robert “Al†Thomas BIRTH 30 Jun 1927 Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA DEATH 6 Sep 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA BURIAL Walters Cemetery Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA Alfred R. Thomas, 87, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, in Oklahoma City. He was born June 30, 1927, on a farm in the NW corner of Cotton County, Oklahoma, to Myrton and Bessie Thomas. He worked in his dad’s threshing business doing custom combining from the Texas panhandle to North Dakota. He graduated Valedictorian of the 1944 class of Ahpeatone High School, attended Cameron College in Lawton where he served as President of the 1945 freshman class. He served in the U.S. Navy 1945-46 during WWII and returned to graduate from Cameron in 1947. Later, he attended Oklahoma A&M University in Stillwater. 1950-56 Al worked as dispatcher for the Highway Patrol Hq in Lawton. In 1962 he moved to Enid where he raised his family and worked as Manager for Dillingham Claims Co. and later for The Home Insurance Co. of NY. In 1976 Gov. David Boren appointed him to the Board of the OETA. In 1977 he returned to Walters to farm and ranch. In 1981 he was appointed by Gov. George Nigh to fill a vacant seat as Cotton County Commissioner and was re-elected each term from 1981-91 when he retired. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Assn. of Co. Commissioners. Alfred was a member of the Masons for 65 years, and a member of the Walters First United Methodist Church where he and Anne were married in 1992. They relocated to OKC in 1995. Alfred worked until he was 85. He loved to travel and spent many of his working years as a catastrophe insurance adjuster working all over the country on disasters, including the Johnstown Flood, Northridge Earthquake and Katrina. He loved life and made friends everywhere he went, and often said he had lived during the best years of mankind. Survivors include his wife, Anne Thomas; two daughters, Linda Hoernke and husband, Roy, Susan Desaulnier, and son, Keith Thomas and wife, Nola; sisters Wanda Scherler and Charlotte Brock; grandson, Steven, and granddaughters, Becky, Jolene and Crystal and 7 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2014, at Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home with viewing from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., burial at Walters Cemetery under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home. Parents: Myrton Alfred Thomas (1903 - 1988) Bessie Brinkley Thomas (1905 - 1990) -- MEMORIAL ID 135660777, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135660777 -------------------------
Anna M Thomas was born near Bryan in Brazos County, Texas, one of several children born to Nicholas Thomas and Mary Ann (Kiefer) Thomas, who moved to Texas from Prusia in 1850. Mary Ann is recorded in the 1860 census with her parents in Brazos County, but has moved away from the family home by the 1870 census. 1860 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 23 July, PO Wheelock, page 75, Hse/Fam #544 Nicholas Thomas 47 M Farmer $1216 Real Estate $112 Personal b Prusia [sic] Mary A Thomas 38 F Housewife b Prusia Thomas, Anna M 3 F b Texas
Catherine was the first child born to Nicholas and Mary Ann Thomasin Texas after the couple moved from Prussia in Europe in 1850. 1860 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 23 July, PO Wheelock, page 75, Hse/Fam #544 Nicholas Thomas 47 M Farmer $1216 Real Estate $112 Personal b Prusia [sic] Mary A Thomas 38 F Housewife b Prusia Thomas, Cathrine 8 F b Texas In 1870, she is already married and out of her mother's household. Catherine (or Cathrine) married Charles (Carl) Zerbst, born in Prussia in 1835.
1940 Federal Census, Cotton County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Bryan Township, District 17-24, page 1A, Hse #6 Owned, Value $400 Thomas, Myrten A Head M W 36 Grade 8 b Kentucky lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1904] Thomas, Bessie Wife F W 34 Grade 8 b Oklahoma lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1906] Thomas, Alfred R Son M W 12 Grade 7 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1928] Tomas, Wanda Mae Dau F W 10 Grade 5 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1930] Thomas, Charlotte S Dau F W 2 Grade 0 b Oklahoma [b abt 1938]
Enid Dorothy Thomas Padgett Birth Mar. 16, 1902 Oklahoma Death Jan. 8, 1969 Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Spouse Bryan Cosgrove Padgett (1896 - 1980) Burial Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Created by Steve4History Mar 28, 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial #50343734, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50343734
--------------------- Eurma Faye Thomas Criswell Birth Dec. 15, 1915 Death Apr. 7, 2011 Eurma Faye Criswell, 95, died Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Wichita Falls. The graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday, April 11, 2011, in Crestview Memorial Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls. The daughter of the late Harvey M. and Maggie M. (Cornelius) Thomas, Eurma was born December 15, 1915, in Village Bend, Texas. On October 18, 1940, she and Hallie J. "Brown" Criswell were married in Walters, Oklahoma. She worked for Scotts Level Best as a Utility Operator prior to her retirement. She was the last charter member of Calvary Assembly of God on Broad Street. She played the piano. Eurma was also preceded in death by her husband, Hallie J. "Brown" Criswell in 1992; a daughter, Prentice Holmes; brothers, J.T. Thomas, J.O. Thomas and Grady Thomas; and sisters, Charlie Marie Pitts and Eula Mae Schofield. She is survived by a son, Phillip A. Criswell and wife, Debbie, of Archer City; son-in-law Eddie Holmes of Oklahoma; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends and family from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Owens & Brumley Funeral Home. Spouse Hallie James Criswell (1914 - 1992) Son Phillip Anthony Criswell (1954 - 2012) Burial Crestview Memorial Park, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Created by Kenneth D. Bogard Apr 09, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #68107467, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68107467 ---------------------
Elizabeth was reported as Lizzie in the 1900 census, with her widowed mother, after the death of her father in January of that year.Peter died in January 1900. 1900 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 15 June, District 5, Kurten Precinct 3, page 9A, Hse #159, Fam #163 Thomas, Lucy Head W F Sept 1853 46 Widow 8 children/6 living TX TX TX Farmer Owns Farm Thomas, Nora Daughter W F July 1882 17 TX Germany TX Thomas, Lou Daughter W F Aug 1886 13 TX Germany TX At School Thomas, Lizzie Daughter W F June 1889 10 TX Germany TX At School Thomas, William Son W M Apr 1894 6 TX Germany TX Texas Deaths, 1890 - 1976 Certificate #49186 Frances Elizabeth Cobb, Widow Residence 1703 East 27th St, Bryan, resident 84 yrs Father Peter Thomas Mother Lucy Hood Age at Death 84 Born 21 Jan 1888 Brazos Co Died 08 Jul 1972 St Joseph Hospital, Bryan, Brazos Co Cause of Death Myocardial Infarction, due to Coronary Artery Disease Informant Mrs. M. A. Coleman Buried 10 July 1972 Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, by C Russell Hillier, Funeral Director -- Family Search, http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#toYear=1972;placeId=1256730;surname=Cobb;searchType=standard;givenName=Frances%20elizabeth;eventPlace=Bryan%2C%20Brazos%2C%20Texas%2C%20United%20States;year=1888;p=recordResults 1920 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 10 February, Precinct 3, District 5, page 11A, Hse #207, Fam #208 Cobb, John L Head Owns Farm M W 42 TX AL TN Public School Teacher [b abt 1878] Cobb, Elizabeth F Wife F W 31 TX Alsace-Lorraine AL [b abt 1889] Cobb, Julian L Son M W 13 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1907] Cobb, Curtis L Son M W 10 Single TX TX TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1810] Cobb, Lucy M Dau F W 8 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1812] The wife here is listed by what family sources give us as her middle name. Elizabeth F is known as Frances Elizabeth from other sources. The place of birth of Elizabeth's father is interesting. Alsace-Lorraine is a large province now part of France. This province was and to some extent still is a German-speaking province. I have met German-speaking French citizens from Alsace-Lorraine. This Province had shifted back and forth between the French and German powers in the course of the incessant European wars. Previous census reports had reported Peter Thomas as born in Prussia. Prussia was the German State which had created the then-current German Empire. We had no definite point of origin for the Thomas family. "Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Cobb, 84, of 1703 E. 27th St., will be held at 3 p.m. today [10 July 1972] at the Hillier Funeral Home chapel, the Rev. Bailey. Stone of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Bryan City Cemetery..." -- Bryan Eagle, Bryan, Texas, July 10 1972, NewspaperArchive.com On her gravestone her name is Elizabeth F, reversing hte order of her names. -------------------------- Elizabeth Frances Thomas Cobb Birth Jan. 21, 1888 Death Jul. 8, 1972 Parents: Peter Thomas (1848 - 1900) Lucy J. Hood Thomas (1852 - 1918) Spouse John L Cobb (1876 - 1941) Siblings: Lucy Judson Thomas Martin (1866 - 1971) Joseph Henry Thomas (1872 - 1909) Ada B Thomas Sample (1877 - 1962) Nora Alice Thomas Parker (1880 - 1907) Frank Almer Thomas (1892 - 1893) William Elzie Thomas (1894 - 1942) Burial Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan (Brazos County), Brazos County, Texas, Plot: Block 7 Created by MH Shearer Apr 30, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #69143682, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69143682 --------------------------
Frank Almer Thomas Birth Sep. 22, 1892 Death Aug. 25, 1893 Parents: Peter Thomas (1848 - 1900) Lucy J. Hood Thomas (1852 - 1918) Siblings: Lucy Judson Thomas Martin (1866 - 1971) Joseph Henry Thomas (1872 - 1909) Ada B Thomas Sample (1877 - 1962) Nora Alice Thomas Parker (1880 - 1907) Elizabeth Frances Thomas Cobb (1888 - 1972) William Elzie Thomas (1894 - 1942) Burial Cottonwood Cemetery, Brazos County, Texas Created by Sandi Costa Record added: Mar 10, 2005 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10594292, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10594292
Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911 Frank L Thomas, age 24, Birth Date abt 1872 Father Sam'l Thomas, Mother S E Short Charlotte Dawkins, age 19, Birth date abt 1877 Father Jno Dawkins, Mother Rachel Whilestine (Whitestine) First marriage for both Marriage 26 Nov 1896 in Irving, Marshall County, Kansas, by J W Johnson Registered in Irving County Marriage Application Book, p 57 Source FamilySearch.org Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911 Frank T Thomas, Age 24 (Born abt 1872) Charlotte A Dawkins, Age 19 (Born abt 1878) License issued 24 November 1896 Marriage 25 Nov 1896 Marshall County, Kansas, USA Ceremony performed by J W Johnston, Ordained Minister, at the home of the bride in Marshall County Recorded 14 December 1896 in Irving County Marriage Book, p 376 1905 Kansas State Census, Marshall County, 1 March (census date, no date on page), Wells, Page 3, Rented Farm, Family #16 F T Thomas 31 born Male [b abt 1874] Myrton Thomas 1 Male [b abt 1904] Clarenc [sic] Daly 15 [b abt 1930] Lottie Thomas [wife of F T] 27 Female [b abt 1878] Ester [sic] Thomas 7 Female [b abt 1898] Martha Thomas 3 Female [b abt 1902] Sarah Thomas 62 Female [b abt 1843] Kitty Daly 37 Female [b abt 1868] Clara Daly 5 Female [b abt 1900] Saml Daly 10 Male [b abt 1895] 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 3 May, Mangan Township, District 57, page 21A, Hse #257, Fam #260 Thomas, Frank T [L] Head M W 37 Married 13 yrs Kansas Indiana Indiana Farmer Owns Thomas, Charlotte A Wife F W 32 Married 13 yrs 4 children/4 living Kansas England Indiana Thomas, Esther M Dau F W 1 KS KS KS Thomas, Martha E Dau F W 8 KS KS KS Thomas, Myrton Son M W 6 KS KS KS Thomas, Walter Son M W 3 KS KS KS U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Frank Turner Thomas Age 45, Birth Date 24 Sep 1872 Occupation Farming Address Faxon Box 33, Cotton, Oklahoma, USA 5'8" Stout Build, Dark Hair, Gray Eyes Relative Shelia [?] Thomas, wife, Faxon Registered 12 September 1918 Walter [sic], Cotton County, Oklahoma
Unclear whether Mr Thomas died or the couple were divorced. Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 Henry M Thomas, Age 23 (Born abt 1936) Darlene Green, Age 18 (Born abt 1941) Marriage 1 Aug 1959 Greer County, Oklahoma, USA
In the 1870 census this person is enumerated only as J Thomas, age 7. All the persons in this census for Brazos County were listed only by initials. I have not found any other sources yet (September 2008) to indicate what the name of this child was. J Thomas was the last child of Nicholas and Mary Ann Thomas. From his age of 7 in 1870, we see he was born in about 1863, perhaps in late 1862. This gives us a narrower range of possible death dates for his father Nicholas. Nicholas is enumerated in the 1860 census in Brazos County, Texas, with his wife Mary Ann, but has died before the 1870 census. He does not appear in the Cottonwood Cemetery with other members of the Thomas family. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 16 June, PO Bryan, page 2, Hse/Fam #11 Thomas, M A 49 F W Keeping House $3000 Real Estate value $240 Personal b Prussia Thomas, J 7 M W $0 Real Estate value $100 b Texas
Jack Thomas Birth Jan. 12, 1938 Pelly, Harris County, Texas Death Jul. 19, 2011 Canyon Lake, Comal County, Texas Parents: William Elzie Thomas (1894 - 1942) Una Mae Singletary Thomas (1897 - 1957) Son Michael Joe Thomas (1958 - 2013) Burial Hill Country Memorial Gardens, New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, Plot: Garden of Devotion, Row J, Space 10 Created by Patricia Babcock 15, 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial #90159516, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90159516
There is a memorial on Find a Grave or a burial in Walters, Oklahoma, that seems to be for this infant, but the name is Joe A Thomas. The grave has no dates. , but reports a son, Jess W Thaoms, born in 1915. This probably a grandfather of Joe Frank Thomas. His sister Wanda's obituary refrerred to her infant brother Joe Frank who had predeceased her. An undocumented genealogy reports the date of birth and death for Joe Frank Thomas as 27 November 1935. in Cotton County, Oklahoma/ Joe Frank THOMAS BIRTH 27 NOV 1935 Cotton County, Oklahoma DEATH 27 NOV 1935 Cotton County, Oklahoma Parents: Myrton Alfred THOMAS 1903-1988 Bessie BRINKLEY 1905-1990 -- James F Whitestine Family, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/24668922/person/1549513068/facts Thomas, Joe F, no dates Walters Cemetery, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma -- Interment.net, http://www.interment.net/data/us/ok/cotton/walters/walter_tv.htm
----------------------- John Herbert Claiborne (1763- ), b 3 May 1763; m Mary, dau of Roger Gregory, of Chesterfield, Virginia, and, by her, had issue: 1. John Gregory, of whom later. 1. Maria, m John D Wilkins. 2. Martha Jane; m Nicholas Lewis. John Gregory Claiborne (1798- ), of Roslin, Virginia, b 1798; m Mary E Weldon, and, by her, had issue: 1. Weldon. 2. John Herbert, of whom more later. 1. Augusta; m John G Thomas, of Louisburg, North Carolina. 2. Anne, m Colonel Daniel Gregory Butte, of Petersburg. -- Claiborne Family history, Prominent Families of the United States, pp 232-233 ----------------------- Gravestone Gabriel Thomas Born Feb 2, 1814 Died Oct 12, 1894 Augusta Claiborne Born Oct 30, 1820 Died Sept 24, 1910 Marion Cemetery, Marion, Perry County, Alabama Photo by Little Marie 11 January 2013, accessed on Find a Grave 22 January 2020
Joseph was the second and last child born to Nicholas and Mary Ann Thomas in Prussia before they took ship to Texas in 1850. 1860 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 23 July, PO Wheelock, page 75, Hse/Fam #544 Nicholas Thomas 47 M Farmer $1216 Real Estate $112 Personal b Prusia [sic] Mary A Thomas 38 F Housewife b Prusia Joseph Thomas 10 M b Prussia Nicholas died before the 1870 census. Joseph is one of several children still in the household of their now-widowed mother Mary Ann Thomas. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 16 June, PO Bryan, page 2, Hse/Fam #11 Thomas, M A 49 F W Keeping House $3000 Real Estate value $240 Personal b Prussia Thomas, J 21 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate value $100 Personal b Prussia
1880 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 8 June, District 2/16, page 14B, Hse/Fam #131 Thomas, Joseph H W M 8 Son Farm Hand TX Prussia AL Son of Thomas, Peter W M 33 Farming Prussia Prussia Prussia and Thomas, Lusy J W F 25 Wife Keeping House TX AL AL. 1900 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 15 June, District 5, Kurten Precinct 3, page 9A, Hse #158, Fam #162 Thomas, Joseph H Head W F Jan 1872 28 Married 3 years TX Germany TX Farmer Owns Farm Thomas, Ida Wife W F July 1873 26 Married 3 years TX AL AL Joseph is living next door to his widowed mother. His father Peter died inJanaury 1900. 1900 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 15 June, District 5, Kurten Precinct 3, page 9A, Hse #159, Fam #163 Thomas, Lucy Head W F Sept 1853 46 Widow 8 children/6 living TX TX TX Farmer Owns Farm Thomas, Nora Daughter W F July 1882 17 TX Germany TX Thomas, Lou Daughter W F Aug 1886 13 TX Germany TX At School Thomas, Lizzie Daughter W F June 1889 10 TX Germany TX At School Thomas, William Son W M Apr 1894 6 TX Germany TX ----------------------- Joseph Henry Thomas Birth Jan. 2, 1872 Texas Death Jun. 13, 1909 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Parents: Peter Thomas (1848 - 1900) Lucy J. Hood Thomas (1852 - 1918) Siblings: Lucy Judson Thomas Martin (1866 - 1971) Ada B Thomas Sample (1877 - 1962) Nora Alice Thomas Parker (1880 - 1907) Elizabeth Frances Thomas Cobb (1888 - 1972) Frank Almer Thomas (1892 - 1893) William Elzie Thomas (1894 - 1942) Non-Cemetery Burial Created by D. A. Core (nee McGee) Jul 08, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #73021564, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73021564 -----------------------