- ALEXANDER THOM, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Clinton; born in Scotland
Oct. 19, 1830; son of
- Alexander THOM, and, on the mother's side, was a descendant
of the STEWARTs; at the age of 16 he learned the carpenter's
trade; the family moved to America and to Huron Co., Ohio, in
1836; Alexander, Jr., in 1854, came to Clinton and ran a threshing
machine; went to Rockford and worked at his trade, them moved
to Turtle and settled on eighty acres; owns a farm of two hundred
and forty acres under good cultivation. He married, July 4, 1854,
Mary WHITE, daughter of James WHITE, of Ohio; have four children.
H. C. THOM is Principal in one of the schools at Oshkosh, Wis.,
Lenora is teaching school in Turtle, Emma is at home, and Florence
is attending school. Mr. THOM has been Supervisor in Turtle and
in Clinton, and Constable many times. His brother, James, served
his time faithfully in an Ohio regiment during the war, and William
was a brave soldier in the 41st Wis. Battery. His wife had four
brothers in the army; Abraham was in the 22d Wis., and was wounded
at the battle of Bull Run; Ira served his time in a Wisconsin
regiment faithfully; Eli was in the 4th Wis. Battery, and was
honorably discharged; Clark, another brother, was also in the
service.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 787.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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