- J. P. THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Janesville; born in Woodstock,
Vt., in 1834; came to
- Wisconsin in April, 1859, locating at La Prairie, where he
purchased 160 acres - his present homestead. Married, in June,
1861, Miss Melissa POOL, a native of Vermont, who died in 1868,
leaving three children - Hattie M., born Aug. 6, 1863; Nellie
L., born May 21, 1866; Florence, born May 23, 1868 (died Aug.
21, 1868). He married again, September, 1869, Miss Martha A.
SMITH, a native of New York, who died April 10, 1879. They have
had five children - Flora C., born Oct. 20, 1870; Charles P.,
Feb. 27, 1872; Elsie C., born May 2, 1873; Irene C., born May
2, 1875; Sidney, born May 27, 1877. Mr. THOMAS has been Side
Supervisor eight years, Chairman of School Board two years. In
January 1879, was elected President of the La Prairie Fire Insurance
Co. In 1854, he went to California, where he was engaged in mining
till 1867, when he returned to Wisconsin.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 839.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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