Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Thomas, Henry 1828 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

HENRY THOMAS, one of Murphy's pioneers and influential citizens, is an
Englishman, born in 1828, son of John and Grace (Symons) Thomas. He was educated
in the common schools. In 1849 he came to the United States and located at
Danville, Pennsylvania. There he mined for a short time, after which he went to
the copper mines of Lake Superior. In 1854 he came to California, and for thirty
years mined almost continuously, not, however, as a laborer, but as a
prospector, employing a great many men to work what he as an experienced miner
had discovered. He has been very successful in all his mining operations, and is
perhaps as good authority on mining industries as any man in Calaveras county.
He has recently gone into the saloon business in Murphy's, and is regarded by
all who know him as an upright, honest citizen.

   He was married in England, in 1848, to Miss Caroline Woolcock. Their only
child, Elizabeth, is the wife of John Cook, and resides in the old country. Mrs.
Thomas departed this life in 1861, and Mr. Thomas has never married again. He is
a prominent Odd .Fellow, and a citizen whom everybody respects.



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Memorial and Biographical History
Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892


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