Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....THOMASON, JAMES R. 1826 - 
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Author: S. EMMETT LUCAS, JR.
JAMES R. THOMASON, physician and surgeon, Mabry, Carroll Co., Ga., son of 
Bartlett and Mary (Thomason) Thomason, was born in Newton county, Ga.. in 
1826. His great-grandfather, William Thomason, was born in Ireland and came to 
America before the revolutionary war and was a soldier in the patriot army. 
His grandfather, William Thomason, was born in Virginia, whence he migrated to 
South Carolina. His grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. His parents 
were born in Abbeville district, South Carolina, and came to Georgia and 
settled in the woods of what is now Walton county, in 1816. They came in a 
borrowed ox-cart, and when they reached their destination their "goods and 
chattels" were disposed under a large tree and their friend took his 
departure. He and his wife then cleared an "opening" and began to farm, their 
principal food being corn and wild game. After enjoying this luxurious life a 
few years they moved into what is now Newton county, where his father bought 
his first land and cleared a farm. In addition to farming he practiced as a 
botanic doctor in the neighborhood for a number of years. He also "exercised" 
as a Methodist exhorter, and on many occasions he went to his “appointments" 
on foot and barefooted, and barefooted stood and delivered his  message. When 
he was married it was in a home-spun and wove home-made suit of white cotton 
cloth; it knew no dye pot. Dr. Thomason's grandfather on his mother's side, 
John Thomason, was a native of South Carolina and settled in what is now 
Newton county, early in the century. Dr. Thomason was reared on his father's 
farm and received his education in the primitive, oft described dirt floor log 
school-house, with its puncheon seats and mud and stick chimney. In 1844 he 
determined to be a doctor and began to study, he at the time being a clerk in 
a store where a doctor had an office, who gave him the privilege of using his 
books.

 In 1848 he went to his brother's in Coweta county, who became his preceptor. 
In 1849-50 he attended the medical college of Georgia at Augusta, and in 1850 
located in Carroll county, remaining there three years; then removed to where 
he now lives. In 1860 he attended the Atlanta Medical college, and graduating 
just as the war begun, tendered his services to the Confederate army, which 
were rejected. He next made up a company and went to the army, but was sent 
home, not participating in a single battle. He managed, however, to serve 
awhile at one time during the war as captain of a militia company. After the 
war he resumed his practice, which he has continued since. In 1870 he was 
elected to represent his county in the general assembly and was re-elected in 
1872, serving two terms. Dr. Thomason was married May 2, 1852; to Miss Maria L,
born in Hancock county, Ga. in 1832, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harris) 
Colbert, who moved to Coweta county in 1838. Her father was a Methodist 
preacher, born in Georgia in 1796, and was a son of John and Elizabeth 
Colbert. Mrs. Thomason's mother, born in South Carolina in 1806, was a 
daughter of Thomas and Martha Harris. To Dr. and Mrs. Thomason six children 
have been born: James H., Francis G., Walter c., Benjamin B., John M. and 
Joseph R.  Dr. Thomason is a member of the I. O. O. F. and has been a Master 
Mason since 1850. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist church, and he 
has been an ordained preacher since 1854.  He is a popular and useful citizen 
and is very much liked by the community in which he lives.


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