Biographical Sketch of Peter Thomas, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Peter Thomas, P. O. Higginsville. Was born in Baden, Germany, May 4, 1825, where he lived until the year 1849, and then came to this country, landing in New York on July 3rd. He traveled through several of the northern states, staying for a time in each, consuming six years in this way, and finally settled at Denver, in this county, where he continued engaged in the mercantile and hotel business until 1878, when he moved to Higginsville, and built a large brick hotel near the C. & A. depot. In 1865 he was married to Miss Sophia Schoop, of Lexington. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Thomas died October 26, 1868, and June 20, 1872 Mr. Thomas married the second time, to Miss E. Burgess. In 1879 he purchased the farm of 229 acres on which he now lives. In the war he was a Union man, but tried to keep neutral; but finding this impossible he joined the militia. Both sides depredated on him and he lost nearly all his personal property. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================