Hancock-Wayne County OhArchives Biographies.....Thomas, Samuel L. 1824 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   SAMUEL L. THOMAS, farmer, P. 0. Arcadia, was born in Wayne County, Ohio,
September 26, 1824, son of Henry and Jane (Stranahan) Thomas, natives of
Ireland. They came to America in 1816, and resided in Pennsylvania for a few
years; then, in 1834 or 1835, came to this county and entered 160 acres of land
in Section 6, Big Lick Township (where Samuel L., the subject of this sketch,
now resides), and there endured the hardships and privations incident to pioneer
life in the forest of a new country. Their family consisted of four sons and two
daughters: William (in Michigan), John, Mary (wife of C. Weimer, in Iowa),
Henry, Sarah (deceased) and Samuel L. Our subject was married. September 21,
1854, to Mary A., daughter of William and Cassandra Taylor, the former a native
of Ireland, the latter of Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were born eight
children: Martha J. (wife of Jasper L. Gipson), Cassandra, William H., Marcella,
Samuel E., George E., Chalmers B. and Mary A. Mr. Thomas was one of the pioneer
children of Big Lick Township, and is now one of the substantial farmers of the
township. He is connected with the Presbyterian Church; in politics a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Big Lick Township

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