BIO:  Aaron S. Thoman, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Heidelberg Township, Pg 110

AARON S. THOMAN, was born September 25, 1842, in Heidelberg Township, York Co., 
Penn.; son of Jacob and Mary Ann (Snyder) Thoman, of Swiss descent.  His great-
grandfather, Jacob Thoman, came from Switzerland when very young and settled in 
Lancaster County, Penn., west of the Susquehanna.  He afterward came to York 
County, where he took up a section of land in the eastern part of Heidelberg 
Township, and remained there with his ten children, three of whom, Henry, Rudolph 
and Abraham, received the home farm.  The latter, the grandfather of our subject, 
lived on the home farm, during his life.  He had nine children, one of whom, 
Jacob, the father of Aaron S., received the home at his father’s death, and 
resided on it during his life.  Jacob Thoman had five sons and three daughters:  
Henry (deceased), Aaron S., George, Abraham, Jacob, Lydia, Elizabeth and Ellen R.  
Aaron S. Thoman spent his youth on the farm, receiving his education in 
subscription schools.  He made three different tours through the Western States.  
He was married, May 12, 1870, to Fanny Hohf, daughter of David and Elizabeth 
(Baehr) Hohf, of Heidelberg Township, who died July 2, 1871.  His second marriage 
was October 5, 1873, to Sarah Bollinger, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Forry) 
Bollinger, of this township.  He retired from farming and is now living on the 
old home farm, which contains about 150 acres of fine cultivated land.  He and 
his wife are members of the German Reformed Church at Leichey.  They have one 
son, Paul B. aged eight years.