MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES -WILLIAM P. THOMAS
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WILLIAM P. THOMAS may be mentioned as one of the prosperous farmers of
Marshall County, Tenn.  His parents, T.W. and Lucy (Pierson) Thomas, were
born in Virginia, and were there married, and soon after came to Tennessee
and located in Rutherford County, where they lived until the death of the
father, and then the mother and her five children located in BedfordCounty,
and about 1850 came to Marshall County.  The faher was a stock trader and
while on a tour in Alabama sickened and died.  William P. was born in
Rutherford County, September 7, 1832, and as he was obliged to assist in
supporting the family his school days were limited.  He has acquired a
practical business education, however, and is well to do in worldly goods,
being the owner of 400 acres of land, which he has acquired by hard
work.  In 1861 he volunteered in Col. Haynes' Company of cavalry and after
a short service was discharged on account of rheumatic trouble. In politics
he is a stanch Democrat, and is a Master Mason of Chapel Hill
Lodge.  His is a bachelor.

Surnames:Pierson, Thomas
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."