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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Josephine Thomas: Birth: 23 NOV 1867 in Illinois. Death: 21 JAN 1943 in Belleville, IL

  2. William Henry Bissell Thomas: Birth: 11 SEP 1869 in Illinois. Death: 13 MAR 1945 in VA

  3. Charles Edward Livingston Thomas: Birth: 11 APR 1876 in Belleville, Illinois. Death: 30 NOV 1926 in St. Louis, MO


Sources
1. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Text:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Belleville, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: ., http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1870usfedcen&h=16217367&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, Birth date: abt 1841 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Belleville, St Clair, Illinois, United States
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Reco
2. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Text:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois; Roll: 247; Family History Film: 1254247; Page: 428B; Enumeration District: 200; Image: 0528., http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=30799212&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt, Birth date: abt 1840 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois, United States
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints � Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite
3. Title:   Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

Notes
a. Note:   N56 Name: Charles W Thomas ,
 Residence: Belleville, Illinois
 Enlistment Date: 21 August 1862
 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
 Side Served: Union
 State Served: Illinois
 Unit Numbers: 476 476
 Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 21 August 1862
 Commission in Springfield Light Artillery Regiment Illinois on 21 August 1862.
 Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 18 February 1864 effective 08 September 1864
 Resigned Springfield Light Artillery Regiment Illinois on 17 September 1864
  Notes about Charles taken from Wm. Bissell Thomas letter to daughter Charlotte:
 Fought in Civil War from 1861-1864, first in Gen. Fremont's bodyguard and later as artillery captain. Wounded at Battle of Little Rock in 1864. Admitted to bar in 1865. Was intimate frined of President Roosevelt and was Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court at time of death in 1906 but died before taking office.
b. Note:   Born on a farm


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