Rufus W. Thomas
b. circa 1839
- Father: (?) Thomas
- Mother: Mary (?) b. circa 1801
- Rufus W. Thomas was born circa 1839 in Alabama.
- Mary (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Rufus W. Thomas, John Thomas, Charles Henry Thomas, Albert Thomas and Elizabeth R. Thomas. With the exception of Mary, everyone else in the household is enumerated under the surname Perkins, apparently because J[oel?] Perkins was living with them. The only person enumerated in the next household is Virginia-born Ann Edwards, age 75, likely Mary's mother.
- Charles Henry Thomas and Amanda Eliza McCaleb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas, not far from Amanda's family.. Other members of the household included Rufus W. Thomas. The next household consists of A. Edwards (age 77) likely Charles' maternal grandmother, and Charles' sister E. R. Thomas (age 18), and also "A. Jackson," (age 23), who may actually be their brother Albert Thomas.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Last Edited: 24 Jun 2013