Major John W. Thomas

1830 - 1906

• Title	Major
  Born	24 Aug 1830	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Feb 1906	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [1, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I716	Nashville
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2010

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Thomas,   b. abt. 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 1876
  Married	1852  [2, 6]
  Children	> 1. John W. Thomas, Jr.,   b. 24 Aug 1856, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Dec 1913, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   2. Ellen Thomas,   b. abt. 1862, Tennessee
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F239	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Evelina DeBow
  Married	14 May 1891	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [2, 6, 7]
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2010
  Family ID	F240	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		John W. Thomas Photo from Centennial Album of Nashville, Tennessee: Containing Exposition Buildings, Officers of the Exposition, Representative Citizens, Public Buildings, Business Houses, and Private Residences. Nashville: J. Prousnitzer & Co, 1896.
  		Memorial in Centennial Park: John W. Thomas Sr. Photo taken by Flikr user http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanneorla/

  
  

• Notes

  President of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition [6] President of the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railroad [6] There is a book written about the memorial dedicated to him in Centennial Park - John W. Thomas: A Memorial. Nashville, Tenn: Press of Ambrose & Boselman co, 1906.

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Obituary: John W. Thomas. Railway Age Gazette 41.7 (1906): 265. Google Books. http://is.gd/eMDcO. [S149] Allison, John. Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with Portraits. Atlanta: Southern historical Association, 1905. Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=Fag-AAAAYAAJ. [S151] 1870 US Census. Davidson County, Tennessee -- Ward 10, pg. 60, Family #419 - http://is.gd/eMFnE [S145] Blackstock, Towner. Delta Chapter at Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1851-1861 and 1870-1873. Archives: Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Aug. 2006. http://fiji.hea.biz/history/Articles/Union2.htm. appears to mix the death date of John W. Thomas Jr. & Sr.? Obit of Jr. from the Confederate Veteran has Sr.'s death year as 1906. [S147] Obituary: John W. Thomas Jr. Confederate Veteran 22.3 (1914): 133. Google Books. http://is.gd/eMBZZ. [S145] Blackstock, Towner. Delta Chapter at Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1851-1861 and 1870-1873. Archives: Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Aug. 2006. http://fiji.hea.biz/history/Articles/Union2.htm. [S7] Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905 , (http://library.nashville.org/localhistory/his_lochisindexes.asp#marriages).