Individual Details

1880 Census. Fannin Co TX. Precinct 4, Hh 35
C. Y. Thomas, age 28, Farmer, b. AR, father b. VA, mother b. NC
L. E. Thomas [female], wife, age 24, b. AL as were her parents
Ella G., 4 months, b. TX in February, daughter.
Washington Cason, age 2, stepson, b. GA
J. W. Rowden, age 20, Boarder, works on farm, b. MO

An online database had C. Y. Thomas's wife as Lydia Elizabeth Johnson. She was first married to John W. Cason by whom she had a son Washington Cason, b. 7 Nov 1877, Titus, TX, d. 1 Feb 1960, Kiowa, Pittsburg Co, Oklahoma. She died 7 Feb 1884, Bonham, TX
With the above information I discovered her grave, Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, with the dates as born 9 May 1856, died 7 Feb 1884.


Found 14 April 1899 issue Fannin Co., Texas "Bonham News"

Sunday morning at 4 o'clock Christopher Yancy Thomas died at his home in
this city after a weeks' illness. On the Monday before he was compelled
to leave M. Rosenbaum's store where he was at work and go home to bed,
erysipelas having broken out on his face. Very few people knew that he
was seriously sick and the news of his death was entirely unexpected to
most of his friends.

Monday morning at 9:30 funeral services were conducted at the residence
by Eld. Chas. Carlton and Rev. C.M. Threadgill, after which the remains
were buried in Willow Wild cemetery.

Mr. Thomas was born in Calhoun Co., Arkansas on Nov. 21, 1851. He was too
young to enter the army but boy as he was, he joined a company whose business
it was to protect the homes of the neighborhood and to assist the Confederate
army by burning bridges in front of the enemy and such like work.

In 1863 he came to Texas and had lived in this county ever since. He had
been a member of the Christian church for 15 years or more. He was a man
of strong convictions in religion and politics and he never feared or hesitated
to contend for principles he believed in whether they met popular approval
or not. As is always the case with such men, he made some warm friends
and some enemies.

He leaves surviving a WIDOW and 5 CHILDREN, besides 4 brothers and a sister
who have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow.

1900 Census. Fannin Co TX
Katie Thomas, age 41, widow, b. Jan 1859, TX, father & mother b. TN
Ida M., dau, b. Sep 1886, age 13, b. TX, father b. AR, mother b. TX
C. Y., son, b. May 1890, age 10
Ray M., son, b. Oct 1892, age 7
Walter Stegall, boarder, age 26, b. TX, father b. AR, mother b. TN
[Daughters Ella and Lev were living with Lindsay Thomas and family in 1900. Katie appears to have been their stepmother.]

Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin Co, TX
Christopher Y. Thomas, b. 21 Nov 1851, d. 9 Apr 1899
Mrs. C. Y. Thomas, b. 1859, d. 7 Mar 1922 and Katie J. Thomas, b. 19 Jan 1859, d. 22 Mar 1922 [this would appear to be a duplicate listing]
C. Y. Thomas, b. 30 May 1890, d. 27 Apr 1958
Rhea Mills Thomas, b. 9 Oct 1892, d. 1 Apr 1979

Birth	21 Nov 1851	Calhoun County, Arkansas
Marriage	Ca 1878	Texas - Lydia Elizabeth Johnson
Marriage	Ca 1885	Texas - Katie Johnson
Death	9 Apr 1899	Fannin County, Texas

Spouse	Lydia Elizabeth Johnson (1856 - 1884)
Child	Ella Graves Thomas (1880 - )
Child	Lev Thomas (1881 - )
Child	Ophelia Thomas (1884 - 1884)
Child	Ruth Thomas (1884 - 1884)

Spouse	Katie Johnson (1859 - 1922)
Child	Anna Bessie Thomas (1885 - 1887)
Child	Ida May Thomas (1886 - 1973)
Child	Christopher Yancey "C. Y." Thomas (1890 - 1958)
Child	Rhea Mills Thomas (1893 - 1979)

Father	William A. Thomas (1825 - 1864)
Mother	Hannah S. Graves (1824 - )
Sibling	Lindsay P. Thomas (1845 - 1924)
Sibling	William Alexander Thomas (1847 - 1926)
Sibling	Sidney Thomas (1849 - 1870)
Sibling	Nathaniel Price Thomas (1853 - 1937)
Sibling	Warren Stone Thomas (1855 - 1943)
Sibling	Uri Thomas (1859 - 1870)
Sibling	Fannie Hall Thomas (1865 - 1952)