Individual Details

1850 Census, Henry Co. Christopher Thomas lived alone, age 30, a Lawyer.
Slave Schedule: 9 Total. male age 31. female age 27, female age 24, female age 20 [mulatto], female age 7, male age 8, male age 5, female age 3, female age 2.

1860 Census, Henry Co VA. Christopher Y. Thomas, age 40. Mary A. Thomas age 25, and Sterling age 1. Christopher's occupation is that of Lawyer.
Slave Schedule: Nine total. One male age 39, mulatto, 1 female age 30, mulatto, 1 male 14, all the children after are listed as mulatto: female age 11, male 9, female 7, female 3, and a female age 1.
Then listed as "same employer" a female slave, age 25, mulatto.
Two slave houses.

1870, Henry Co, Martinsville Township. Listed as age 52. a Lawyer. Mary A., age 36, Keeping House. Sterling age 14, Nancy 12, John 10, Jane 6, Kate 4 and Frank 2. [Sterling was only age 1 in 1860 so he has aged a couple of extra years; Nancy was not listed in 1860, perhaps born that year after the census cut-off date.
Also living in the household were: 11 year old Martha Barber listed as domestic servant; Robert Hairson, a 24 year old Black man doing Farm labour, Wesley Thomas, age 18 and Aron Thomas age 13, both mulattos doing Farm labor.
Faith Thomas, age 8, was listed after these others. The 1880 census reveals she was one of the children, apparently almost forgotten.

Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress:
THOMAS, Christopher Yancy, (1818 - 1879)
THOMAS, Christopher Yancy, a Representative from Virginia; born in Pittsylvania County, Va., March 24, 1818; attended the common schools, and was graduated from a private academy in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Martinsville, Henry County, Va.; served in the State senate 1860-1864; member of the commission to settle the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina; treasurer of Henry County; prosecuting attorney for Henry County; member of the State constitutional convention in 1868; elected to the State house of delegates in 1869; successfully contested as a Republican the election of Alexander M. Davis to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 5, 1874, to March 3, 1875; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Martinsville, Va., February 11, 1879; interment in the family cemetery at Leatherwood, Henry County, Va.

43rd U.S.Congress met in Washington, DC from March 4 to March 3, 1875, during the first two years of the second administration of U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
from Virginia:
5. Alexander M. Davis (1833-1889), Decmocrat …contested election, served until March 5, 1874.
Christopher Y. Thomas (1818-1879), Republican …contested election, seated March 5, 1874.


http://jimbuie.blogs.com/journal/2007/04/untold_stories_.html
C. Y. Thomas apparently fathered several slave children - perhaps prior to his marriage to Mary Reamy.
"As with Thomas Jefferson, there is evidence that C.Y. Thomas fathered children by a slave by the name of Chaney. Several area residents claim to be descended from Thomas and Chaney, and apparently generous provisions for some of the Chaney children were included in the Thomas will, including a property where the Patrick Henry Mall is now located. Thomas married Mary Reamy, a member of a prominent family in the area."

Virginia Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, on Ancestry.com lists the death of a colored (Black) male age 10 days old in Henry County on 1 Mar 1858. Parents are listed as Christopher Y. Thomas and Rachel. The death of this baby was about two months prior to Christopher's marriage to Mary Reamy.

Birth	24 Mar 1818	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Marriage	13 May 1858	Mary Anne Reamy
Death	11 Feb 1879	Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia

Spouse	Mary Anne Reamy (1834 - 1911)
Child	Lyne Starling Thomas (1859 - 1920)
Child	Ann Hope Thomas (1861 - 1947)
Child	John Watkins Thomas (1861 - )
Child	Faith Thomas (1863 - )
Child	Jane Thomas (1865 - )
Child	Katherine "Kate" Thomas (1867 - )
Child	Frank W. Thomas (1869 - 1945)
Child	Susan Thomas (1870 - )

Father	John Watkins Thomas (1785 - 1831)
Mother	Nancy Watkins (1792 - 1872)
Sibling	Martha A W. Thomas (1816 - 1855)
Sibling	Adeline Elenor Thomas (1819 - )
Sibling	Julia Caroline Thomas (1824 - 1900)
Sibling	Matilda Francis Thomas (1826 - )

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