Individual Details
(March 29, 1816 - February 10, 1907)
"Joel Washington Thomas was a member of the Union Army in the Civil War. He came from Barcombe County, North Carolina to Beaman, Pettis County, Missouri in 1838, and purchased land at 12 1/2 cents an acre and also $1.35 an acre upon coming to Pettis County, Missouri. He served with the Missouri Civil War Union Forces Company H Missouri Mounted Infantry, enlisted infantry 20 March 1816 North Carolina. THOMAS, Joel Union Pettis County, Missouri Home Guard Regiment Name: Captain Montgomery's Co., (A) Pettis County Regiment Missouri Home Guard Rank In Private Rank out Private. LAND PATENT: Patentee: Joel W. Thomas Title Transfer: Issue Date: 6/1/1850 Land Office: Fayette Cancelled: NO Mineral Reservations: NO Authority:April 24, 1820: Sale - Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) SURVEY: State: MISSOURI Acres: 42.5. LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION: Aliquot Parts: SESW Sec./Block: 33/ Township: 47-N Range: 20-W Fract.Section: NO Meridian: 5th PM State: MO. Counties: Pettis." (Sue A Wilcox-Hosbach, wwofn@yahoo.com, April 2005.)
Events
| Birth | March 29, 1816 | Franklin, Virginia | | | |
| Marriage | January 28, 1855 | Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri - Mary Frances Divers | | | |
| Death | February 10, 1907 | Pettis County, Missouri | | | |
| Marriage | | Sarah Bradbury (Lomas) Downing | | | |
| Marriage | | Christina Louisa Comer | | | |
| Burial | | Hopewell Cemetery, near Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri | | | |
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