Darius Thomas    

DARIUS THOMAS, farmer, P.O. Woodcock, was born in Cambridge Township, this county, June 14, 1825, son of Norman and Sally (Colter) Thomas, former of whom, a native of Massachusetts, settled in that township about 1812. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Thomas, located in Woodcock Township, this county, about the same time, on the farm now owned by our subject, where he (Samuel) built a log-cabin and cleared about seven acres, subsequently removing to Cambridge Township, and there died. He, with his sons— Samuel, Norman and Hezekiah— came to this county at the same time. Norman Thomas located three quarters of a mile from Cambridgeboro, on the farm now owned by George Thomas, which he cleared and improved and where he died. He was twice married, having by his first wife, Sally Morey, two children: Orland (deceased) and Norman. His second wife, Sally, daughter of Thomas Colter, who settled in Venango Township, this county, in 1796, bore him nine children: George; Elizabeth, wife of John Doctor; Darius; Jefferson (deceased); Mary (deceased); Edwin (deceased); Wilson C.; Josiah (deceased), and Washington. Our subject was married, September 4, 1850, to Margaret, daughter of James and Mary (Humes) Doctor, of Cambridge Township, this county. By this union there were four children: James Vernon (deceased), Ada C., Frank J. and Jefferson L. In 1850 Mr. Thomas settled on the farm where he still resides, which comprises 150 acres, ninety of which he has cleared and cultivated. He has held several township offices. In politics is a Democrat.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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