WILLIAM THOMAS, retired merchant, Hazel Green; born near Elston, Cornwall, England, in 1828; came to America in 1848, and settled in Lewisburg, and engaged in mining in 1856; he removed to Fairview and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1863, he married Mary E. Harvey, a native of Cornwall, England; they have two children - William H. and Clinton W. Mr. Thomas has been a member of the Town Board, and is at present, and was Postmaster about fifteen years at Fairview.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.