E. W. Thomas From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 923.

PLATTEVILLE

E. W. THOMAS, retired, was born in Salem, Mass., in 1802; removed to Ohio in 1844; lived in Ashland Co., till 1851, and came from there to Grant Co., Wis., where he has since resided; he followed farming two miles north of the village till 1865, and since then has lived in the city; he in company with his son, Hudson, built what is known as Thomas' Block, in which Thomas Hall is located, completing it in 1871; he was married in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1825 to Polly Bacon, daughter of James Bacon, and has six children - Mary, Hudson, Huron, Homer, Martha and Hadley; Hudson enlisted in 1863, in the 33d W. V. I., and served as Second Lieutenant of Co. A till the close of the war; he is now living in Lyon Co., Minn. Huron was in the 25th W. V. I., Co. E, enlisted in 1862, and was Sergeant of his company; went with Sherman to the sea, and was discharged on account of sickness at Savannah, Ga.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.