Ridley B. Thomas and @ wives
Susanna Unknown - Isabella Jane Bufford
My 3rd Great Uncle
Son of Ephriam Thomas and Caty Teal
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BREWER - DIEHLl/Diel/Teel/Teal - HALL - JOBE - McINTIRE - THOMAS
--b. August 25, 1807 Tennessee
--d. July 31, 1865 Kemp, Henderson Co., Texas
--m/1 Susanna 'Susan' ---
--December 23, 1827
----b. January 4, 1806 Tennessee
----d. abt 1862 Texas
--m/2 Isabella Jane BUFFORD
--March 22, 1863 Kemp, Henderson Co., Texas
----b. abt 1843 Missouri
----d. unknown
Chronology
- 1807 - August 25, TN
--Ridley B. Thomas was born - 1827 - December 23, Missouri
--Ridley B. Thomas married Susanna ---
- 1830 - Wayne Co, MO Census
Abraham Thomas age 20-30 1 M 5-10 1 F under 5 1 F 20-30 Siforus Standley age 50-60 Abraham Standley age 20-30 Ridley Thomas age 20-30
- 1840 - Ripley Co, MO Census (5 children & wife)
Ridley B. Thomas: 1 male 5-10 1 male 20-30 2 fem.und. 5 1 fem. 5-10 1 fem. 10-15 1 fem. 30-40
- 1847 - May 20 (Sheriff's Deed of Ephriam Thomas)
"Whereas on the 20 May 1847 an order of sale was decreed in the Ripley Co Circuit Court upon a petition brought by John Thomas one of the heirs and legal representatives of Ephrum (sic) Thomas deceased against .....Ridley B. Thomas ......"
- 1848- From "Ferries & Toll Bridges in Henderson County Texas,"
--Compiled from Commissioners Court Minutes by Vesta Hall
--published Texas A.G.O. Summer 1985In 1848, A. M. Moore amd Phillip T. Buford (brother of Ridley's wife Isabella Buford) operated one or more public ferries in Buffalo, Henderson Co., Texas. In 1849, Ridley was doing similar work, and in 1851 Ridley was operating a ferry on the Trinity River in Tool, Texas.
- 1860 - Henderson Co., TX census, page 57A,line 2,Dwelling # 542,Family # 524
R. B. Thomas ?2 Male Farmer $3800 $9800 b. Tennessee Tarana (Susanna) 54 Female Domestic b. Tennessee Nelley 17 Female Seamstress b. Missouri Ridley B. 13 Male b. Texas Tarana 13 Female b. Texas Elizabeth J. 16 Female b. Texas Polly B. Hampton 30 Female Domestic b. Missouri Lafayette Thomas 26 Male Farmer $1000 b. Missouri Martha A. 4 Female b. Texas
- 1863 - March 22, Henderson Co., TN
--Ridley Thomas married Isabella Bufford
Children of Ridley B. Thomas and Susanna ---
Luther B. Thomas
--b. September 27, 1828 Missouri
Polly Baker (Thomas) Westbrook Hampton
--b. April 16, 1830 Missouri
--m/1 Stephen H. HAMPTON
--March 1, 1849 Henderson Co., Texas
----b. 1827 Kentucky
--m/2 John WESTBROOK
--after 1860
Rhoda (Thomas) Deatherage
--b. September 1832 Wayne Co., Missouri
--d. 1858 Henderson Co., Texas
--m. William DEATHERAGE
--March 3, 1853 Henderson Co., Texas
Children of Rhoda Thomas and William Deatherage
Edmond L. Deatherage
Mary Jane Deatherage
William L. Deatherage
Lafyatte B. Thomas
--b. abt 1834 Missouri
--m. Unknown
Children of Lafayette B. Thomas and Unknown
Martha A. Thomas
Martha (Thomas) Guthrie
--b. April 17, 1836 Wayne Co., Missouri
--d. abt 1880 Henderson Co., Texas
--m. William Llewelyn GUTHRIE
--December 23, 1858 Kaufman, Texas
----b. January 18, 1832 South Carolina
----d. November 13, 1862
Children of Martha Thomas and William Llewelyn Guthrie
Susanne Guthrie
Children of Susanne Guthrie and James William Gothard
Lafayette Gothard
Claude Matthew Gothard
Mary Ellen 'Polly' Guthrie
Catherine Thomas
--b. 1837 Missouri
--d. before 1860
Mary (Thomas) Carrel
--b. May 1, 1840 Wayne Co., Missouri
--d. February 23, 1883 Henderson Co., Texas
--m. Summey CARROLL
--December 23, 1858 Henderson Co., Texas
----b. 1839 North Carolina
Children of Mary Thomas and Summey Carroll
Margarite Ann (Carroll) Pierce
John Carroll
Nellie (Thomas) Campbell
--b. 1842/43 Missouri
--m. William R. CAMPBELL
--abt 1867 Henderson Co., Texas
Children of Rhoda Thomas and William Deatherage
Wiley A. Campbell
Susan L. Campbell
Rebecca Susanna (Thomas) Humphries
--b. January 8, 1847 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas
--m. James K. HUMPHRIES
--July 17, 1865 Henderson Co., Texas
Children of Rebecca Susanna Thomas and James K. Humphries
John Humphries
Agnes A. Humphries
Ridley Brown Thomas, Jr.
--b. January 8, 1847 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas
--d. January 1867 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas
--m. Martha NORRIS
--February 14, 1866 Henderson Co., Texas
Elizabeth Jane (Thomas) Duncan
--b. April 30, 1850 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas
--d. ---- Jeff Davis Co., Texas
--m. James DUNCAN
--November 1, 1866 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas----d. 1898
Children of Elizabeth Jane Thomas and James Duncan
Susan Duncan
William Thomas Duncan
George Holman Duncan
James L. Duncan
Joseph D. Duncan
Martella 'Tillie' (Duncan) Billingsley
Children of Ridley B. Thomas and Isabella Jane Bufford
William Thomas
--b. March 3, 1864
Jackson Thomas
--b. April 29, 1865 Malakoff, Henderson Co., Texas
--d. January 28, 1946 Longview, Upshur Co., Texas
--m. Caroline 'Carrie' NORTON
--Novmeber 15, 1885 Sparta, Johnson Co., Arkansas
----b. May 12, 1865 Iredell Co., North Carolina
----d. January 1, 1901 Cumberland, Marshall Co., Oklahoma
Children of Jackson Thomas and Caroline 'Carrie' Norton
Cyrus Malvin Thomas
William Roscoe Thomas
Floyd Ridley Thomas
Ethel Lillian (Thomas) Gray
Nellie (Thomas) Knapp
George Wesley Thomas
Deside (Thomas) Withrow
Dewey Lee Thomas
Lonnie 'Lon' Thomas
Frank Murray Thomas
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