Giles Stafford THOMAS

1840 - 1929  (88 years)

• Name	Giles Stafford THOMAS
  Born	16 Dec 1840	Cass Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3CCBB75E57A4694FBC625E3F856E635939E8
  Died	16 Feb 1929	Geneva, Nebraska
  Person ID	I46020	Branch 006 Thomas Stafford 1695 ENG
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	William Porter THOMAS,   b. 1 Apr 1817, Logansport, Indiana ,   d. 19 Jan 1896, Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret STAFFORD,   b. 19 Feb 1820, Pike Twp., Clark Co., Ohio ,   d. 11 Mar 1885, Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana  (Age 65 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1840	Clark Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F6972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WHEELER,   b. 17 Jan 1847,   d. 3 Jun 1901, Lincoln, Nebraska  (Age 54 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1876	Jefferson Co., Iowa
  Children	1. Clara Bell THOMAS,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F23654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Giles Thomas was Mattie Thomas Oblinger's brother. The twin brother of George Thomas, and eldest child of William Porter Thomas and Margaret (Stafford) Thomas, Giles was born December 16, 1840, in Cass County, Indiana. He served as color guard in the Civil War with Company K, Ninety-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and the Twentieth Company, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps. In 1872 Giles moved to Nebraska to homestead with his brother, Samuel "Doc" Thomas, and brother-in-law, Uriah Oblinger. He married Sarah "Sadie" Wheeler in 1876 and they had one child, Clara Bell Thomas. Giles died February 16, 1929, in Geneva, Nebraska.