Benjamin J. Thomas - Updated April 2012

Benjamin J. Thomas was born in Tennessee in 1849 to Green J. Thomas and Susan Dortch.  On 29 July 1869, he married Lucy A. Wesson in Dallas Co., Arkansas.



Marriage License of Benjamin J. Thomas & Lucy A. Wesson
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 Of this marriage were born the following children:

James R. Thomas
Born: Dec 1871, Arkansas
Married: Annie Laura Blocker McClure
Issue: Warner Lee, Eddie & Viola Thomas
Died:

Mary Jane "Mollie" Thomas
Born: Oct. 1872, Arkansas
Married:  William R. Burnett (1896), William David Rowe, (29 Dec 1906, Garland Co., Arkansas)
Issue: Charles Edward, John Franklin & Maggie Leticia Burnett.  Jim, Herbert & Van Carroll Rowe. NB: There was also a daughter named Tess who was born 1893,  3 years prior to Mary Jane's marriage to Mr. Burnett. Though Tess used the surname Burnett, I am unsure if he was her biological father. At this present time, I am unaware of any marriage for Mary Jane Thomas before she wed Mr. Burnett. Research is ALWAYS ongoing!
Died: Aft 1940, Arkansas


Edward Green Thomas
Born: 2 December 1874, Arkansas
Married:  Nora Holt, 22 July 1937, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Died: Aft 1937, Arkansas

Benjamin J. Thomas served as a Pvt. in the 12th Arkansas Infantry during the War of Northern Aggression.  His wife, Lucy A. (Wesson) Thomas applied for an Arkansas Confederate Widow's Pension in 1901, Garland Co., Arkansas.

  

He was captured at Port Hudson, Louisiana and taken prisoner in 1863.