Eli Thomas, Jr.

    Eli Thomas, Jr., is a native of Morgan County, Indiana, was born September 11, 1852, and is a son of Daniel Thomas, also a native of said county. Daniel Thomas was twice married, and the parent of nine children, viz.: By the first wife five -Eliza, Elizabeth, Allen, John and Eli, all of whom are deceased except the subject of this writing; by the second wife four children -Sarah, David D., Susanna and Charles W., all of whom are living.

    Eli Thomas married in this county, December 31, 1874, Miss Anna L., daughter of William and Katie Maybee, and born February 2, 1857, a union which was conspicuous in the birth of four children -Bertha M. (deceased), Charles O., Daisy (deceased), and Gertie. Mr. Thomas is an energetic and genial gentleman, and much esteemed among his fellow-citizens.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.