Thomas Obadiah THURSTON

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• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with father and step-mother in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1900, Living in Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia
• Census: 1910, Living in Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia
• Census: 1920, Living in Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia
• Census: 1930, Living in Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia

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Thomas O. Thurston was born May 23, 1853, in this tp., second son of V.D. and Amira (Allen) Thurston; received an elementary education in the schools of the district, and subsequently attended the union school at Jackson. In 1876 he visited Kansas, and returning in the course of a year, purchased his present home; is also the owner of lands in Waterloo tp. He married Miss Nellie A. Slosson Nov. 25, 1879, born in Clinton count, New York, in 1857; they have 1 child - Bertha A., born Nov. 26, 1880.

Thomas married Nellie Amelia SLOSSON on 25 Nov 1879. Nellie (daughter of Julius SLOSSON and Cornelia GORHAM) was born on 29 Dec 1857 in Mooer's Forks, Clinton Co., New York; died on 13 Feb 1936 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bertha Almira THURSTON was born on 25 Nov 1880 in Michigan; died on 16 Oc 1972 in Richmond, Chesterfield Co., Virginia.
2. Bernice May THURSTON was born on 5 May 1882 in Michigan.
3. Norva Corinna THURSTON was born on 24 Jul 1884 in Michigan; died on 15 May 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.
4. Thomas Oscar THURSTON, Jr. was born on 11 Jul 1893 in Chesterfield County, Virginia; died on 5 Dec 1923 in Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia.

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• Census: 1860, Living in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1880, Living in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan

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V.D. Thurston was born Aug. 13, 1818, in Erie county, New York, son of Thomas and Electa (Wilcox) Thurston; was educated in the schools of the district, labored on the farm, served three years of mercantile life, and returning to the old homestead remained there until the immigration of the family westward in September, 1850. He married Almira Allen in 1850, who was born in Vermont, and was the mother of 3 children, vix.: Herbert D., born April 7, 1851; Thomas, May 25, 1853; Jabez A., Feb. 3, 1858. The year of his arrival in this county he located on a farm of 500 acres in this tp. In 1852 his present dwelling was completed, and since that period he has continued to reside there. Mrs. Thurston died May 25, 1864. Her sons were educated in the schools of Jackson and Grass Lake. In 1867 Mr. T., married Harriet Peckham, a native of Monroe county, New York. In political matters he is not ambitious, yet the people of the twp. conferred upon him important offices.

Voltaire married Almira ALLEN on 31 Mar 1850. Almira was born in 1819; died on 26 May 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1860, Living in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1870, Living with son, Erastus, in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan

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Mr. Thurston was a farmer and shoemaker in Aurora, New York. He was a stern, strong-willed man, a decided Universalist, and deacon of the church in Aurora, a Whig, and after a Republican, a man of character, honored by his fellow-citizens with several offices of trust; served in the war of 1812; obtained leave to go home and make pair of boots, his father taking his place in the army. While at home he heard that his father had been killed by the Indians. he and his brother Daniel immediately started for Buffalo (which had been burned by the British), with two ox teams, and met their father just out of the city. They loaded their teams with ammunition, which had been left by the American army, and carried it to a place of safety from the British. In 1850 he sold his farm and moved to Leoni, where he had a farm of 500 acres; P.O. address, Grass lake, Michigan.

Thomas married Electa WILLCOX on 9 Sep 1813. Electa died on 26 Nov 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]