Charles H. Thomas and Emma M. Gilfillan

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Husband Charles H. Thomas ¹

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           Born: 1 Nov 1871 - Red Bank, Monmouth Co, NJ 1
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         Father: Joseph W. Thomas (1840-1875) 1
         Mother: Susannah Julia Holmes (1848-1883) 1

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       Marriage: 30 Mar 1892 1

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Wife Emma M. Gilfillan ^{2 3 4}

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         Father: Calvin Willard Gilfillan (1832-1901) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Lamberton (1839-1900) 2 4 6

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Children

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1 F Merriam Steen Thomas ¹

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           Born: 31 Dec 1892 1
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General Notes: Husband - Charles H. Thomas

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He was educated in the public school and at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He began the study of law, continuing one year under the preceptorship of James Steen, at Eatontown, New Jersey, but gave up a professional for a business life. He entered mercantile life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later became a salesman for the Standard Oil Company, and later was connected in the same capacity with the Galena Signal Oil Company, with residence in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 424.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 791.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 425.

4 S. J. M. Eaton, D.D, Memorial of the Hon. Robert Lamberton (Franklin, PA: Privately published, 1885), Pg 51.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 788.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 459.