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Christopher Columbus "Lum" Thomas

Christopher Columbus "Lum" Thomas

Male 1857 - 1938  (81 years)

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  • Name Christopher Columbus "Lum" Thomas  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Lum 
    Born 16 Feb 1857  Yancey County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Jul 1938  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried 17 Jul 1938  Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I1916  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Nathan Thomas,   b. North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Obedience Forbes,   b. North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 California Isabelle White,   b. 8 Dec 1866, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1893, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1881  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
    +1. John Wesley Thomas,   b. 3 Oct 1891, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1977, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Phronia Mae Thomas,   b. Abt 1889, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1962, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lora Ellen Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1868, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Oct 1894  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).), Personal testimony and knowlege of my parents, Bill and Lu Walker. They indicated that Phronia Mae Thomas (who married Louis DeBOARD) and Wesley THOMAS (who married Bessie KOONCE) were siblings, and the children of Columbus 'Lum' Thomas. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S226] WorldConnect - "Ancestors of Richard S & Delores S (GREEN) WILLEY", Richard Scott, Dolores Sue Willey, (Website Author email Copyright © 1998-2007, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.).
      Christopher Columbus THOMAS
      «i»Birth:«/i» 16 FEB 1857 in Yancey Co, NC
      «i»Death:«/i» 16 JUL 1938 in Howell Co, MO «i»R
      esidence:«/i» Remained in MO
      «i»Burial:«/i» 1938 Center Hill Cemetery, Howell Co, MO
      «i»Father:«/i» Nathan Clingman THOMAS , Sr. b: 22 AUG 1832 in Yancey Co, NC
      «i»Mother:«/i» Obedience FORBES b: 1 MAY 1834 in TN
      «tab»«i»Marriage«/i» 1 California Isabelle WHITE b: 8 DEC 1866 in IL «i»Married:«/i» 3 DEC 1881 in Howell Co, MO
      «tab»Children
      «tab»Albert Leslie THOMAS b: 6 DEC 1883
      «tab»Pony Allan THOMAS b: 18 OCT 1885
      «tab»Phronia May THOMAS b: 12 SEP 1887
      «tab»John Wesley THOMAS b: 3 OCT 1891 in Howell Co, MO Abraham Marvin THOMAS b: 29 JUL 1889
      «i»«tab»Marriage«/i» 2 Lora Bolerjack PHIPPS
      «i»«tab»Married:«/i» 21 OCT 1894 in Howell Co, MO

    3. [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for Christopher C. Thomas, certificate no. 32336, Howell County, Missouri (1938) (Reliability: 3).
      Chappel township, Howell County, Missouri
      Christopher C. Thomas
      male, white, married
      wife: Lora E. Thomas
      Birth (his): 16 Feb 1857, North Carolina
      Father: Nathan Thomas, North Carolina
      MOther: Obedience Forbes, North Carolina
      Informant: Lora E. Thomas, Mountain View, MO
      Burial: Centery Hill 17 July 1938
      Death: 16 July 1938
      Cause: Influenza
      Age 81 years, 5 months

    4. [S6] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 1, 1866-1889 (book, Gen Soc'y), Audrey Teeter Caplinger, Irene McDaniel Kimberlin, Idell Vest Vaughan, transcribers, (West Plains, Missouri: South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.).
      C.C. Thomas to C.J. [sic] White, on 3 Dec 1881, Howell County, Missouri.

    5. [S226] WorldConnect - "Ancestors of Richard S & Delores S (GREEN) WILLEY", Richard Scott, Dolores Sue Willey, (Website Author email Copyright © 1998-2007, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.).
      California Isabelle WHITE
      «i»Birth:«/i» 8 DEC 1866 in IL
      «i»Death:«/i» 27 MAR 1893
      «i»Burial:«/i» Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell Co, MO by her children who died in infancy «i»Father:«/i» George W. WHITE b: in IL
      «i»Mother:«/i» ??????
      «i»Marriage«/i» 1 Christopher Columbus THOMAS
      b: 16 FEB 1857 in Yancey Co, NC
      «i»Married:«/i» 3 DEC 1881 in Howell Co, MO
      Children
      Albert Leslie THOMAS b: 6 DEC 1883
      Pony Allan THOMAS b: 18 OCT 1885
      Phronia May THOMAS b: 12 SEP 1887
      John Wesley THOMAS b: 3 OCT 1891 in Howell Co, MO
      Abraham Marvin THOMAS b: 29 JUL 1889

    6. [S48] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 5, 1893-1897 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1990).
      Christopher C. Thomas to Mrs. L.E. Phipps on 19 October 1894, by James Bales, MG.