The Thomas Family of St. Albans, West Virginia

The Thomas Family of St. Albans, West Virginia
Author: Bob Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: West Virginia
ISBN: 9780595334124

The history of the Thomas family mirrors the history, struggles, and successes of America. Starting in the 1600s, my ancestors came from Europe and helped settle and build the country, fought in the battles that defined the nation, lost their jobs in the Great Depression, and then enjoyed the prosperity of 20th century America. Along the way was a soldier who fought with George Washington in Braddock's Expedition, a veteran of Bunker Hill who may have heard the famed command "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes," a father and son who served on opposing sides during the Civil War, and the engineer who kept the Washington Monument running in it's early days. This book, a family history of my parents and their ancestors, tells their stories and presents the lineage of my family.

Sayre Family

Sayre Family
Author: Ralph Hall Sayre
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2003-07-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1475968493

Thomas Sayre came with his family from England to Lynn, Massachusetts in the early 1630's. Among descendants of Thomas were clergymen, surgeons, attorneys, ambassadors, and representatives of almost every profession. Francis B., cowboy, professor of law, and ambassador, was son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson. Zelda was the wife of American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and subject of one of his books. David A. was silversmith, banker, and founder of Lexington's Sayre School. Many Sayre descendants were taken by wars in service to America and never had the chance to win recognition for their inherent abilities. SAYRE FAMILY another 100-years, in a large part, focuses on the early pioneers who came to or passed through the Onio Valley of West Virginia and Ohio. At least three direct descendants of Thomas had made settlements in that area by the Nineteenth Century. One, David Sayre, came from New Jersey about 1778, and left many descendants who still lived in that area at the beginning of the Twenty-first Century, The bulk of this genealogy covers those, while other Sayre families whose ancestral links were not discovered are also included. The three generations of ancestors above each family block makes tracing easier.

The Descendants of Thomas Bays, 1798-1886

The Descendants of Thomas Bays, 1798-1886
Author: Beverly Bays Steele
Publisher:
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2001
Genre: Miami County (Kan.)
ISBN:

Thomas Bays was born in Maryland 3 September 1798. His parents were John Franklin Bays and Mary Ann Knight. He married Nancy Ann Linigar (1800-1876), daughter of Isaac Linigar and Rebecca, in about 1818. They had fifteen children. Thomas died in 1886 in Niles, Michigan. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, California and Oregon.