Joseph Melville Thomas
1863 - 1945 (82 years)-
Name Joseph Melville Thomas [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1863 Ohio, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Residence 1880 Biglick, Hancock, Ohio, USA [2] Death 1945 Defiance County, Ohio, USA [1, 3, 4] Burial 1945 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, USA [1, 3, 4] Person ID I16566 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Father James Thomas, b. 10 Apr 1833, Darke County, Ohio, USA d. 20 Oct 1880, Biglick, Hancock, Ohio, USA (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Flora Mathison, b. 23 Jan 1833, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 9 Oct 1924, Newton Falls, Trumbull, Ohio, USA (Age 91 years) Relationship natural Marriage 21 Jan 1862 Hancock County, Ohio, USA [5] Family ID F9532 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ida Theresa Peters, b. Jul 1864, Hancock County, Ohio, USA d. 1943, Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years) Children + 1. Ray Peters Thomas, b. 1891 d. 1982 (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] > 2. Ethel Claire Thomas, b. 13 Jul 1893, Hancock County, Ohio, USA d. 16 Apr 1982, Largo, Pinellas, Florida, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Flora B Thomas, b. 1895 d. 1980 (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. Ambrose J Thomas, b. 20 Nov 1898, Ohio, USA d. 8 Jul 1986, Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Donald G Thomas, b. 18 Mar 1901, Ohio, USA d. 7 Sep 1902, Ohio, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F9533 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1863 - Ohio, USA 
Residence - 1880 - Biglick, Hancock, Ohio, USA 
Death - 1945 - Defiance County, Ohio, USA 
Burial - 1945 - Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for James Thomas
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=146086510&indiv=try - [S340] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Big Lick, Hancock, Ohio; Roll: 1021; Page: 431D; Enumeration District: 180.
Record for James Thomas
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=45110244&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Joseph Melville Thomas
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=136118453&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Ray P. Thomas
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=95017930&indiv=try - [S656] Ancestry.com, Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
Record for James Thomas
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61378&h=980021&indiv=try
- [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).