Edward Lloyd Thomas Jr (1825 - 1898)

Born 23 Mar 1825 in Clarke County, Georgia

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1898 at age 72 in McAlester, Indian Territory

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Biography

Edward Thomas Jr participated on the side of the CSA during the US Civil War. Join: US Civil War Project Discuss: us_civil_war

Edward Lloyd Thomas Jr was a graduate of Oxford College of Emory University, veteran of the Mexican–American War, Colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment and a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. After the war, Thomas returned to Georgia and farmed in Newton County near Covington. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him to a position as a Special Agent of the Land Bureau in Kansas. Later he was made Indian Agent at the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.^[1]

Son of Edward Lloyd Thomas and Mary Stewart Hogue.^[2] Husband of Jennie Gray of Talbot County.^[3] Edward Jr passed away in 1898. Final resting place in Kiowa City Cemetery, Kiowa, Oklahoma.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Edward Lloyd Thomas, Wikipedia.org, accessed April 7, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Edward Lloyd Thomas, Find A Grave: Memorial #4508, accessed April 7, 2020.
3. ↑ General Edward Lloyd Thomas of Georgia, Confederate Veteran, Vol 31, 1923, p 325.

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