History of Ottawa County, Michigan with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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farmer. He married, Dec. 28, 1856, Miss Elizabeth Boggs, who
was born in Warren County, Ind., Oct. 15, 1838. They have six
children, of whom four survive: Edwin F., born Sept. 28, 1857,
Mary F., Oct. 19j 1859, Franklin L., Sept. 2, 1862, Frederick W.,
July 29, 1865, Ida M., April 2, 1868, Sula L., Feb. 28, 1874. The
eldest and youngest are dead.
MATTHIAS THOMAS, born in Prussia, April 3, 1835, whence he
came with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1844. When
twenty-one years of age he came to Spring Lake, working for the

Barber estate mill, then under the charge of J. H. Newcomb. In
1861 he settled on his farm, in Section 5, in Robinson. He married, Oct. 6, 1860, Miss Martha Jane Hunt. They have four
daughters: Mary, born in 1871, Hattie, in 1873, Mattie, in 1875,
and Amelia, in 1877.
Mr. Thomas was drafted into the army in November, 18614,
and served bravely under General Grant, and was in the hot engagements before Petersburg and Richmond. At the close of hostilities he obtained an honorable discharge.

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