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Grigsby Eskridge Thomas

Birth: 10 Jan 1796
Hancock County, Georgia, USA
Death: 3 Jul 1865 (aged 69)
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Linwood Cemetery

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Plot: Section A, Lot 98
Memorial ID: 37845241 View Source

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Frederick Gibble Thomas Sr

1766–1851
Rebecca Ann Eskridge Thomas

1771–1859

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Mary A Shivers Thomas

1806–1845
Mrs Elizabeth A Frederick Thomas

1818–1882

Siblings

Samuel Burdette Thomas

1800–1853
Ariminta Donna Thomas Dickinson

1803–1872
Mary Ann Eliza Thomas Turner

1808–1837
Sophia Thomas Long

1811–1865
Jonathan Thomas

1813–1900
Frederick Gibble Thomas Jr

1818–1863
Mary Jane Thomas Sharman

unknown–1837

Children

Mary Eugenia Thomas Downing

1824–1847
Sarah Martha Thomas Chandler

1826–1895
COL George Shivers Thomas Sr

1834–1896
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Thomas Sibley

1838–1930
Grigsby Eskridge Thomas Jr

1842–1903
William Frederick Thomas

1845–1848

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Grigsby Eskridge Thomas, son of Frederick G. Thomas and his wife Rebecca Eskridge

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Photo taken 30 May 2009
Grigsby E. Thomas
Son of
Frederick & Rebecca Thomas
BORN
in Hancock Co., Ga., Jany. 10, 1796
DIED
in Columbus, Ga., July 3, 1865

(Due to a patch across the center of the lab, the first line of the history is illegible)
??manhood he was elected a member
Of the Legislature of Georgia from Warren Co.
Removed to Columbus, Ga. among its
earliest inhabitants and soon affirmed and
elected Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee Circuit. When a schoolboy
at Mt. Zion, Hancock Co. he united with the
Presbyterian Church and was an elder in the
Presbyterian Church of this city when he died.

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Triple plot
Mrs. E.A. Shingleur, on the left (second wife)
Grigsby Eskridge Thomas, in the middle
Mary A. Thomas, on the right (first wife)

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Mark the perfect man,
and behold the upright
for the end of that man
is peace.

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Photo taken 30 May 2009
Headstone sitting atop slab
GRIGSBY
ESKRIDGE
THOMAS

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Family Members

Frederick Gibble Thomas Sr

Rebecca Ann Eskridge Thomas

Mary A Shivers Thomas

Mrs Elizabeth A Frederick Thomas

Samuel Burdette Thomas

Ariminta Donna Thomas Dickinson

Mary Ann Eliza Thomas Turner

Sophia Thomas Long

Jonathan Thomas

Frederick Gibble Thomas Jr

Mary Jane Thomas Sharman

Mary Eugenia Thomas Downing

Sarah Martha Thomas Chandler

COL George Shivers Thomas Sr

Mrs Jane Elizabeth Thomas Sibley