Served in the Confederate Army as Colonel, May 17, 1861. Commanding Maryland Volunteers (May and June, 1861); July, 1861, acting chief of ordnance on General J. E. Johnston's staff. Killed July 21, 1861, at Bull Run, Virginia.
He was the son of Lloyd Thomas (Apr. 13, 1791 - Jan. 4, 1867) and Mary Rutherford Brown (Mar. 13, 1801 - Nov. 11, 1839). He was the granson of James Brown and Eleanor Rutherford. He was the brother of Margaret Rice Thompson Jackson, Mary Eleanor Rutherford Thomas (Sept. 9, 1825 - Jan. 22, 1907), Sally E. Thomas Craighill, Katherine Grace Thomas, Virginia Susan West, and James Henry Brown Thomas (Feb. 9, 1837 - Oct. 17, 1863).
He married Martha Ann Raymond (Apr. 12, 1832, N.Y.C. - Apr. 9, 1903, Rutherford N.J., daughter of James Raymond & Jane E. Jones). Francis and Martha had:
1. Mary Rutherford Thomas (July 30, 1852 - July 24, 1916) who married Rev. Gustav Arnold Carstensen (June 15, 1851 - June 26, 1941). They had: Grace Rengger Carstensen (b. Feb. 7, 1878), Francis Thomas Carstensen (Aug. 26, 1879 - Dec. 29, 1906), Jean Carstensen, George Bernard Carstensen, George Bernard Carstensen (July 31, 1882 - May 28, 1883), and Sophia Carstensen (May 30, 1889 - June 6, 1889).
2. Jane Elizabeth Thomas
3. Sophia Raymond Thomas (Nov. 20, 1856 - Dec. 15, 1939)
4. Letitia Blackwell Thomas
5. Francis William Raymond Thomas (July 31, 1861 - Mar. 14, 1869, Yonkers, N.Y.)
Served in the Confederate Army as Colonel, May 17, 1861. Commanding Maryland Volunteers (May and June, 1861); July, 1861, acting chief of ordnance on General J. E. Johnston's staff. Killed July 21, 1861, at Bull Run, Virginia.
He was the son of Lloyd Thomas (Apr. 13, 1791 - Jan. 4, 1867) and Mary Rutherford Brown (Mar. 13, 1801 - Nov. 11, 1839). He was the granson of James Brown and Eleanor Rutherford. He was the brother of Margaret Rice Thompson Jackson, Mary Eleanor Rutherford Thomas (Sept. 9, 1825 - Jan. 22, 1907), Sally E. Thomas Craighill, Katherine Grace Thomas, Virginia Susan West, and James Henry Brown Thomas (Feb. 9, 1837 - Oct. 17, 1863).
He married Martha Ann Raymond (Apr. 12, 1832, N.Y.C. - Apr. 9, 1903, Rutherford N.J., daughter of James Raymond & Jane E. Jones). Francis and Martha had:
1. Mary Rutherford Thomas (July 30, 1852 - July 24, 1916) who married Rev. Gustav Arnold Carstensen (June 15, 1851 - June 26, 1941). They had: Grace Rengger Carstensen (b. Feb. 7, 1878), Francis Thomas Carstensen (Aug. 26, 1879 - Dec. 29, 1906), Jean Carstensen, George Bernard Carstensen, George Bernard Carstensen (July 31, 1882 - May 28, 1883), and Sophia Carstensen (May 30, 1889 - June 6, 1889).
2. Jane Elizabeth Thomas
3. Sophia Raymond Thomas (Nov. 20, 1856 - Dec. 15, 1939)
4. Letitia Blackwell Thomas
5. Francis William Raymond Thomas (July 31, 1861 - Mar. 14, 1869, Yonkers, N.Y.)
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