Born at Medlyn in the parish of Wendron, Cornwall he was the first of eleven children born to James Clemmons Johns & wife Mary (Jenkin). At the age of 12 he was working as a "tin dresser" washing and sorting tin ore brought to the surface from the tin mines of Wendron. In his late teens he emigrated to the U.S. - shortly after the close of the Civil War. He was naturalized a U.S. citizen at Virginia City, Nev. on 20 October 1870.
In the early 1870's his two brothers, James and Thomas, joined him at Virginia City and they continued working in the mines in that area until late in 1877. Thereafter they relocated to the new boom town of Ruby Hill in Eureka County.
On 5 May 1880 he was among a group of 75 men on Ruby Hill who signed the roster to form a newly-authorized company of the Nevada State Militia - Company E, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, styled "The Union Guards". At that meeting he was elected to the billet of 1st Lieutenant of the company. In the subsequent two years he was elected and re-elected to the post of Captain of the company. Also in 1880 he became the proprietor of a saloon on Ruby Hill called The City Brewery.
On 8 September 1881 he married the German-born Miss Elizabeth Theis at Ruby Hill and they made their home there until early 1883 when they removed to San Francisco.
In San Francisco Tom engaged in the saloon business. Between 1883 and 1891 he operated a series of saloons in the northeastern section of the city between China Town and the docks. In 1890 they resided at 1311 Kearny Street, about 4 blocks from the photographic studio where the attached portrait was made.
The Voter Registration rolls of 1894 and 1896 show him working as a miner in the Uncle Sam Precinct near Kennet in Shasta County. He was stricken with tuberculosis and returned to San Francisco where he succumbed to the disease at the age of 51 years and 9 months.
Death info from Halstead & Co. Funeral Records, Vol 2. 1898-1913. See familysearch dot org
In the early 1870's his two brothers, James and Thomas, joined him at Virginia City and they continued working in the mines in that area until late in 1877. Thereafter they relocated to the new boom town of Ruby Hill in Eureka County.
On 5 May 1880 he was among a group of 75 men on Ruby Hill who signed the roster to form a newly-authorized company of the Nevada State Militia - Company E, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, styled "The Union Guards". At that meeting he was elected to the billet of 1st Lieutenant of the company. In the subsequent two years he was elected and re-elected to the post of Captain of the company. Also in 1880 he became the proprietor of a saloon on Ruby Hill called The City Brewery.
On 8 September 1881 he married the German-born Miss Elizabeth Theis at Ruby Hill and they made their home there until early 1883 when they removed to San Francisco.
In San Francisco Tom engaged in the saloon business. Between 1883 and 1891 he operated a series of saloons in the northeastern section of the city between China Town and the docks. In 1890 they resided at 1311 Kearny Street, about 4 blocks from the photographic studio where the attached portrait was made.
The Voter Registration rolls of 1894 and 1896 show him working as a miner in the Uncle Sam Precinct near Kennet in Shasta County. He was stricken with tuberculosis and returned to San Francisco where he succumbed to the disease at the age of 51 years and 9 months.
Death info from Halstead & Co. Funeral Records, Vol 2. 1898-1913. See familysearch dot org
Born at Medlyn in the parish of Wendron, Cornwall he was the first of eleven children born to James Clemmons Johns & wife Mary (Jenkin). At the age of 12 he was working as a "tin dresser" washing and sorting tin ore brought to the surface from the tin mines of Wendron. In his late teens he emigrated to the U.S. - shortly after the close of the Civil War. He was naturalized a U.S. citizen at Virginia City, Nev. on 20 October 1870.
In the early 1870's his two brothers, James and Thomas, joined him at Virginia City and they continued working in the mines in that area until late in 1877. Thereafter they relocated to the new boom town of Ruby Hill in Eureka County.
On 5 May 1880 he was among a group of 75 men on Ruby Hill who signed the roster to form a newly-authorized company of the Nevada State Militia - Company E, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, styled "The Union Guards". At that meeting he was elected to the billet of 1st Lieutenant of the company. In the subsequent two years he was elected and re-elected to the post of Captain of the company. Also in 1880 he became the proprietor of a saloon on Ruby Hill called The City Brewery.
On 8 September 1881 he married the German-born Miss Elizabeth Theis at Ruby Hill and they made their home there until early 1883 when they removed to San Francisco.
In San Francisco Tom engaged in the saloon business. Between 1883 and 1891 he operated a series of saloons in the northeastern section of the city between China Town and the docks. In 1890 they resided at 1311 Kearny Street, about 4 blocks from the photographic studio where the attached portrait was made.
The Voter Registration rolls of 1894 and 1896 show him working as a miner in the Uncle Sam Precinct near Kennet in Shasta County. He was stricken with tuberculosis and returned to San Francisco where he succumbed to the disease at the age of 51 years and 9 months.
Death info from Halstead & Co. Funeral Records, Vol 2. 1898-1913. See familysearch dot org
In the early 1870's his two brothers, James and Thomas, joined him at Virginia City and they continued working in the mines in that area until late in 1877. Thereafter they relocated to the new boom town of Ruby Hill in Eureka County.
On 5 May 1880 he was among a group of 75 men on Ruby Hill who signed the roster to form a newly-authorized company of the Nevada State Militia - Company E, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, styled "The Union Guards". At that meeting he was elected to the billet of 1st Lieutenant of the company. In the subsequent two years he was elected and re-elected to the post of Captain of the company. Also in 1880 he became the proprietor of a saloon on Ruby Hill called The City Brewery.
On 8 September 1881 he married the German-born Miss Elizabeth Theis at Ruby Hill and they made their home there until early 1883 when they removed to San Francisco.
In San Francisco Tom engaged in the saloon business. Between 1883 and 1891 he operated a series of saloons in the northeastern section of the city between China Town and the docks. In 1890 they resided at 1311 Kearny Street, about 4 blocks from the photographic studio where the attached portrait was made.
The Voter Registration rolls of 1894 and 1896 show him working as a miner in the Uncle Sam Precinct near Kennet in Shasta County. He was stricken with tuberculosis and returned to San Francisco where he succumbed to the disease at the age of 51 years and 9 months.
Death info from Halstead & Co. Funeral Records, Vol 2. 1898-1913. See familysearch dot org
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