Thomas was the son of the well astablished New England Yankee family of Francis Garaux Oakes & Comfort Eastman (Page).
Thomas was named after his uncle, his father's brother, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, who served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon. This uncle's mother, Deborah (Albee), the 3rd wife of Daniel Oakes, was first married to a Thomas Fletcher, who drowned in 1800 in the Moose River in Maine at the age of 28 years. Daniel Oakes must have been a very kind man to agree to name his son after his wife's dead husband.
Thomas was well educated by private tutors and at Boston's Eliot School. In adulthood he became the 9th president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Thomas married Abigail Rogers (Haskell) of Gloucester, MA.
Their 5 children:
Walter, Grace, Georgiana, Prescott & Zillah Oakes.
The History of Burlington, Maine, by Alan Hawkins; taken from his write-up about Jonathan & Ruth (Eastman); page 33
"Their grandson, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, President of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, became very wealthy and influential. In his early years he had spent many summers with his grandparents in Burlington. In the 1880's he returned to the town and found his grandparents poor and their buildings badly in need of repair. He hired the work done and built a new barn. He also made provisions at Porter's Store to make sure everything was done for them, including the paying of taxes, and Oakes paid Mr. Porter."
Thomas was named after his uncle, his father's brother, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, who served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon. This uncle's mother, Deborah (Albee), the 3rd wife of Daniel Oakes, was first married to a Thomas Fletcher, who drowned in 1800 in the Moose River in Maine at the age of 28 years. Daniel Oakes must have been a very kind man to agree to name his son after his wife's dead husband.
Thomas was well educated by private tutors and at Boston's Eliot School. In adulthood he became the 9th president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Thomas married Abigail Rogers (Haskell) of Gloucester, MA.
Their 5 children:
Walter, Grace, Georgiana, Prescott & Zillah Oakes.
The History of Burlington, Maine, by Alan Hawkins; taken from his write-up about Jonathan & Ruth (Eastman); page 33
"Their grandson, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, President of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, became very wealthy and influential. In his early years he had spent many summers with his grandparents in Burlington. In the 1880's he returned to the town and found his grandparents poor and their buildings badly in need of repair. He hired the work done and built a new barn. He also made provisions at Porter's Store to make sure everything was done for them, including the paying of taxes, and Oakes paid Mr. Porter."
Thomas was the son of the well astablished New England Yankee family of Francis Garaux Oakes & Comfort Eastman (Page).
Thomas was named after his uncle, his father's brother, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, who served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon. This uncle's mother, Deborah (Albee), the 3rd wife of Daniel Oakes, was first married to a Thomas Fletcher, who drowned in 1800 in the Moose River in Maine at the age of 28 years. Daniel Oakes must have been a very kind man to agree to name his son after his wife's dead husband.
Thomas was well educated by private tutors and at Boston's Eliot School. In adulthood he became the 9th president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Thomas married Abigail Rogers (Haskell) of Gloucester, MA.
Their 5 children:
Walter, Grace, Georgiana, Prescott & Zillah Oakes.
The History of Burlington, Maine, by Alan Hawkins; taken from his write-up about Jonathan & Ruth (Eastman); page 33
"Their grandson, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, President of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, became very wealthy and influential. In his early years he had spent many summers with his grandparents in Burlington. In the 1880's he returned to the town and found his grandparents poor and their buildings badly in need of repair. He hired the work done and built a new barn. He also made provisions at Porter's Store to make sure everything was done for them, including the paying of taxes, and Oakes paid Mr. Porter."
Thomas was named after his uncle, his father's brother, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, who served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon. This uncle's mother, Deborah (Albee), the 3rd wife of Daniel Oakes, was first married to a Thomas Fletcher, who drowned in 1800 in the Moose River in Maine at the age of 28 years. Daniel Oakes must have been a very kind man to agree to name his son after his wife's dead husband.
Thomas was well educated by private tutors and at Boston's Eliot School. In adulthood he became the 9th president of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Thomas married Abigail Rogers (Haskell) of Gloucester, MA.
Their 5 children:
Walter, Grace, Georgiana, Prescott & Zillah Oakes.
The History of Burlington, Maine, by Alan Hawkins; taken from his write-up about Jonathan & Ruth (Eastman); page 33
"Their grandson, Thomas Fletcher Oakes, President of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, became very wealthy and influential. In his early years he had spent many summers with his grandparents in Burlington. In the 1880's he returned to the town and found his grandparents poor and their buildings badly in need of repair. He hired the work done and built a new barn. He also made provisions at Porter's Store to make sure everything was done for them, including the paying of taxes, and Oakes paid Mr. Porter."
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