George Arnold Thomas, born Voluntown, Windham County, Connecticut, an apparent child of George A. Thomas and Tamer Burdick. [Voluntown, originally established in Windham County in 1726, was transferred to New London County in 1881] [The reader is cautioned regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas. As of 2021, no acceptable "official" document has come to light giving his middle name. Some researchers suggest his middle name is Amos; Family Search suggests Albert; however, exhaustive search in 2021 by the originator of this Find a Grave Memorial has found documents strongly suggesting George's middle name is Arnold. Research continues.]
George A. Thomas married Lucy R. Kenyon, March 22, 1856 at Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, and they have three children: daughter Anna; an unnamed daughter apparently stillborn; and son George [not a Junior].
George A. Thomas, on August 20, 1862, received a $250 bounty for volunteering to enlist in the US Army. (Source: Assessors' Valuation of Taxable Property in the Town of Hopkinton)
George A. Thomas, blacksmith, at age 28, enlisted in the US Army, and was a Private in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers during the US Civil War. He enrolled August 7, 1862; mustered in, September 4, 1862; died of a disease April 14, 1863 at Baltimore, Maryland. "Rhode Island Adjutant's Report," Dyer, 1865, Volume One, Page 419. Burial date from Record of Death and Interment: "body sent home." The disease was "chronic diarrhea." George A. Thomas is on the Roll of Honor of those who died in the Civil War that came from Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. "Westerly and its Witnesses" by Frederic Dennison, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878, Page 272.
Private George A. Thomas, survived the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. The Rhode Islanders were "badly whipped," devastated by severe losses. Company A went into battle with 50 men; three soldiers were killed in action, twenty-one were wounded, and one was captured. The 7th Regiment, of which Company A is a part, suffered 40% casualties, the highest ever taken by a Rhode Island Regiment in a single battle. (Source: The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp 2007)
New York Department of Health, Manhattan Bodies in Transit 1859-1894, Volumes 1-5, LDS Film 1671686: the body of George A. Thomas, age 29, passed through New York, April 20, 1863; born United States; died Baltimore of Chronic Diarrhea; died April 14; place of interment: Westerly, Rhode Island; Harnden's Express in charge of body.
Military records at the National Archives: The remains of George A. Thomas were returned "home" [the record doesn't say where "home" is]. From a revised cemetery plot card: George A. Thomas was interred in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island, initially buried in Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. When George's wife, Lucy, died, September 17, 1890, she was buried in the same grave with her husband, George A. Thomas, in River Bend Cemetery, Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. July 24, 1953, George and Lucy's remains were exhumed from Section 23, Lot 530 by the Peckham family and re-interred in the Barnes plot, Section 6, Lot 1511. Note: When the remains of George and Lucy were relocated in 1953, apparently their original plot card was destroyed and a new revised plot card was written.
The manager of this FAG Memorial will be happy to include any new data and information regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas or a close relationship to an Arnold family.
George A. Thomas married Lucy R. Kenyon, March 22, 1856 at Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, and they have three children: daughter Anna; an unnamed daughter apparently stillborn; and son George [not a Junior].
George A. Thomas, on August 20, 1862, received a $250 bounty for volunteering to enlist in the US Army. (Source: Assessors' Valuation of Taxable Property in the Town of Hopkinton)
George A. Thomas, blacksmith, at age 28, enlisted in the US Army, and was a Private in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers during the US Civil War. He enrolled August 7, 1862; mustered in, September 4, 1862; died of a disease April 14, 1863 at Baltimore, Maryland. "Rhode Island Adjutant's Report," Dyer, 1865, Volume One, Page 419. Burial date from Record of Death and Interment: "body sent home." The disease was "chronic diarrhea." George A. Thomas is on the Roll of Honor of those who died in the Civil War that came from Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. "Westerly and its Witnesses" by Frederic Dennison, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878, Page 272.
Private George A. Thomas, survived the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. The Rhode Islanders were "badly whipped," devastated by severe losses. Company A went into battle with 50 men; three soldiers were killed in action, twenty-one were wounded, and one was captured. The 7th Regiment, of which Company A is a part, suffered 40% casualties, the highest ever taken by a Rhode Island Regiment in a single battle. (Source: The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp 2007)
New York Department of Health, Manhattan Bodies in Transit 1859-1894, Volumes 1-5, LDS Film 1671686: the body of George A. Thomas, age 29, passed through New York, April 20, 1863; born United States; died Baltimore of Chronic Diarrhea; died April 14; place of interment: Westerly, Rhode Island; Harnden's Express in charge of body.
Military records at the National Archives: The remains of George A. Thomas were returned "home" [the record doesn't say where "home" is]. From a revised cemetery plot card: George A. Thomas was interred in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island, initially buried in Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. When George's wife, Lucy, died, September 17, 1890, she was buried in the same grave with her husband, George A. Thomas, in River Bend Cemetery, Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. July 24, 1953, George and Lucy's remains were exhumed from Section 23, Lot 530 by the Peckham family and re-interred in the Barnes plot, Section 6, Lot 1511. Note: When the remains of George and Lucy were relocated in 1953, apparently their original plot card was destroyed and a new revised plot card was written.
The manager of this FAG Memorial will be happy to include any new data and information regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas or a close relationship to an Arnold family.
George Arnold Thomas, born Voluntown, Windham County, Connecticut, an apparent child of George A. Thomas and Tamer Burdick. [Voluntown, originally established in Windham County in 1726, was transferred to New London County in 1881] [The reader is cautioned regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas. As of 2021, no acceptable "official" document has come to light giving his middle name. Some researchers suggest his middle name is Amos; Family Search suggests Albert; however, exhaustive search in 2021 by the originator of this Find a Grave Memorial has found documents strongly suggesting George's middle name is Arnold. Research continues.]
George A. Thomas married Lucy R. Kenyon, March 22, 1856 at Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, and they have three children: daughter Anna; an unnamed daughter apparently stillborn; and son George [not a Junior].
George A. Thomas, on August 20, 1862, received a $250 bounty for volunteering to enlist in the US Army. (Source: Assessors' Valuation of Taxable Property in the Town of Hopkinton)
George A. Thomas, blacksmith, at age 28, enlisted in the US Army, and was a Private in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers during the US Civil War. He enrolled August 7, 1862; mustered in, September 4, 1862; died of a disease April 14, 1863 at Baltimore, Maryland. "Rhode Island Adjutant's Report," Dyer, 1865, Volume One, Page 419. Burial date from Record of Death and Interment: "body sent home." The disease was "chronic diarrhea." George A. Thomas is on the Roll of Honor of those who died in the Civil War that came from Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. "Westerly and its Witnesses" by Frederic Dennison, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878, Page 272.
Private George A. Thomas, survived the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. The Rhode Islanders were "badly whipped," devastated by severe losses. Company A went into battle with 50 men; three soldiers were killed in action, twenty-one were wounded, and one was captured. The 7th Regiment, of which Company A is a part, suffered 40% casualties, the highest ever taken by a Rhode Island Regiment in a single battle. (Source: The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp 2007)
New York Department of Health, Manhattan Bodies in Transit 1859-1894, Volumes 1-5, LDS Film 1671686: the body of George A. Thomas, age 29, passed through New York, April 20, 1863; born United States; died Baltimore of Chronic Diarrhea; died April 14; place of interment: Westerly, Rhode Island; Harnden's Express in charge of body.
Military records at the National Archives: The remains of George A. Thomas were returned "home" [the record doesn't say where "home" is]. From a revised cemetery plot card: George A. Thomas was interred in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island, initially buried in Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. When George's wife, Lucy, died, September 17, 1890, she was buried in the same grave with her husband, George A. Thomas, in River Bend Cemetery, Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. July 24, 1953, George and Lucy's remains were exhumed from Section 23, Lot 530 by the Peckham family and re-interred in the Barnes plot, Section 6, Lot 1511. Note: When the remains of George and Lucy were relocated in 1953, apparently their original plot card was destroyed and a new revised plot card was written.
The manager of this FAG Memorial will be happy to include any new data and information regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas or a close relationship to an Arnold family.
George A. Thomas married Lucy R. Kenyon, March 22, 1856 at Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, and they have three children: daughter Anna; an unnamed daughter apparently stillborn; and son George [not a Junior].
George A. Thomas, on August 20, 1862, received a $250 bounty for volunteering to enlist in the US Army. (Source: Assessors' Valuation of Taxable Property in the Town of Hopkinton)
George A. Thomas, blacksmith, at age 28, enlisted in the US Army, and was a Private in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers during the US Civil War. He enrolled August 7, 1862; mustered in, September 4, 1862; died of a disease April 14, 1863 at Baltimore, Maryland. "Rhode Island Adjutant's Report," Dyer, 1865, Volume One, Page 419. Burial date from Record of Death and Interment: "body sent home." The disease was "chronic diarrhea." George A. Thomas is on the Roll of Honor of those who died in the Civil War that came from Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. "Westerly and its Witnesses" by Frederic Dennison, Providence, Rhode Island, 1878, Page 272.
Private George A. Thomas, survived the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. The Rhode Islanders were "badly whipped," devastated by severe losses. Company A went into battle with 50 men; three soldiers were killed in action, twenty-one were wounded, and one was captured. The 7th Regiment, of which Company A is a part, suffered 40% casualties, the highest ever taken by a Rhode Island Regiment in a single battle. (Source: The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp 2007)
New York Department of Health, Manhattan Bodies in Transit 1859-1894, Volumes 1-5, LDS Film 1671686: the body of George A. Thomas, age 29, passed through New York, April 20, 1863; born United States; died Baltimore of Chronic Diarrhea; died April 14; place of interment: Westerly, Rhode Island; Harnden's Express in charge of body.
Military records at the National Archives: The remains of George A. Thomas were returned "home" [the record doesn't say where "home" is]. From a revised cemetery plot card: George A. Thomas was interred in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island, initially buried in Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. When George's wife, Lucy, died, September 17, 1890, she was buried in the same grave with her husband, George A. Thomas, in River Bend Cemetery, Section 23, Lot 530, Grave 5F. July 24, 1953, George and Lucy's remains were exhumed from Section 23, Lot 530 by the Peckham family and re-interred in the Barnes plot, Section 6, Lot 1511. Note: When the remains of George and Lucy were relocated in 1953, apparently their original plot card was destroyed and a new revised plot card was written.
The manager of this FAG Memorial will be happy to include any new data and information regarding the middle name of George A. Thomas or a close relationship to an Arnold family.
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