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by Bsee Thomas II (Author)
The Author's pioneer ancestors were early settlers in the western movement, sometimes trekking roughly cleared pathways behind teams of oxen. Family meetings and marriages at New Ipswich, NH, Watervliet, NY, New Castle, KY, Richmond, IN, Old Oxford, IL, Mt. Pleasant, IW, Firth, NE, and Denver, CO, form the basis of this history and genealogy. Family chronicles, deeds, wills, census records, tombstones and written biographical sketches form the basis for this book. Research was conducted in 87 counties in 22 states from Maine to Colorado, and also Wales, Scotland and England, over a 16 year period.
Author Biography
Augustus O. Thomas, II was born on Armistice Day, November 11, 1927, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Penn State University with a BSEE degree, and retired a Division Engineering Manager after 40 years with the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. He served a term as President of the PEA Transmission & Distribution Committee. He programmed the first computer engineering problem. While a Construction Inspector, his down-size construction drawing proposal was implemented. At Penn State, he served terms as President of the Christian Association, manager of the Engineer, and was elected to Sigma Tau. He participated in sports, and become an excellent lacrosse player.
