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This is the Patriarch of the Boone County Cromwells.

Thomas Cromwell born in Kentucky to Joshua and Elizabeth Cromwell.

Married to first to Nancy F. Brown February 25, 1836 in Clay County, Indiana, she died in 1844 in Indiana.

Their children:
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Cromwell, 1838 – 1923
William "Bill" Leander Cromwell, 1839 – 1913
Thomas Jefferson Cromwell, 1841 – 1914
Horatio Newton James "Newt" Cromwell, 1842 – 1930
Lycurgus Erastus "Curtis" Cromwell, 1844 – 1918

Married second to Nancy Jones in October 16, 1847 in Clay County, Indiana.

Their children:
Lydia Lutecia Elizabeth Cromwell, 1849 – 1918
Nancy P. Cromwell, 1850 – 1915
Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell, 1853 – 1925
Millie Ann Cromwell, 1858 – 1931
Sorella Lorella Cromwell, 1857 –
Oliver P. Cromwell, 1861 – 1870
Cindella Cromwell, 1862 – 1940
Margaret L. Marge Cromwell, 1863 – 1955
Nesa Narcissa J. Cromwell, 1867 – 1925

His tombstone is surrounded by bushes, and away from the other Cromwells.

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Thomas Cromwell of Marcy Township, and probably the oldest man in the county, died Monday evening. He had reached the century mark and had been a resident of Boone County since 1856. Looking back over the years his was a great span of life. For forty-four years he had been a resident of Boone County, but when he took up his abode here he had passed middle life, being fifty-six years of age. Born about the time of Washington's death his life covered almost the entire period of our national history.

He was twice married, his second wife dying about five years ago. A large family survives. A sister married Mike Myers father. T. B. Platter, his guardian, made arrangements for the funeral, which was held Wednesday from the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. S. Bennett and the remains laid to rest in the Hull Cemetery.

Boone County Democrat, January 26, 1900 page 8

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