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Rachel Helen Maples Thomas

Birth: 14 Sep 1817
Morgan County, Alabama, USA
Death: 30 Jul 1888 (aged 70)
White Oak Junction, Hopkins County, Texas, USA
Burial: Old Tarrant Cemetery

Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 22371321 View Source

Rachel Helen Maples Thomas was born in Morgan, Alabama. She was the oldest child of John Henry Maples and Elizabeth Sharp. Her grandparents were William Cordra Maples and Nancy Long and Thomas Sharp Sr. and Elizabeth Hodge. Her brothers and sisters were: Matilda Maples Lynn, Isaac Maples, James W. Maples, Mary Eliza Maples Ferguson, Francis Scott Maples, Caroline Edy Maples Thompson, Harriett J Maples Henson, Elizabeth Ann Maples, John Thomas Maples and Rebecca E Maples Moore.

(Thank you Rhonda Young the above informaion. Rhonda is GG Granddaughter of Elizabeth Ann Maples)

Rachel married Laban Gilbert Thomas on December 2, 1837 in Morgan County, Alabama.

For many years they lived in Guntown, Mississippi.

Thirteen children were born to Rachel and Laban... Martha Lattie Thomas; Bertha Thomas twin to John Laban Thomas; Nancy Elizabeth Ann Thomas; James F. Thomas; William E. Thomas; Benjamin K. Thomas; Emmarilla Thomas, Rachel Francis (Pink) Thomas; Sarah Matidla Angeline Thomas; Laban Henry (Bud) Thomas; and Martha Custus Talitha Thomas and my Great Grandpa, James Burton Thomas.

Rachel lived 69 years, 10 months, 16 days.

(Rachel was my Great-Great Grandmother)

(I would appreciate any information concerning Rachel's parents. Thanks.)

Rachel Helen Maples Thomas was born in Morgan, Alabama. She was the oldest child of John Henry Maples and Elizabeth Sharp. Her grandparents were William Cordra Maples and Nancy Long and Thomas Sharp Sr. and Elizabeth Hodge. Her brothers and sisters were: Matilda Maples Lynn, Isaac Maples, James W. Maples, Mary Eliza Maples Ferguson, Francis Scott Maples, Caroline Edy Maples Thompson, Harriett J Maples Henson, Elizabeth Ann Maples, John Thomas Maples and Rebecca E Maples Moore.

(Thank you Rhonda Young the above informaion. Rhonda is GG Granddaughter of Elizabeth Ann Maples)

Rachel married Laban Gilbert Thomas on December 2, 1837 in Morgan County, Alabama.

For many years they lived in Guntown, Mississippi.

Thirteen children were born to Rachel and Laban... Martha Lattie Thomas; Bertha Thomas twin to John Laban Thomas; Nancy Elizabeth Ann Thomas; James F. Thomas; William E. Thomas; Benjamin K. Thomas; Emmarilla Thomas, Rachel Francis (Pink) Thomas; Sarah Matidla Angeline Thomas; Laban Henry (Bud) Thomas; and Martha Custus Talitha Thomas and my Great Grandpa, James Burton Thomas.

Rachel lived 69 years, 10 months, 16 days.

(Rachel was my Great-Great Grandmother)

(I would appreciate any information concerning Rachel's parents. Thanks.)

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Added: Oct 21, 2007
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