Benjamin Thom (1818 - 1881)

Born 9 Apr 1818 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emeline (Smith) Thom — married 23 Apr 1850 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Benjamin Thom; b. 9 Apr 1819 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine the son of William Thom and Betty Somes;

m. Emeline Smith, daughter of Reuben Smith and Lois Bartlett, 23 Apr 1850;

He died 26 Mar 1881 Æ 61y 11m 17d; he was buried at Oak Hill Road Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Benjamin Thom and Emeline Smith were as follows:

• i. Alesia Emeline Thom; b. 13 Apr 1851 at Hancock, Maine; m. William G. Torrey, son of Freeman C. Torrey and Martha Torrey, 22 Nov 1871 at Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• ii. Reuben Ware Thom; b. 24 Sep 1851 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; b. 24 Sep 1854 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; b. 23 Nov 1860 at Somesville, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Flora A. Love, daughter of John A Love and Christiania McPhail; d. 4 Sep 1910 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 58; d. 4 Sep 1916 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 64; Æ 55y 9m 11d.
• iii. Lois Adelaide Thom; b. 30 Oct 1852 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Charles T. Torrey, son of Freeman C. Torrey and Martha Torrey, 27 Feb 1873 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 1891; she was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.
• iv. Willard Mayo Thom; b. 28 Mar 1857 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.
• v. Anson B. Thom; b. 4 May 1859 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 22 Jul 1884 at age 25; AE 25y 2m 18d; he was buried at Oak Hill Road Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.
• vi. Benjamin Anson Thom; b. 4 May 1859 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 22 Jul 1884 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 25.
• vii. Julia Matilda Thom; b. 3 Sep 1861 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Martin Van Buren Pendleton, son of Solomon Pendleton and Elmira Guptail, 21 Jun 1885 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Gilbert Moore Cleveland, son of Llewellyn C Cleveland and Hannah M Moore, 22 Jun 1901 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 24 Aug 1915 at Los Angeles, California, at age 53.
• viii. Edith Josephine Thom; b. 13 May 1865 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 8 Dec 1921 at California at age 56.
• ix. Sewell Watson Thom; b. 14 Dec 1868 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.
• x. Quincy Irving Thom; b. 13 Feb 1876 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 10 Aug 1919 at California at age 43.

Sources

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FK-KMX : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Thom and Emeline Smith, 23 Apr 1850; citing Mount Desert,Hancock,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11,572.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-N41B : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Thom, 1881; Burial, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States of America, Oak Hill Road Cemetery; citing record ID 88081677, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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