Thomas Thomas (abt. 1811 - 1894)

Born about 1811 in Oxford, Talbot, Maryland, United States

Died 9 Mar 1894 at about age 83 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Thomas Thomas was a part of the Abolitionist Movement.

Biography

Thomas Thomas was born between 1811^[1]-1817^[2] in Oxford^[2], Maryland^[1]. He was the child of Sophia^[1] Giles^[2] and Joseph Thomas^[2][3].

My name is Thomas Thomas. I am 72 years old; I live at no. 34 Auburn St. and keep a restaurant at no. 59 Washington St. Springfield Mass[achusetts]. I have lived in this city nearly 44 years.^[4]

Activism

He, John Brown, Beverly C. Downing, and others in Springfield, Massachusetts formed the League of Gileadites, an anti-slavery militia.^[2] The group aided freedom seekers who'd escaped slavery, and resisted attempts by enslavers and kidnappers to recapture them.

Occupations

• 1861^[5], 1867-1868^[5], 1870-1874^[5], 1880^[6]: Restaurateur
• 1864-1866^[5], 1870^[1]: Saloon keeper

Residences

• 1880: 34 Auburn Street, Springfield, Massachusetts with his mother Sophia, wife Harriet, and 7-year-old adopted^[7] daughter Hattie^[6]
• 1871-1874: 34 Auburn Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1870: 34 Auburn Street^[5], Springfield, Massachusetts with Martha H. Thomas and his mother Sophia^[1]
• 1861-1868: 16 Auburn Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]

Land Owner

• 1870^[1]: $3,000 real estate value.

Restaurant / Saloon

• 1873-1874: Restaurant and Dining saloon at 59 Worthington Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1872: Restaurant at 303 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1871: Dining-rooms at 303 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1870: 119 Main Street and dining-rooms at 303 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1867-1868: Restaurant at 119 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1864-1866: Saloon on Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]
• 1861: Restaurant at 303 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts^[5]

Race

• 1870^[1], 1880^[6]: Mulatto
• 1863-1864^[5], 1868^[5]: Colored

Death

He passed away in 1894^[8][3].

Sources

• 1861, 1863-1864, 1866-1868, 1870-1873 Springfield, Massachusetts city directories
• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Springfield Ward 1, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_618; Page: 20B; Family History Library Film: 552117
• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: 536; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 309
• Carvalho, Joseph. Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865. Boston, Massachusetts: New England History Genealogical Society, 2011.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #37952834
• Fold3.com. "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910." National Archives Catalog #300020. "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934." Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2019. "Deposition E, Thomas Thomas, in the case files of Lizzie L. Johnson."
• McCarthy, Cliff. Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Freedom Stories of the Pioneer Valley. "Thomas Thomas." accessed 7 July 2019.
• Springfield Republican. "Death of Thomas Thomas." Springfield, Massachusetts: 10 March 1894.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 1870 federal census
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Carvalho
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave memorial
4. ↑ Deposition E of Thomas Thomas, in the pensioner case files of Lizzie L. Johnson
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15} Springfield city directories
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} 1880 federal census
7. ↑ McCarthy
8. ↑ Springfield Republican. 10 March 1894