Thomas, Aaron, I bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 964-965, Woodland Township
Aaron Thomas, agriculturist, was born in Ohio, Feb. 22, 1828. His father, James Thomas, was a native of New Jersey; his mother Susannah Thomas, was also born in New Jersey, and had 7 children: 6 of whom are living. Jas. Thomas was 21 years of age when he located in Ohio, where he followed farming until his removal to Fulton Co. in 1850. Aaron married, in Ohio, Miss Martha B. Leonard, a daughter of Aaron and Rhoda Leonard, of Ohio. There were born of this marriage 10 children, 6 of whom are living, - Darwin, Albert P., Mary J., Susan E., Aaron, Jas. E. In Aug., 1862, Mr. Thomas enlisted in Co. G, 85th Ill. Inf. Participated in the noted battle of Perryville; honorably discharged. When the war closed he returned to his old home in Fulton Co., where he has since resided, owning now 160 acres of land.