Thomas, Jesse 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 720, Isabel Township
Jesse Thomas, Isabel tp.; P. O., Duncan’s Mills; was born in Ohio in 1833, the son of John and Elizabeth Thomas, natives of Ohio. His father is deceased. He received a common-school education, and came to Fulton Co. in 1843. He was married to Martha Landon in 1853, who was born in Ohio in 1836. They have had 11 children, of whom 10 are living. Mr. T. is a well-to-do farmer and stock-raiser. Republican.
Note: My records show they were married June 21, 1851in Fulton County, Illinois.