Thomas Sheets, farmer, P.O. Wheeler's Grove, born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 6, 1835, son of Greenberry and Marcella (Petticord) Sheets; he, born in Maryland in 1788, emigrated to Ohio when about twenty-seven years old, settled on a farm, improved it and remained there till his death, about 1847; she, born in Maryland in 1795, died in Ohio in 1877, and was mother of nine children, three of whom are living.

Subject received a common-school education; began life at sixteen years of age as a stock trader, buying for W. H. Gibson, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for about four years; emigrating to Belmont, Wright County, this State, working for various companies as a fur trader for about ten years, when he moved to Wheeler's Grove, this township, where he bought eighty acres of land, but now owns 200; has devoted his attention largely to dealing in real estate.

Subject is a Republican, a Freemason, has been a member of the Board of Supervisors and held various other township and county offices.

Mr. Sheets married Miss Emma Dumond, of Wright County, Iowa, January 1, 1860, born in Lake County, Ind., July 22, 1841, daughter of Archey and Elizabeth (Martin) Dumond; he, a farmer and saw-miller, born in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1803, emigrated to Michigan, thence to Indiana, thence to Iowa in 1855, where he owned a saw-mill and followed farming, died in 1857; she, born in Ohio about 1808, is still living in Harper County, Kan.

Mr. and Mrs. Sheets have had six children, three of whom are living, viz., Llewellyn, Earl and Almira.