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Rowland/Roland Thomas Family of Alachua

Rowland Parker Thomas B: 1804 Bulloch, GA D: 1870 Alachua, FL M: Elizabeth Betsy Sasser 1812 GA D: 1880 FL. (d/o Josiah Sasser 1791- & Phebe E 1789-).

1~Josiah Thomas B: 1825 D: M:

2~Kesiah Thomas B: 1832 Camden GA D: M:

3~Nepsey Thomas B: 1833 Camden GA D: M:

4~William Thomas B: 05/22/1834 Camden, GA D: 04/29/1905 Alachua FL M: Molentha Thomas 1845-1893 Antioch Baptist Cemetery, LaCrosse, FL.

1~Dora Ann Thomas Drawdy 1858–1932

2~William Thomas 1860–1911 M: Sarah Ann Thomas 1862-1943, daughter of Ryal B. Thomas and Sarah Ann Polk, she remarried in 1920 to Luke Drawdy 1862–1943

1~William Lee Thomas 1884–1938

2~Frazier Francis Thomas 1886–19333~Herman Thomas 1891_4~Frank Thomas

3~George W. Thomas 1860–1926

4~Susan Thomas 1864–1931

3~George W. Thomas 1860–1926 M: Annah Thomas

1~Irzona Thomas 1887–1939

2~Narcis Thomas Green 1888–1962

3~Herman Thomas 1890–1962

4~Frank F. Thomas 1892–1970

5~Ocie Annah Thomas Green 1894–1983

6~Sadie Thomas Thomas 1897–1988

7~William R. Thomas 1898–1966

4~Susan Thomas 1864–1931~Irvin D Thomas 1865–1929
5~Irvin D Thomas 1865–1929 M: Nanacy M. Thomas 1867-1946

1~Rex David Thomas 1898–1930

2~Orie W. Thomas 1899–1984

3~Bethel Mosel Thomas Pinkston 1903–1972

4~Harbard Melton Thomas 1910–1974

5~Riley Lowell Thomas 1911–1965

6~Sherman Thomas 1868–1942 M: Jennie Thomas 1871-1939 Antioch Baptist Cemetery, La Crosse, FL

1~Netta E. Thomas 1889–1955 M: Frazier Francis Thomas 1886–1933

1~Rue Verd Thomas 1907–1934

2~Eva Frances Thomas Hulsey 1908–1936

3~Donnie May Thomas Greenway 1922–2000

4~Leverett Frazier Thomas 1925–1985

5~Eunice Netta Thomas 1928–1928

2~Sherman Thomas 1897–1967 M: Ruth A Rogers 1914-1935

3~George Smith Thomas 1900–1973 M1: Callie Holder 1898–1934 M2: Doris Swilley (12 children: George, Osie, Enzelle, Sherman Cornelius, Horace Harold, Odell, Mary Alice, Herman Fred, Ava, Mary, Robert, and Doris.

4~Norbin T. Thomas 1903–1980 M: Ora Thomas 1904-1998, d/o William Thomas 1872-1948 and Lovonia Thomas 1882-1939.

1~Norbin T. Thomas 1927–2003

2~Major Thomas 1931–2001

3~Maude Thomas Tanner 1934–2019

5~Luther Thomas 1909–1991 M: Blanch Mildred Starling 1913–1979

1~Luther Thomas 1932–1993

2~J L Thomas 1938–2013

7~Wiley W. Thomas 1869–1955 M: Estella Thomas 1878-1931

1~Troy D. Thomas 1906-1987 M: Ethel Andrews 1908-1956

2~Jettye Mae Thomas 1908–2008 M: Ralph E. Hazen 1905-1951

8~Sheba Thomas Thomas 1871-1952 M: Isham E. Thomas B: 11/11/1859 D: 04/11/1925, s/o Allen Thomas 1812–1891 Photo Cynthia Cason Thomas 1824–1908.

1~Olson Sparkman Thomas 1892–1970

9~Reuben R. Thomas 1874–1934 M: Elizabeth Phillips 1876–1961

1~Mirtie Ophelia Thomas Knight 1896–1978

2~Jessie Mae Simmons 1898–1973

3~Colson Thomas 1900–1932

4~Sarah Thomas Williams 1903–1975

5~Corrie Thomas Gnann 1906–1972

6~Beulah M. Thomas Gilmer 1908–1993

7~Charles Morgan Thomas 1910–1977

8~Rayford Thomas 1912–1932

9~Barney B. Thomas 1915–1973

10~Ealy E Thomas 1874–1941

1~Pearl J. Thomas Gregory 1909–1986

2~Lloyd Thomas 1913–1976

3~Nellie Elizabeth Thomas Mitchell 1913–1988

4~Ella Mae Thomas Stambaugh 1920–2004

11~James Madison Thomas 1882–1927 M: 1902 Mary Etta Prevatt Cason 1884–1945

1~Roy Thomas 1907–1912

2~Ruby Thomas Stephen 1907–1962

3~Ray Willie Thomas 1909–1993

4~Lottie Thomas Shaw 1912–1999

5~Donnie Mae Thomas Driggers 1924–2007

5~Timothy Thomas B: 1836 D: Camden, GA M:

6~David Thomas B: 1839 Camden, GA D: M:

7~Elizabeth Thomas B: 1845 Camden, GA D: M: Richard Simmons

8~Rhoda Thomas B: 10/15/1846 D: 06/06/1918 M:

9~Henry Wade Thomas B: 11/15/1847 D: 05/14/1899 M: Sarah Thomas B: 1843 D:

1~Wade Hampton Thomas 1875 - 1924

2~Hardy T. Thomas 1873 - 1950 M: Sula Eva Boals Thomas 1883–1952

1~Lucille Thomas Hazen 1919–2008 M: Aubrey Garfield Hazen 1911–1992

2~Infant Female Thomas 1922–1922

3~Minnie Thomas 1878 - 1932

4~Elizabeth "Betsey" Thomas 1880 - 1938

5~Mamie Wiley 1884 - Unknown

10~Roland Thomas B: 01/24/1849 Alachua FL D: 05/01/1925 Alachua FL M1: Mary Ann Carver B: 12/31/1855 D: 06/30/1909 Alachua FL M2: Harriet Jackson 1882-1983

1~Anzy Thomas B: 08/15/1875 D: 12/26/1941 M: Lemuel Anderson 1868-1941, son of Leonard Anderson 1845–1922 & Lydia Ann Douglass Anderson 1843–1919, brother of Rev Elijah Newton Anderson 1869-1943.

1~Lydia M Anderson 1896–1972

2~Roland Lewis Anderson 1899–1980

3~Henry Anderson 1905–1912

2~Aldridge Arthur Thomas B: 11/07/1877 D: 05/21/1949 M1: 1928 Roxie Ann Hines Lord 1899–1993 M2: Mary Ollie Dukes Thomas 1872–1949

1~Henry Daniel Thomas 1932–1997 Antioch Baptist Cemetery La Crosse, FL. M: 1956 Bette Jane Carter Thomas 1928–2009

1~Henry Daniel Thomas 1957–2016

2~Clifton Reader Thomas 1933–1993

3~Gabrella Thomas B: 03/25/1880 D: 08/30/1887

4~Mary Alice Thomas B: 10/31/1881 D: 05/24/1956 M: Henry Franklin Townsend 1861-1930

1~Nellie Mae Townsend Dekle 1910–1995 M1: Melvin Evans Butler, 3 years M2: 07/06/1933 Oren Dekle 1908-1977

5~Rhoda Elizabeth Thomas B: 1883 D: 1966 M: John Henry Hines 1869-1936

1~Dredon A Hines 1907–1978

2~J Freeman Hines 1912–1923

3~R E Hines 1913–1929

4~Baby Hines 1915–1915

5~Baby Hines 1916–1916

6~Bartley T. Thomas B: 12/06/1885 D: 05/13/1967 M: 12/22/1910 Ruby DeLoach 1894-1973

Picture from L.M. Shiver Thomas

7~Groover Henry Thomas B: 01/06/1888 D: 07/14/1959 M: Evelena Townsnd 1895-1975, d/o J Light Townsend 1856–1932 Photo Nancy Virginia Sikes Townsend 1856–1927.

1~Jennings Light Thomas 1913–2000

2~Ralph E Thomas 1915–1942

3~Infant Female Thomas 1917–1917

4~Woodrow Lanier Thomas 1918–1996

5~Mildred Thomas 1920–1963

6~Rosa/Rosalee Thomas 1926-2021 M: William F. Genovar Served in Europe during WWII.

1~Mark Genovar

2~Nancy Genovar M: Howard Clayton

7~Roland Groover Thomas 1932-2021

1~Dianna Thomas Vaughn

8~Wilbur Franklin Thomas 1937–2016

8~Robert Bob Thomas B: 12/05/1889 D:01/22/ 1978 M: Annie McCall 1895-1981

1~Robert Bishop Thomas 1915–1970

1~Wayne H Thomas 1940–1945
2~Kenneth A Thomas 1942–2000
3~Goldie T Koan 1946–1977

2~William M Thomas 1917–2006 U.S. Army during WW II M: Lucy Hudson

1~Robert Scott Thomas

3~Elizabeth Thomas 1929–2013 M: 1954 James Manin Waters 1930-1995

1~Infant Girl Waters 1957–1957
2~Susan Elizabeth Waters 1960–2007

4~Roland C Thomas 1931–1932

5~Jesse Albert Thomas 1933–1992

6~Rebecca Thomas 1935–2019 M: Jesse Lewis Spires 1931-1978

7~James Bobby "Bob" Thomas 1940–2017 US Air Force, Morse Code interceptor M: Carolyn Rollins

1~Carla Leigh Thomas

2~Jennifer Thomas M: Kenneth Inman

8~Mary Olive Thomas M: 1943 Frank Winchester Towers Sr 1917 MA 2016 FL, s/o Everett and Jane Winchester Towers. He was stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida. He was commissioned an officer in the Army and was transferred to the 30th Infantry Division just prior to the Normandy Invasion of World War II. At that time he became a liaison officer and held this position for the duration of the war. He left the US Army with the rank of Captain. During his service in the military, Mr. Towers received many awards for recognition of valor and bravery, including the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters. He served one term as a Trustee on the Alachua County School Board, and was later employed by the University of Florida, from which he retired in 1979. He was the National President and Executive Secretary of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of World War II Association. He co-founded Les Fleurs de la Memorie, a foundation in France dedicated to caring for the graves of American soldiers who are interred in France and Belgium. He became the consummate historian of the 30th Infantry Division. He was a Camp Blanding Museum Association charter member. He received presentation of the Order of Orange Nassau, from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. He has been the only non-Dutch individual to receive this award. And, for having served in WWII in France, he was awarded the distinction of Knight of the French Legion of Honor.

Frank Towers, a U.S. officer who helped liberate 2,500 Jews from a train bound for extermination at the end of World War II, The division’s liaison officer, Lt. Frank Winchester Towers, who wasn’t Jewish, orchestrated the logistical side of the dramatic rescue. He mobilized ambulances, jeeps and trucks, and made sure the released prisoners were taken to a safe place. He navigated through side roads, which he knew well, and took them to the nearby town of Hillersleben, where a German air force camp was located. The Americans set up a hospital in the town to treat the liberated Jews, stealing medical equipment from German stores....

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