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Thomas, George S.

Source 240 – Interment Records: Winegar Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI

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Locality: Cemetery Headstones of Winegar Cemetery, Homrich Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 878-9104
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Detail: 

  • Mary ? b 1828 Scotland; d October 1894 (Charles Thomas maternal grandmother)
  • David Irwin (Sr) b 1799 NY; d 03 March 1900 – age 101
  • Mary Irwin d. 19 October 1894 – age 66
  • George Smith Thomas (Sr) b 1827? NY; d 1915
  • Julia (Irwin) Thomas b 1837? MI; d 1912
  • Margaret Thomas b 19 July 1918; d. ? July 1986
  • Iva Mae Cooper Thomas b 1883 Lawrence, Van Buren Co., MI; d 09 April 1945
  • Charles R. Thomas b 1863 Byron Center, Kent Co, MI; d 24 May 1957
  • Alta A. Brown b 27 May 1888 Wyoming Twp, Kent Co., MI; d 03 April 1908

Source 189 – Notary Public Official Certificate for George S. Thomas

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State of Michigan, Executive Department.
Aaron T. Bliss, Governor in and over the state of Michigan.

To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings:
Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity and ability of George S. Thomas, in the name and by the authority of the people of the state of Michigan, I do appoint him Notary Public for the county of Allegan in said, state of Michigan and I do hereby authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, to have and to hold the said office with all the rights privileges and emoluments thereunto belonging for the term of Four Years from the date hereof , unless the Governor of the state for the time being should sooner revoke and determine this commission.

In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of the state to e hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand at Lansing, this Seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three and of the Independence of the United States of America the once hundred and twenty seventh.

By the Governor: A.T. Bliss; Secretary of State: George Lord, Deputy

Source 146 – Business of George S. Thomas

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These sources are unrelated to our genealogy, except that they are signed or retained by George S. Thomas.

Certificate of Error: J.E. Harding
Register’s Office: Allegan County, MI
Date: 7 April 1880
Liber 78 of Deeds, Page 193
Register: Wm. Hoyt

Mortgage
Joseph Swartz
Andrew Oliver
Register’s Office: Allegan County, MI
Date: 1 Sept 1903
Lib 106 of Mortgages, Page 23

Lease of Farm
Date: 7 Jan 1897
Mathias Snartze
Engelbert Hansen
Witnessed by: George S. Thomas, Notary Public, Allegan County

Warranty Deed
Date: 21 Jan 1875
Mary Miller
John Miller
Allegan County
Signed by: George S. Thomas, Notary Public, Allegan County

Warranty Deed
Date: 12 January 1903
John Pitsch and wife
Joseph Swartz
Lib 152 of Deeds, Page 305
Allegan County

Quit-Claim Deed: Isabel Hammond
Date: 9 Nov 1871
George A. Whites
Isabel Hammond, Myron Hammond
Liber 57 of Deeds, Page 330
Witness and Notary Public: George S. Thomas
Witness: William H. Thomas
($.50 stamp)

Warranty Deed: Amos Hammond
Date: 9 Nov 1871
Amos Hammond, Dorr, Allegan County
Teyphena Hammond, Dorr, Allegan County
Liber 54 of Deeds, Page 424
Witness and Notary Public: George S. Thomas
Witness: Eugene B. Ketchum
($2.00 stamp)

Quit-Claim Deed: Isabel Hammond
Date: 20 October 1875
Susan Havens of Sparta, Livingston County, NY
Isabel Hammond, second part, of Dorr, Allegan County, MI
Liber 78 of Deeds, Page 23

Source 141 – Book: A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, MI (George S. Thomas)

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Book/Periodical Name: A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, MI
Author: Henry Franklin Thomas, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
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Repository: URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=tBgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA350&lpg=PA350&dq=george+s+thomas+dorr+mi&source=bl&ots=YpzpiGe86t&sig=oWqiO4YHA-KH7Agx2Xd3PUtZj9g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcycLI9bHJAhXMJh4KHXGYBpMQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
Detail: full excerpt on George S. Thomas is in booklet

P. 349
George S. Thomas – One of the prominent and honored early settlers of Allegan county is the gentleman whose name introduces this review.

Source 074 – Postcard by David Irwin

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Author: David Irwin of Oakland, CA
Title: Postcard to George S. Thomas of North Dorr, MI
Date: 21 November 1910
Curator: Christine Fisher
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November 21, 1910
Oakland, CA

Mr. George S Thomas
North Dorr Allegan Co, Mich

George and Julia,
I drop you a few lines. we are a getting along fine here. Here we stayed in Chicago 2 weeks then went to Hood River Oregon. Stayed 2 weeks then to Oakland, California. We had a good time al the way. I gained strength all the way. I can walk a mile. I can’t tell much about country. I hant been hear long enough. George Coe has got a nice store. It takes three to tend it. I want you to rite all the news that is a going on. my best respects to you all. Direct letters to Oakland 24 Etie Street. David Irwin