Source: "Biographical History of Primitive or Old School Baptist Ministers of the United States", edited by R.H. Pittman, republished 1984 by Primitive Baptist Publications, Inc. Stone Mountain, GA p. 265-266 Z.G. Thomas Thomas, Elder Z. G. (1833-1882), of Louisiana, was born in Barbour County, Ala. His parents moved from Alabama to Georgia, and then to Arkansas and remained one year and moved to Bienville Parish, La, where he spent the remainder of his life, except three years which he spent in the Civil War. He was married to M. A. Page, 1858, and there were born to them twelve children. He united with the Primitive Baptist Church at New Providence in the fall of 1861, and was baptized by Elder T.J. Foster, and was ordained to the ministry in the spring of 1877, by Elders H.B. Howard, Z. Thomas, and J.J. White, which place he filled to the glory and honor of his glorious King whom he trusted in and loved so well to speak of until death removed him. He was chosen moderator of the Louisiana Primitive Baptist Association in the fall of 1879, and served in the position to the satisfaction and comfort of the association until death. He was of a mild temperament, a good, kind man; had many friends and was loved by them all. He was an able and earnest contender for the doctrine of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and was a dear and precious gift to the church, and the church loved him as such. His labors in the Master's vineyard were blessed to the good of the church and the glory of God and he passed away in the full triumphs of his faith in the fifty-sixth year of his earthly pilgrimage.