This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1866 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Martin Thomas.....25.....b. MO Mary...................33.........Ohio James.................7...........ILL Mary...................4...........ILL Permilia...............1...........Iowa 2.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" M. Thomas.....2m....3f 3.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Fulton township" Mary Thomas......1m....4f....no voter....no militia....no aliens 4.--1856: Iowa State Cencus, Fremont county, "Franklin township" Mary Thomas.....38.....b. Ohio.....10 years in the State....widow James................14.........ILL.......10 Mary E...............10.........ILL........10 Permelia..............7.........Iowa......7 Catherine.............3.........Iowa......3 (dau.)...................0.........Iowa......0 (dau.)...................0.........Iowa......0