Posted on: VanBuren Co. Ia Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/VanBuren/11390 Surname: Thomas, Martin ------------------------- Searching for information and ancestors of my gggrandfather, Isaiah Thomas, b.9/25/1826 in Champaign Co., Ohio and Eliza Jane Martin, b. 8/4/1829 in Hancock Co., Indiana. They were maried in Van Buren Co., Iowa on 2/21/1847. About 1852 they traveled by wagon train to Sonoma Co., California, were they lived with their family for the remainder of their years. They raised 11 children to adulthood, and lost their first born daughter as a baby. My ggranfdfather, Samuel Martin Thomas was born on 10/29/1853 in Van Buren Co., and learned to walk on the trip to California. A family picture and additional information is available at the following web site:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/n/l/Robert-B-Enloe/index.html?Welcome=990052086 Link: Robert B. Enloe Genealogy Home Page URL: <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/n/l/Robert-B-Enloe/index.html?Welcome=990052086>