NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11349 MARION CO – HON. JOHN R. THOMAS – Thomas, Lindsey, Davis, Shuck 11349 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Marion Co. HON. JOHN R. THOMAS was born February 5, 1828, and is a son of Owen D. Thomas and Emily (Lindsey) Thomas, the father born in what is now Madison County, in 1789, and the mother born in 1794, in Kenton County, Ky. The grandfather of our subject, Lewis Thomas, was a captain in the Revolution, and soon after that struggle, came from Culpeper County, Va., to Kentucky. His wife was a Miss Mary Davis, and they had four children, of whom Owen D. was the youngest. The latter married Emily Lindsey, and reared four sons: Lewis H., Marcus L., John R. and Owen D. Thomas; the father died in 1853, and the mother in 1864. John R. Thomas, a native of Marion County, received a good English education at St. Mary’s College, and in 1852 entered the law office of John Shuck as a student, and came to the bar in 1855, but did not enter upon an active practice until later in life, having engaged chiefly in agriculture until 1861, when he was elected to the Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature, where he served until 1867, with credit, being regarded as one of the ablest members of that body, and peculiarly noted for his ardent support of the administration through that most perilous period. In January, 1871, he became the attorney for the commonwealth in his district, serving for one term. In 1858 he married Miss Susan Shuck, who was a bride but a few hours, meeting an accidental death from fire on her wedding day. His present wife was Miss Maria L., daughter of Thomas N. Lindsey of Frankfort, Ky. They have been blessed with the following named children: Thomas (deceased), Owen D., Emily, Lucy B., John R. and Daniel D. Thomas. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx