Albert G. THOMAS was my great-grandfather. He was born in Texas on 7 July 1864. His parents may have been Henry and Mary THOMAS. Albert's daughter Myrtle remembered her grandparents being called Henry and Mary. Myrtle also remembered that Albert's siblings were Hattie, Lee (who m Elva and had 2 sons, Ray and Sam), Mary and John. Some of them moved to AR., OK. and MO. He married my great-grandmother, Mattie Irene "Rainey" HUMPHERY. Rev. John Phillips married them on 1 January 1884 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO. They migrated to Arkansas and finely to Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Albert ran a large farm in Peggs TWP, Cherokee Co., OK. Mattie Irene HUMPHERY may have been the daughter of Peter and Dawn/Daun/Donna (?) HUMPHREY. She was b on 29 June 1867 in MO., possibly in Kansas City. Mattie or "Rainey" as she was called died in Yonkers, Wagoner Co., OK in December of 1920. Albert died on 5 August 1923 in Yonkers, Wagoner Co., OK. (I only have the memory of an great aunt who could barely remember names and details to go on here.) Death certificate indicates birthplace of Albert THOMAS as Missouri. 1910 Oklahoma census states birthplace is Texas. Albert's middle name may have been spelled Gallatin or Gallitan. His middle initial on 1920 census, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma, is written "C". Albert's Will lists a second wife, Pearl and another son named Albert G. THOMAS Jr. Isabell (THOMAS) ESTEP, Albert's grand-daughter, says that Albert Jr. was not Albert Sr. blood son. Pearl was a pregnant widow or unwed mother when she married Albert Sr. She believes the father to be a William ???? who possibly resided in the same area in OK. Myrtle Thomas Dobson said that she remembered her father Albert, saying he stayed with a family named McEntire in Texas as a young man. I am also searching for information on the Thomas families found below. I have not yet been able to find Albert as a child or his parents or siblings. It has been said that he was born and raised in TX. Children of Albert Gallatin THOMAS and Mattie Irene "Rainey" HUMPHREY: (9 known children born between 1886-1910) 1. Ora May THOMAS b 11 NOV 1886 and d when she was just 19 days old on 30 NOV 1886 2. John Luther THOMAS b 20 JAN 1888 and drowned on 4 JUL 1905 at the age of 17 3. Flynn Ellis THOMAS b 13 FEB 1890 and d 30 OCT 1895 at the age of 5 4. Howard Dexter THOMAS b 19 FEB 1893 in Harrison, Boone Co., AR and d 27 JAN 1973 in El Reno, Canadian Co., OK he m first Louisa Poindexter in APR 1916 in Wagoner, Wagoner Co., OK and second Minnie Pearl (ERNEST) THOMAS, (Howard's father's widow) Howard had two children by Louisa and nine children by Minnie. Howard also raised Minnie's son Albert G. THOMAS Jr. 5. Myrtle Mattie THOMAS b 25 SEP 1897 in Indian Territory, Creek Nation, OK and d in JUL of 1979 probably in CA as she was residing in the Red Bluff area of Northern California. She m Elick DOBSON and had 2 children. 6. Claud Walker THOMAS (legally changed spelling of name to Claude) b 1 NOV 1900 in Indian Territory, Creek Nation, OK. and d 23 NOV 1964 in Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA. He m Agnes SMETS in Wagoner, Wagoner Co., OK on 26 MAR 1927. They had 2 sons and 6 grandchildren. 7. Herbert Oscar THOMAS b 3 MAY 1904 in Indian Territory, OK. and d on 16 FEB 1927 at the age of 22. 8. Foster THOMAS b abt. 1906 and d bef. 1910 9. Lillie Louise (at least one record lists her as Lillie Gertrude) b 1910 and d 25 APR 1946 in Houston, Harris Co., TX. She married Floyd or Lloyd DOBSON (brother of Myrtle's husband Elick) I have more details about this family on my website, address listed below. Thanks for any help and happy tree climbing. TTFN, Lynda (THOMAS) CAMPBELL hilanders@jps.net Lynda's Genealogy Homepage http://www.jps.net/hilanders ...And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers... Malachi 4:6