Well perhaps the story about him dying in the war was to cover for the embarrassment of his not returning to his family... Interesting that the youngest son would have also been named James. Family legends sometimes stretch the truth a bit. Leslie Thomas 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his branches?' --Doyle M Davis On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:50 AM, DavieWilliams@aol.com wrote: James S. Thomas did not die in the Civil War. He was taken a prisoner and then he married my great grandmother Sara Elizabeth Maulden in Hamilton County, Tennessee. We were always told that he left home and never went back. He was a lot older than my great grandmother. This made us think he had another family before joining the war. Of all the research that I have done, I have come to the conclusion that the James S. Thomas that married Martha Anthony is our James S. Thomas. James S. did not die until he was in his 90s. I have a photograph of him when he was up in age. I think he left for the war and he never went back to his family. He would always beg his children to go back to Georgia and claim his inheritance. He said his father owned a plantation between two rivers in Georgia. Davie Williams Huntsville, Alabama **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel- campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message