Searching for any scrap of information on Joseph THOMAS, born about 1836 in Connecticut. Exact location and ancestors are unknown. He next shows up in Illinois, married to Elmira BROWN about 1854. Their first child, Mary Louisa Thomas, was born in 1856 in Woodbine Twp, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois. Two more children were born to them there, and in 1865 the family left for California. Beverly [email protected]