I recently found my great-grandfather on the LDS 1880 US Census. He is Lewis E. Thomas (35) in Charlemont, Bedford County, Virginia. He is listed with his wife Elizabeth (35), daughters Anna Belle (9), Mary H. (7), Ida E. (5) and sons Nathan R (2) and Walter L. (3M). In the same town are two more families. The first Jno C. Thomas (64) and his wife Elza B. (66). The other is John Thomas (25) with his wife Cora (22) and his son Edward M (9M). Does anyone have an earlier census or other information to tie these three families together? I was wondering if the Jno family is my gggrandfather and John my ggrandfather's brother. Also, does anyone know if the name Jno was an abbreviation for John or some other name, or is this a spelling I am not familiar with?