Johann Frank THOMAS

Birth:
24 Aug 1831
Klotten, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
Chr:
25 Aug 1831
Klotten, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
Death:
9 Nov 1866
Pleasant Valley, Scott, Iowa
Marriage:
7 May 1861
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Sources:
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiels (Ancestry.com)
Certificate of Marriage
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
Famlienbuch Klotter, Rheinland, Prussia, 1807-1899 (FHL#943 B4do Ser. A Vol423 pt2)
FindaGrave.com, Abelona lists birth Jan 1840
Notes:
                   NOTE:  According to a Rock Island County, Illinois Newspaper Article dated 21 Nov 1866, John 'Frank' Thomas drowned while crossing the river from Hampton to Valley City in a skiff loaded with wood.
                  
Abelona C. ECKHARDT
Birth:
26 Apr 1838
Gluckstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death:
12 May 1925
Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
8 Mar 1862
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Death:
16 Jan 1928
Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota
Marr:
21 Mar 1884
Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska 
2
Birth:
17 Sep 1865
Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois
Death:
20 Apr 1935
Perkins, South Dakota
Marr:
7 Dec 1886
Davenport, Scott, Iowa 
3
Norman Charles THOMAS
Birth:
10 Apr 1866
Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Death:
10 Oct 1887
Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
 
Marr:
 
4
Frank Henry Jacob THOMAS
Birth:
1 May 1867
Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Death:
6 Apr 1920
Meade, South Dakota
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTE: living in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois in 1860
                  
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Johann Frank Thomas - Abelona C. Eckhardt

Johann Frank Thomas was born at Klotten, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany 24 Aug 1831. His parents were Johanne Baptiste Thomas and Marie Gertrude Thomas.

He married Abelona C. Eckhardt 7 May 1861 at Davenport, Scott, Iowa . Abelona C. Eckhardt was born at Gluckstadt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 26 Apr 1838 daughter of Diedrich Eckhardt and Anna Fett .

They were the parents of 4 children:
John Paul Thomas born 8 Mar 1862.
Frances Abelona Thomas born 17 Sep 1865.
Norman Charles Thomas born 10 Apr 1866.
Frank Henry Jacob Thomas born 1 May 1867.

Johann Frank Thomas died 9 Nov 1866 at Pleasant Valley, Scott, Iowa .

Abelona C. Eckhardt died 12 May 1925 at Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota .