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Doctor S. Thomas (Hancock County, Kentucky, blacksmith)

b. 1812-11-11 d. 1873-07-23

Hancock County, Kentucky, blacksmith and coal company owner. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Thomas. Father of William Shepherd Thomas, Sarah R. Thomas, Mary E. Thomas, Emily Thomas, and Sam Thomas. Founding member of the Western Coal Company in 1843. Blacksmith in Hancock County in 1850. Blacksmith in Hancock County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 122.

"An Act to incorporate the 'Western Coal Company'," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session, 1842 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1843), 236.

"Dr Simms Thomas (1812-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89301564, accessed October 20, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301564/simms-thomas.

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Thomas, Doctor S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199565 (November 12, 2026).

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