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Robert Y. Thomas, Sr. (Logan Co, Ky, Methodist minister and prov govt chaplain)

b. 1824-12-16 d. 1905-01-09

Logan County, Kentucky, minister and chaplain. Warren County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary E. Briggs Thomas in Logan County on October 1, 1854. Father of Robert Y. Thomas Jr., and Kate Thomas. Methodist minister in Logan County in 1860. Chaplain for the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 590.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Precinct 3, p. 465A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Logan County Marriages, p. 51.

Find A Grave, "Rev R.Y. Thomas (1825-1905)," Memorial #130566794, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130566794 (accessed March 13, 2019).

"Rev. R.Y. Thomas Dead," The Owensboro Messenger, Daviess County, Kentucky, January 9, 1905.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Thomas, Robert Y., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203953 (November 12, 2026).

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