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Subject: Oh-Clark Co. Bios (Thomas)
Date: 14 Jul 2005 20:47:50 -0000


Clark County OhArchives Biographies.....Thomas, William S. April 22, 1857 - May 1, 1922
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Author: Hon. William M. Rockel

HON. WILLIAM S. THOMAS, president of the Mad River National Bank, at
Springfield, and president and treasurer of The Thomas Manufacturing Company,
has been identified with important business interests in Clark County during
the whole period of his active life. Mr. Thomas was born in Springfield, Ohio,
April 22, 1857, and is a son of Hon. John H. and Mary (Bonser) Thomas.

William S. Thomas received his early education in both public and private
schools, and was fourteen years old when he entered Wooster University, where
he was graduated with honors in 1875, being at the time and for years afterward
the youngest graduate of that institution. His father, the late John H.
Thomas, had been engaged in the manufacturing of agricultural instruments prior
to this time, and he subsequently organized, with his two sons, William S. and
Findlay B., The Thomas Manufacturing Company, which has long ranked with the
leading industrial firms of the state, and which William S. Thomas became
treasurer in 1886, and also president in 1901. The name of Thomas appearing on
agricultural implements is a guarantee of excellence the world over, and the
products of this company include every kind of useful agricultural implement,
with a few manufactured only by this concern. Mr. Thomas has other business
interests, being a leading financier of this section, and he is also a very
large property owner, both in the city of Springfield and throughout Clark
County.

On December 8, 1887, Mr. Thomas was married to Fannie Senteny, who was born in
Louisville, Kentucky. They have had three children, namely: John Henry,
Wallace Senteny, and Lucretia. The eldest son died June 26, 1906. The family
home at No. 345 East High Street, Springfield, is one of taste and elegance.

Mr. Thomas is an earnest democrat, and since 1895 he has been continuously a
member of the Democratic State Central Committee, and for hears he has never
failed to attend all important Democratic conventions as a delegate. He has
ably and unselfishly filled many of the important civic offices and in every
way he is well qualified for any honor in the gift of his party. He was the
president of and most zealous worker in that well-known organization, the
Jefferson Club, from 1880 until 1890. IN the various organizations of a
benevolent, educational, religious and business character pertaining to
Springfield, Mr. Thomas has been more than ready to acknowledge every manly
obligation, and has been generous in the contribution of time, advice and
money. For many years he served as president of the Board of Trustees of the
First Presbyterian Church, while the Young Men’s Christian Association has
continually been an object of his beneficence. He is a member of the
Springfield Commercial Club, and recently has been chosen president of the Ohio
Shipper’s Association.


Additional Comments:
Source of this Biography:
"20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio and Representative
Citizens," edited and compiled by Hon. William M. Rockel; Published by
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, pages 896-897.

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