• Born: 11 Jun 1828, Greensboro NC
• Marriage (1): Cecilia Dorsey on 15 May 1855 in , Granville, NC
• Died: 22 Nov 1881, Oxford NC

Cause of his death was Blunt force trauma.

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Lemuel Lynch, about 1842, in Hillsborough NC. ²⁵

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Orange NC. Listed as a jeweler, living in his father's household.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Oxford NC. Listed as a jeweler.

• He worked circa 1868-1880 as a silversmith in Oxford NC ²⁵

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Oxford NC. Listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Oxford NC. Listed as a repair & dealer in watches and jewelry.

• General: 22 Nov 1881, in Oxford NC. Walking home from work on a cold, dark night, he was robbed and murdered.

Thomas married Cecilia Dorsey on 15 May 1855 in , Granville, NC.