Biographical Sketch of

Joshua E. Thomas

Transcribed by Joan Benner for the Marquette Co WI Pages


Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Page 409

Joshua E. Thomas, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising, on section 27, Aurora Township, Waushara County, has 
passed his entire life in Wisconsin. He was born on the 6th of June, 1856, and is the youngest of a family of nine 
children, whose parents were Thomas and Martha Thomas. Both his father and mother were natives of Wales and are more 
fully mentioned in the sketch of John H. Thomas on another page of this work. The subject of this sketch began his 
education in the district schools, and completed his course in the Berlin High School, from which he graduated in the 
class of 1875. When his chool-life was over he entered upon his business career as a teacher, following that profession 
for four years. At the end of that time he turned his attention to farming and now owns and operates a farm of 
ninety-five acres, a part of the old homestead, which is under a high state of cultivation and furnished with all 
the necessary buildings, together with many improvements of an ornamental character. In connection with the cultivation 
of his land he devotes considerable time to stock-raising and is constantly improving the grade of the horses and 
cattle which he owns. He is a stockholder of the Waushara Dairy Association, in which he has held office at various 
times. He has also filled many positions of public trust, including that of Town Treasurer, in which he served three 
years. He takes an active interest in political affairs, and casts his ballot with the Republican party.

On Christmas Day of 1878 Mr. Thomas was united in marriage with Miss Candace Davis, a native of Wisconsin, and a 
daughter of Elliot and Cordelia Davis. Her father was a native of New York and her mother of Vermont, and they became 
residents of Waushara County in the early days of its history. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas has been blessed with 
three children: Mary E., aged nine years; Ernest R., aged seven years; and Myrvin, who is four years of age. This 
worthy couple have a pleasant home on section 27, in the Town of Aurora, and with them resides the mother of our 
subject. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church, and are faithful Christian people, liberal with 
their means of support of the Gospel, while their lives are characterized by charity and benevolence. The poor and 
needy fnd in them true friends, for they are ever ready to extend a helping hand to those less fortunate than 
themselves. They have many warm friends in the community, and richly deserve the high regard in which they are held.   






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