COUNTY TENNESSEE
Haywood B. Thomas (1832-1905) was the son of Luke Thomas and Elizabeth Burradell of Bertie Co., NC. His parents m. near Cadiz. KY in 1813 and moved to Hico in 1825. H. B. Thomas attended Bethel College and taught
school in Carroll Co. In 1861, he joined the Confederate Army and fought at Shiloh where his brother "Matt" was killed. ' He served in the 12th KY Cavalry until 1865. After the war, H. B. Thomas returned and took up farming, growing mostly cotton on his 250 acre farm south of McKenzie. He also kept bees, often selling 500 lbs. of honey.
In 1885, he moved to McKenzie where he served on the city council, was a trustee of Bethel College, and a Cumberland Presbyterian elder. In 1867, H. B. Thomas m. Celia (she spelled it Selah) Ann Roach, daughter of Joseph Roach and Polly Barton. Seven of their ten children grew up in McKenzie and married.
Inez (1868-1891) m. J. W. Berryhill in 1887.
J. B. (1873-1966) m. Charlie Knott in 1902. For 35 years, J. B. worked for the Southern Railroad, retiring to McKenzie. He was generous to his relatives, taking a 10 year old nephew to AK in 1938.
Burnetta (Nettie) (1875-1939) graduated from Nashville City Hospital. She had a love for humanity making her an outstanding nurse. Nettie m. Hayes Holland in 1900 and they farmed near McKenzie for many years.
Bertha (1878-1970) m. Fred Walters in 1903. He was a mail carrier in Huntingdon for many years. They were very active in Carroll Co. fairs.
Minnie (1880-1962) m. William Forbess in 1918 and taught school near Chattanooga.
Roach (1883-1952) m. Mae McDonald in 1905. He worked on the Y. & M. V. Railroad of Memphis until he lost his leg in a 1913 accident. Returning to McKenzie, he purchased 80 acres north of town which he farmed until his death (2-1952). He also Dwned and operated several businesses in McKenzie and Huntingdon. Roach was a Cumberland Presbyterian elder and known for his compassion, sense of humor, and love of life.
Robbie (1888-1961) m. Iva Owen in 1919. Bobbie was a WW I veteran, fanner, grocer, and Cumberland Presbyterian elder. He was always interested in the church, schools and the community of McKenzie.
Among H. B. Thomas' descendants are the Kermit Holland family, Mrs. Robert Putman & family, McKenzie; Anna Marie Walters, Huntingdon; Mrs. Claude Johnson & family, Chattanooga; Mrs. Andrew Anderson, Queens, : Bill Thomas family, Naperville, IL. Recently deceased descendants are Paul Holland, Mrs. Ann Holland Waggoner, Mrs. Julia Thomas Peebles, and Mrs. Virginia Walters Stockton. Submitted by William J. Thomas
Excerpt from Carroll County TN Vol. 1 1987
Haywood B. Thomas, a farmer by occupation, was born in Carroll County, September 10, 1832, and is of a family of five sons and eight daughters, born to Luke and Elizabeth (Burradelle) Thomas, himself and four sisters being the surviving members of the family. Both parents were born in Burke County, N.C., and moved to Trigg County, Ky., when young, and were married there; moved to Carroll County, Tenn., in 1825, and remained there farming until his father’s death in 1862. His father was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for many years. His mother remained in the county until her death in 1870. Our subject, Haywood B. Thomas, attended Bethel College a few terms after his majority, then taught school one year in Carroll County, after which he was engaged in the marble trade until 1858, in the interest of a firm in Hickman, Ky. He was then employed in the construction of the Northwestern Railroad until 1862, when he enlisted in the Fifth Tennessee Confederate Infantry, remaining a year, and was then transferred to the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry as first lieutenant, and held this position until Capt. Falkner’s death at Dresden, when he returned home, and remained until he married, November 7, 1867, Miss Ann Roach, the issue of this union being four sons and five daughters, all living but one son. After the war, he purchased a farm in Carroll County, which he still owns, but in June, 1885, he moved to McKenzie. On his farm, which contains 250 acres, are Indian mounds, and a number of fine springs of freestone water. Mr. Thomas is an extensive cotton grower, paying but little attention to the cultivation of the cereals. He and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder. He is also a member of the board of aldermen of McKenzie and board of trustees of Bethel College, and vice-president of the State Agricultural Wheel, and president of the Carroll County Agricultural Wheel.
Source: Goodspeed History of Tennessee
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