1920 Census-Listed on Wayne, Marion, IN with daugther and son in law.
JM Thomas, father in law, age 75, occupation: none, b. IN father bp-KY
mother bp-Ireland, speaks English.
1900 Census-John M. Thomas, age 56, b. Feb 1844, IN father bp-Ky, Mother
bp-Ireland. Day laborer. m. 1868, wife Lucy, age 57, born May
1843-Kentucky, parents b. KY. Five children b. IN, William 26 b. Aug 1873
shipper-machines, Edwin D. 24, b. Ap 1876 teamster, George 22, b. Aug 1877
barber, Mary 19 b. June 1880 not employed, Arthur John 16, b. Mar 1884.
Center Twp, Indianapolis, IN
1880 Census-Decatur, Marion county, IN-John M. Thomas, age 36, b. 1844,
father b. Ky mother b. Ireland, Occ-Farmer, wife Lucy S. age 36 b. 1844 Ky
parents b. KY. Four children: b. Indiana: Charles E. 10, William 8, Ervin
D 6, George 3, Mother in law Judith Finley, age 74 b. 1806 KY, father b.
MD, mother b. Virginia, widowed. Two boarders: Levi Mitchell 20, Thomas
Bowen 26.
In the adjacent household lived brother Edward Thomas, 26, b about 1854,
IN father bp-Ky mother bp-Ireland. Farmer, wife Martha A age 21, b. abt
1859, IN father bp-PA, mot bp-IN. Brother Elias Nelson age 24 b. IN.
1870 with in laws George and Judith F. Finley.