Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the 
Cascades.  Vol. II.  Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p. 
575.

	T. THOMAS:  T. Thomas, a shingle manufacturer of 
Centralia, was born on a farm near Macomb, in McDonough 
county, Illinois, in 1881.  He pursued his education in that locality 
and there engaged in farming.  Later he became identified with 
agricultural interests in Missouri, and in 1901 he came to Western 
Washington, since which he has been identified with this section of 
the country.
	Mr. Thomas embarked in business in the northwest as 
proprietor of a livery stable in Bellingham.  He also became 
connected with shingle manufacturing there and thoroughly 
acquainted himself with the business.  In 1915 he removed to 
Centralia, where in connection with Frank Lang, he established a 
shingle mill under the firm style of Lang and Thomas.  They have 
since conducted business and their mill now has a capacity of sixty 
thousand.  They employ ten people and find a ready sale for their 
product.  They have a siding on the railroad, which gives them 
shipping facilities on three different lines.  Their plant is most 
modern in equipment in every way and the business is steadily 
growing.
	Mr. Thomas has been married twice.  In Illinois he wedded 
Sylvia Miller, who passed away in 1913, leaving three children, 
Frances E., William A. and Imo L.  In Bellingham, in 1915, Mr. 
Thomas was again married, his second union being with Ruth Van 
Houghton.
	Mr. Thomas has never regretted his determination to come to 
the northwest, for here he has found business opportunities and in 
their utilization has steadily worked his way upward, being now 
active in the control of a growing and profitable business.


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