The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1064 
A portrait of Christy G. Thomas appears in this publication.

CHRISTY G. THOMAS.

Christy G. Thomas, postmaster of Cle Elum, is a native of Monroe county,
Missouri. He was born February 18, 1840, of the marriage of David and Isabel J.
(Sparks) Thomas, both of whom were born in Kentucky, the latter being a daughter
of James Sparks, who in 1839 removed to Missouri. David Thomas was a son of
Parson Thomas, who died in 1838, while en route to Missouri. It was in the year
1847 that David Thomas and Isabel J. Sparks were married in Missouri. The former
was the first postmaster at Woodlawn, that state, having been appointed to the
position in 1851. He afterward went to Pike's Peak, Colorado, attracted by the
gold discoveries in that region, and later he settled in Carroll county,
Missouri. He subsequently became a resident of Jackson county, Missouri, where
he was killed by lightning on the 29th of April, 1872. His widow survived for a
number of years, passing away in Missouri in 1887.

Their son, Christy G. Thomas, acquired a public school education, the little
temple of learning in which he pursued his studies being one of the old-time log
schoolhouses of his native state. In young manhood he took up the occupation of
farming and also learned the carpenter's trade. He was afterward engaged in the
grocery business in Missouri in 1883 and 1884 and was otherwise identified with
business activity in that state for a considerable period. In 1901 he arrived in
Cle Elum, Washington, and for five years thereafter engaged in the cultivation
of a rented ranch. Subsequently he turned his attention to the livery business,
in which he engaged for four years. He next entered the hotel business
purchasing the Reed Hotel, but sold that property six months later. He then
lived retired until the 10th of July, 1913, when he was appointed postmaster of
Cle Elum and on the expiration of his four years' term was reappointed on the
24th of January, 1918, so that he has now entered upon a period of service that
will cover eight years.

On the 27th of February, 1876, Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Mary E. Stalcup,
who was born in Monroe county, Missouri, in 1849, a daughter of William and
Sarah A. Stalcup. The children of this marriage are: William B., now deceased;
Anna B., the wife of O. D. Chapman, a resident of Pasco, Washington; Maude, the
wife of A. W. Byers, living at Cle Elum; one who died in infancy; Leonard, who
died at the age of one year; and Christy Ray, who is now acting as clerk in the
postoffice. He is married and makes his home in Cle Elum.

Mr. Thomas has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party, of
which he became a stanch supporter on attaining his majority. He is an
enthusiastic champion of the northwest and its opportunities and has lived to
see remarkable progress in the section in which he elected to make his home.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.