The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1088 

SAMUEL C. THOMAS.

Samuel C. Thomas, who owns a ranch six miles northeast of Ellensburg, on which
he resides, was born near Marion, in Grant county, Indiana, March 3, 1848, a son
of Isaac M. and Jane (Moore) Thomas, both of whom were born in Indiana. The
father was a son of Solomon Thomas, a native of North Carolina, who became one
of the pioneer settlers of Indiana, where he followed the occupation of farming
and also engaged in the practice of medicine. Isaac M. Thomas devoted his
attention to the occupation of farming and on leaving Indiana removed to Adams
county, Iowa, where he took up his abode in 1855, There he resided for almost
two decades but became a resident of Seattle, Washington, in 1874. He lived in
the Sound country until 1878, when he removed to the Kittitas valley and took up
government land. This he improved and made his home thereon to the time of his
death, which occurred when he had reached the very venerable age of
eighty-eight years. His wife also passed away upon the old homestead and she was
eighty-seven years of age at the time of her demise.

Samuel C. Thomas pursued a public school education and throughout life has
learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience. He made his way to
the northwest with his father, living in Seattle for a brief period, and in 1876
he removed to the Kittitas valley, where he took up one hundred and sixty acres
of government land. At once he began to develop and improve the ranch, whereon
he resided until about 1889, when he sold that property and returned to the
coast, where he lived for seven years. He next made his way to the Columbia
river and five years later located on the old home ranch in the Kittitas valley
and took care of his parents throughout their remaining days. He is now the
owner of one hundred and sixty acres constituting an excellent ranch six miles
northeast of Ellensburg and thereon he engaged in raising grain and hay,
producing the crops best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here up to the
time of his retirement. He now rents the farm but continues to reside thereon.

In 1870 Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Addie Yocom, a native of
Minnesota, by whom he had four children, as follows: Edgar, who is deceased;
Edwin, a resident of Wenatchee, Washington; Beulah, who is a nurse living in
Seattle; and Edward, also a resident of Seattle.

In his political views	Thomas has always been a republican and gives stalwart
support to the party. He has been a successful farmer, wisely and carefully
directing his business affairs, and the thoroughness with which he did his work
and managed his sales brought to him the substantial competence that now enables
him to live retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil.

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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.