Biography

Calvin Henry Thomas was born to Jacob and Rebecca Lee Thomas in Salem, Ohio, on November 15, 1844. He attended the Salem public schools. During the Civil War he served with the Sixth Ohio Calvary from October 7, 1861 to August 7, 1865. He then attended Oberlin College. Calvin Thomas arrived in Greeley, Colorado in May 1870. He married Sophia Pauline Nickum in Salem, Ohio on April 8, 1874. He owned property in Greeley and later moved to the V Bar O Ranch located east of Eaton, Colorado in 1880. He was a member of the G.A.R. Calvin and Sophia Thomas had five children John Jacob, who died in childhood; Helen Mary; Myra Laura; Thurza Theda; and Dan Boone Lee. He died on May 3, 1921. Sources: Chamblin, Thomas S., ed. "Calvin Henry Thomas," p. 795. In The Historical Encyclopedia of Colorado. Denver, CO: Colorado Historical Association, [1960].; "Calvin Thomas, Union Colony Pioneer, Dead," Greeley Tribune, 1921.