The Thomas Family
in the Scranton City Directory,
1867-1896

The table below traces John J. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth in city directories for Scranton from 1867 to 1896. The Thomas family begins appearing in city directories for Scranton in the mid-1860s, and their descendants are present in subsequent directories well into the 20th century. The listings from 1867 through the mid 1870s, show that John J. Thomas and family were living in their home on Hyde Park Avenue. This was likely the property John purchased from Thomas Eynon in 1864. Listings for John's son-in-law, Tunis Thomas, husband of his daughter Hannah, are also included for this period. John J. Thomas died in 1876, and afterwards we see his son John Jr., known locally as "Drummer Thomas" listed in the directories. In the late 1870s we see Elizabeth listed in the directories listed as John's widow, but in 1880 she remarried John E. Jones. John and Elizabeth Jones eventually moved into a duplex located to 508 North Hyde Park Avenue, where John died in late 1889. Elizabeth is again listed as a widow in the early 1890s, but in 1896 she married her third husband Isaac B. Morgans, who moved in with his new wife at 508 North Hyde Park Avenue, where the couple remained until Elizabeth's death in 1896. Afterwards, Isaac moved in with his daughter and family on 1212 Eynon Street, where he died in 1899.

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