Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

P. P. THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in Darien, N. Y., Nov. 
17, 1834; he went with his parents to Naperville in June, 1835, and remained with 
them until the age of 12, when his mother died in December, 1846, and he was then 
thrown upon his own resources; at the age of 13, he drove a notion wagon through 
Northern Illinois and Wisconsin; at the age of 16, he worked in the lead mines near 
Mineral Point, and at various other places, and smelted for Corwith & Co. at the age 
of 19, after which he worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner up to the spring 
of 1864; in May of the same year, he crossed the plains to Montana, mining and 
prospecting for five years; in December, 1868, he returned to Chicago, and, in 
February, 1869, purchased the farm upon which he now resides, containing 320 acres; 
has been School Director. Married Miss Mary ROGERS, daughter of D. B. ROGERS, of 
Luzerne Co., Penn., Dec. 30, 1870.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.