Osman Thomas
Osman Thomas, retired farmer, P. O. Streetsborough, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., February 9, 1809; son of John and Lois (Farr) Thomas, who settled in Streetsboro, this county, in 1829. They had eight children: Osman; David (deceased); Julia A., wife of Andrew Boyd; James; Maria P., deceased wife of Ichabod Boyd; William F.; Roswell and John W. (deceased). Our subject was twenty years of age when his parents settled a mile and a quarter west of Streetsboro Center, clearing and improving the farm, and on which he resided until 1850, when he removed to and resided for twenty years on the farm now owned by N. B. Jenkins. He then went to Akron, but at the expiration of a year and a half returned to the old homestead in Streetsboro Township, which he still owns, remaining there until 1879, when he removed to Streetsboro Center, where he now resides. Mr. Thomas was married January 11, 1837, to Lois J., daughter of William Matthews, of Westfield, Mass., and by her he has had five children: Willard W., Juliette (wife of Dr. L. D. Stockon). Jefferson, Millicent (wife of George L. Andrews), and Delos (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected fifty-one years, serving as Deacon for forty years. He has served the township as Justice of the Peace three terms, and has held other minor ofices; in politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885