Winnie Thomas
Winnie Thomas (maiden name: Fields) was born into slavery around 1819. She married Nathaniel Thomas in a slave ceremony in Marshall, Missouri, around 1842, and they legally married after Nathaniel completed his Civil War service. Winnie gave birth to a daughter named Ann (later Ann Burns) in February 1853. She may also have given birth to a son named Jerry two years earlier. After the war, the family remained in Saline County. Winnie died on January 12, 1889.
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| Birth date: | 1819 | ||||||||||||
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| Death date: | 1899-01-12 | ||||||||||||
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SOURCES
Pension Records for Nathaniel Thomas, RG15, National Archives, Washington, D.C.; United States Federal Census, 1870 and 1880, accessed through Ancestry.com.
