Jefferson Davis THOMAS^[1]

1861 - 1920  (58 years)

• Name	Jefferson Davis THOMAS
  Nickname	Jeff
  Birth	27 Apr 1861	Richmond Co, GA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  birth2 (conflicting)	29 May 1861  [4]
  Occupation	1880, 1900, 1920  [3, 5, 6]
  	The 1880 census notes that Jeff was working as a store clerk. By June 1900, he was employed as a railroad conductor. The 1920 census, also, notes his occupation as railroad conductor.
  Death	16 Apr 1920	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [1]
  	Jeff died in Augusta, Georgia on 16 April 1920. He was 58 years old.
  Burial	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [7]
  	His remains were interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia.
  Person ID	I27738	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	James Jefferson THOMAS,   b. 10 Mar 1831, Georgia d. 17 Dec 1916 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ella Gertrude CLANTON,   b. 4 Apr 1834, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d. 11 May 1907, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1852	Richmond Co, GA   [8]
  	The couple was married in Richmond County, Georgia by Rev. E. H Meyers on 16 December 1852.
  Family ID	F1173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fannie (UNKNOWN)
  Family ID	F7689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: July 1870, Richmond County, GA Resided: June 1880, Richmond County, GA Resided: June 1900, Augusta, Richmond County, GA Resided: January 1920, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

  
  

• Sources

  [S4209] Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914 - 1927. Jeff D. Thomas entry. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), p. 186., ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. [S4202] 1900 US Census / Thomas, Turner C. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Jeff Davis Thomas gravestone inscription, Magnolia Cemetery, August, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014. [S3848] 1880 US Census / Thomas, J.J. [S4208] 1920 US Census / Thomas, Jeff D. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Jeff Davis Thomas interment, Magnolia Cemetery, August, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014. [S3772] J. Jefferson Thomas - Ella Gertrude Clanton, Richmond Co, GA marriage license & minister's return (1852).