Thomas was the oldest of seven children born to Judge Henry Thomas Roland and Martha W. Colvin in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, and was the grandson of Zeno Roland, one of the pioneers of Cobb county, Georgia.
Thomas began to learn the printing business in 1880 at Waldron, Arkansas, where he served four years, before returning to Louisiana. In 1887, he came to the area of Commerce, Texas. He married Italy Thurston in April 1888. In 1889, he became editor of the Commerce Record.
They moved to the town of Grady, Indian Territory (OK) in the early 1890s. There, he lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident. He was saved from hemorrhaging to death by a Civil War veteran using a popcorn cob.
By the late 1890s, Thomas and his family had settled in Ardmore, I.T., where he worked first as a guard at the federal jail, then as a collector for the firm of Westheimer and Daube. He advanced to buying cotton and land, and to doing surveying and overseeing land improvements for the firm. A few years before his death he was appointed a judge of the city court.
Thomas and Italy had seven children, three of which did not live past their first or second birthday.
Bio written for public use by Louis Cornell.
Thomas began to learn the printing business in 1880 at Waldron, Arkansas, where he served four years, before returning to Louisiana. In 1887, he came to the area of Commerce, Texas. He married Italy Thurston in April 1888. In 1889, he became editor of the Commerce Record.
They moved to the town of Grady, Indian Territory (OK) in the early 1890s. There, he lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident. He was saved from hemorrhaging to death by a Civil War veteran using a popcorn cob.
By the late 1890s, Thomas and his family had settled in Ardmore, I.T., where he worked first as a guard at the federal jail, then as a collector for the firm of Westheimer and Daube. He advanced to buying cotton and land, and to doing surveying and overseeing land improvements for the firm. A few years before his death he was appointed a judge of the city court.
Thomas and Italy had seven children, three of which did not live past their first or second birthday.
Bio written for public use by Louis Cornell.
Thomas was the oldest of seven children born to Judge Henry Thomas Roland and Martha W. Colvin in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, and was the grandson of Zeno Roland, one of the pioneers of Cobb county, Georgia.
Thomas began to learn the printing business in 1880 at Waldron, Arkansas, where he served four years, before returning to Louisiana. In 1887, he came to the area of Commerce, Texas. He married Italy Thurston in April 1888. In 1889, he became editor of the Commerce Record.
They moved to the town of Grady, Indian Territory (OK) in the early 1890s. There, he lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident. He was saved from hemorrhaging to death by a Civil War veteran using a popcorn cob.
By the late 1890s, Thomas and his family had settled in Ardmore, I.T., where he worked first as a guard at the federal jail, then as a collector for the firm of Westheimer and Daube. He advanced to buying cotton and land, and to doing surveying and overseeing land improvements for the firm. A few years before his death he was appointed a judge of the city court.
Thomas and Italy had seven children, three of which did not live past their first or second birthday.
Bio written for public use by Louis Cornell.
Thomas began to learn the printing business in 1880 at Waldron, Arkansas, where he served four years, before returning to Louisiana. In 1887, he came to the area of Commerce, Texas. He married Italy Thurston in April 1888. In 1889, he became editor of the Commerce Record.
They moved to the town of Grady, Indian Territory (OK) in the early 1890s. There, he lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident. He was saved from hemorrhaging to death by a Civil War veteran using a popcorn cob.
By the late 1890s, Thomas and his family had settled in Ardmore, I.T., where he worked first as a guard at the federal jail, then as a collector for the firm of Westheimer and Daube. He advanced to buying cotton and land, and to doing surveying and overseeing land improvements for the firm. A few years before his death he was appointed a judge of the city court.
Thomas and Italy had seven children, three of which did not live past their first or second birthday.
Bio written for public use by Louis Cornell.
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