Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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C. A. THOMAS, 
 
Postmaster at Garvanza, and dealer in staple and fancy goods, groceries, etc., 
has been a citizen of Los Angeles County since the year 1886. He was born in 
Erie, Huston County, Tennessee, in 1855, and is a son of John and Nancy (Allen) 
Thomas, of Tennessee. They had eight children. The oldest, W. T. Thomas, was a 
soldier in the late war. The subject of this biographical sketch was left an 
orphan at the age of seven years, and was thrown thus early upon his own 
resources. He followed clerking in a store till he was nineteen years old, and 
at that time came to California. Here he remained but a short time, but during 
that time became acquainted with and married Miss Cora Allen, a native of the 
Golden State. They were married in 1878, and Mr. Thomas took his bride back to 
Tennessee, where they resided seven years. In 1886 he again sought the Pacific 
Coast, and upon his arrival in California, engaged in the livery business in 
Garvanza, and later, in the grocery business. By him the postoffice was 
established July 19, 1887, and he was made the first postmaster, which office he 
still holds. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are active workers in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 680
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler