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Born 1874
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
THEODORE M. THOMAS (1874), proprietor of the Rexall drug store, of Marshall, is a native of Lyon county, having been born in Grandview township July 9, 1874. His parents were Jacob and Clara (Baldwin) Thomas, who were among the earliest settlers of Lyon county.
Jacob Thomas was born in Elmira. New York, and his wife in Warren, Pennsylvania. They came to Lyon county in 187:.'. before the railroad was built to the county, and they hauled their supplies from Redwood Falls. Homesteading in Grandview township, they lived the first winter in the usual sod shanty, and the next year Mr. Thomas assisted in making the survey for the Northwestern railroad. The family resided on the farm until 1890, when they located in Cottonwood and Mr. Thomas engaged in the drug business with his son. He moved to Sioux Falls in 1907 and died there November 22, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. Mrs. Thomas died in Cottonwood in 1906. There were seven children in the family, of whom the following three are living: Frank, of Lemon, South Dakota; Mrs. A. M. DeLand, of Watertown. South Dakota; and Theodore M.
The subject of this biography spent the first eighteen years of his life on the farm in Grandview township. He completed his education in the Marshall High School and clerked in the drug store of W. W. Salisbury. He took a course in the Minneapolis School of Pharmacy and during the next four years was employed as a pharmacist in the West Hotel drug store. He then located in Wood Lake, Minnesota, where he conducted a drug store six* years. Mr. Thomas returned to Marshall in 1907 and established his present business in the Dibble Block. He carries a complete line of drugs and specialties.and gives special attention to prescription work. He also handles cigars, tobacco, ice cream and soda.
Mr. Thomas was married at Cottonwood September 18, 1901, to Jean Lowe. She is a native of Lyon county and the daughter of George Lowe, a pioneer settler. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Masonic. Eastern Star, K. P. and M. W. A. lodges. For three years he was master of the Wood Le A. F. & A. M. lodge. He has been treasurer of the city of Marshall for the past three years.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George Lowe (b. 1884)
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