Henry Walter Thrall (Harry)

Henry married Rebecca Duffy on 24 Aug 1911 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. Rebecca was born on 10 Dec 1891 in Coshocton, Ohio, USA; died on 30 Mar 1976 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thora Pauline Thrall was born on 8 Aug 1912 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; died in bef. 1965.
2. Adelbert Edwin Thrall was born on 19 May 1914 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; died on 21 Mar 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
3. Harry Lucien Thrall was born on 31 Jul 1916 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; died on 23 Apr 1986 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.
4. James Robert Thrall was born on 31 Aug 1923 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; died on 25 Dec 1965 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 21 Jul 1863

Adelbert married Annie C Hanson on 10 Nov 1885. Annie was born on 2 Mar 1864 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; died in Jan 1948 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Election: Free Mason - Independant Order of Odd Fellows
• Occupation: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; Columbus Gazette - half owner
• Occupation: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA; Printer, Ohio State Journal

Notes:

Extract from Walter G Thralls' genealogy book ...
". Thrall, who has been connected with the office of the ‘Ohio State Journal,’ in the capacity of apprentice, jour [meaning journeyman]. and foreman, for eighteen years, has severed that connection, for the purpose of going into the office of the ‘Columbus Gazette,’ as half owner. It would be hard to scare up a better printer; and a more genial, kind-hearted man, does not exist. We are sorry to part with him.".

Occupation:
Learned the art of printing in the office of the Ohio State Journal and stayed there for 18 years, from apprentice to foreman. He left to go to the Columbus Gazette as half-owner.

Lucien married Martha Bristol on 9 Sep 1847 in Franklin, Ohio, USA. Martha was born on 13 Oct 1829 in Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Freemason
• Occupation: Attorney at Law
• Military Service: 1814; Sergeant, US Army
• Residence: 1815, Ohio, USA
• Religion: 1817; Episcopal Church. Was a member of the convention in 1831 which elected Bishop Chase, the first Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio, also a member of the convention in 1831 which elected Bishop McIlvaine, and a member of the 1859 convention that elected Bishop Bedell.
• Military Service: 1828, Ohio, USA; Colonel in the militia of Ohio
• Occupation: 1858, Pickaway, Ohio, USA; Judge of the Probate Court

Notes:

Walter made several trips East whilst Probate Judge, in an effort to find relatives of persons who had died in Ohio. Through this he started looking up his own family. He spent a great deal of time in the 1850's comiling information about his own family. He spent much time in an around Windsor, Connecticut, and Granville, Massachusetts and with his brothers in Vermont. In 1862 the results of his efforts were published by his son Lucian, who owned half-interest in the Columbus Gazette Publishing Company.

Walter sold his law books to William McKinley who was just opening a law office.

Walter married Harriet Mulliken on 18 Apr 1820. Harriet (daughter of Joseph Mulliken and Hannah Goodwin) died on 7 Apr 1882 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1814, Rutland, Vermont, USA
• Residence: From 1814, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA

Notes:

(Medical):Was a healthy woman all her life.