Chauncey Thomas, (August 13, 1813, Damascus, Wayne County, PA - October 5, 1882, Shohola Glen, Pike County, Pennsylvania), one of eleven of Moses Thomas and his wife, Rebecca Monington, was mill owner and entrepreneur. On his father's side of the family, his grandfather Moses Thomas had been killed by Indians near Narrowsburg during the French and Indian War.

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  • Chauncey Thomas, (August 13, 1813, Damascus, Wayne County, PA - October 5, 1882, Shohola Glen, Pike County, Pennsylvania), one of eleven of Moses Thomas and his wife, Rebecca Monington, was mill owner and entrepreneur. On his father's side of the family, his grandfather Moses Thomas had been killed by Indians near Narrowsburg during the French and Indian War. On his material side, the Monington family of Philadelphia had come to the Delaware valley from Gloucester, England in the early 18th century. He is probably best known as the owner of the four of erstwhile Barryville–Shohola Bridges, and as the father of Rear Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Chauncey Thomas, Jr. , USN, (b April 27 1850 Barryville, Sullivan, New York died May 12, 1918).
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  • Shihola Glen, NY
  • Shihola Glen, Pike County, PA
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  • Construction of 4 bridges
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  • Chauncey Thomas
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  • Farmer and businessman
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  • Farmer, entrepreneur, bridge building
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  • Chauncey Thomas, (August 13, 1813, Damascus, Wayne County, PA - October 5, 1882, Shohola Glen, Pike County, Pennsylvania), one of eleven of Moses Thomas and his wife, Rebecca Monington, was mill owner and entrepreneur. On his father's side of the family, his grandfather Moses Thomas had been killed by Indians near Narrowsburg during the French and Indian War.
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