1900 to 24 March 1906- She lived on a big ranch north of Archer City, Texas, called the Club Ranch. When her mother died, Sally ended up raising her sister, Maime (and an infant child who died young). It is not known if this was a younger sibling.
581 In a letter from Aunt Polly Bishop, she said that Earl took care of all the kids. but she did not know about another child being taken in.
557 Gene Cayton said that his family thought that their mother died from child birth. If that's the case, then the small child could have been their little brother. But no record has been found of his birth or death.
1906, March 24th - "In March 1905, Bill Thomas and Miss Sally E. (Earl) Matthews were married. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.R. Matthews of Muleshoe, Texas. To this union were born two daughters; Wilma Daniel, a school teacher in Denton, Texas and Mayme, deceased. Thomas passed away in Denton in 1966, not long after moving there from Archer City with his wife.
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1910 - Archer County, Texas Census
THOMAS, Will C. TX MO TX farmer/stock ranch
THOMAS, Earl S. wife f w 23 m1for 3 yrs 1/1 children TX TX TX
THOMAS, Wilma daughter f w 3/12 TX TX TX
7981907 -- Found in a photo of the Presbyterian Church, Archer City, TX . She is listed as Earl.
1920 - Archer County, Texas Census
THOMAS, W.C. head m w 35 TX TX TN stock farmer/farm
THOMAS, Earl wife f w 26 m TX TX US
THOMAS, Wilma daughter f w 9 s TX TX TX
THOMAS, Mamie Bess daughter f w 4/12 s TX TX TX
7991930 - Archer County, Texas Census
THOMAS, William C. head m w 45 m@20 s TS TN US painter/oil company
THOMAS, Sally E. wife f w 43 m@17 TX TX TX none
THOMAS, Wilma daughter f w 20 s TX TX TX instructor/public school
THOMAS, Mayme daughter f w 11 s TX TX TX
8001966 -- In Archer Pioneers, it says she was living in Denton, Texas.
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Officiating was Tom Looney J.P. Prect. 1