Thomas W. BALIS Jr. ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

U.S. & INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE RECORD, 1560-1900:
Name: Samantha Merry
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Thomas "Bales"
Spouse Birth Year: 1803
Number Pages: 1

1830 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp:
Thomas W. "Bails":
1 male 20-30 (Thomas)
1 female 5-10 (Susannah)
1 female 20-30 (Samantha)
(Listed on the same census page as Daniel "Bails" and Daniel "Bails" Jr.)

U.S. GENERAL LAND OFFICE RECORDS, 1796-1907:
Name: Thomas Balis, Junior of Monroe County, Ohio
Issue Date: 5 Oct 1835
Acres: 41.83
Meridian: Ohio River Survey
State: Ohio
County: Noble
Township: 7-N
Range: 8-W
Section: 30
Accession Number: OH0470__.182
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Zanesville
Canceled: No
US Reservations:No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 6722

1840 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp:
Thomas "Bayles":
2 male under 5 (Rufus & Cyrus)
1 male 5-9 (James)
1 male 30-39 (Thomas)
1 male 70-79 (Thomas, Sr.)
2 females 5-9 (Margaret & Lucinda)
1 female 10-14 (Susannah)
1 female 30-39 (Samantha)
1 female 60-69 (Susannah)
1 employed in agriculture
1 over 20 who cannot read/write
(Listed near Ambrose Merry, Samuel Millslagle, Andrew Millslagle, Anson"Wickam"& Benson Merry on census.)

1850 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp:
Thomas "Bayless", 47, farmer, $2900 real estate, b. NY, married with the last year;
"Jenima", 36, b. OH;
Margaret, 19, b. OH;
Lucinda, 17, b. OH;
James, 16, farmer, b. OH;
Ruphus, 14, b. OH;
Cyrus, 12, b. OH;
Sarah J. Gibson, 10, b. OH;
Margaret Gibson, 8, b. OH;
Ruth Gibson, 5, b. OH.

1860 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp, Olive P.O.:
Thomas "Bayless", 56, farmer, $2800 real estate, $400 personal property, b. NY;
Nancy, 51 (31?), domestic, b. OH.
(Listed as seperate family in same household:)
James "Bayless", 26, farm hand, $60 personal property, b. OH, cannot read or write;
Clarinda McH___, 13(?), b. OH, attended school;
Almira "Bayless", 8, b. OH, attended school;
Samanta Bayless, 4, b. OH;
Mary "Bayless", 18, domestic, b. OH;
Thomas "Bayless", 8/12, b. OH
(Listed next to Cyrus "Bayless", James "Bayless" & "Lavinda" Spear on census.)

Thomas married Samantha MERRY, daughter of Ambrose Hunt MERRY and Margaret WICKHAM.¹ (Samantha MERRY was born in Feb 1807 in NY,³ died on 6 Nov 1849 in Monroe Co, OH ³ and was buried in Devoll Cem, Center Twp, Noble Co, OH ³.)

Thomas next married Gemima GIBSON in Mar 1850 in OH. (Gemima GIBSON was born calculated 9 Jul 1810,³ died on 11 Jun 1851 in OH ³ and was buried in Devold Cemetery, Center Twp, Noble Co, OH ³.)