Norphlet B. Thomas, from [Bud and John Thomas]

Norphlet B. Thomas

Born 1870, died 1933

Also found as Thomas, Bud and Bud Thomas

Child of Benjamin B. Thomas and Minerva Hunter Thomas. Married Maud White Hendrix Thomas. Parent of Len Holly Thomas.

In 3 photographs · face marked in 3

Son of Benjamin B. Thomas. The two forms are treated as one person on the strength of the nickname within a single family group; see the basis on the cabinet card.

Family

How each relationship is known

A life in photographs

IdentifiedPossibly this personLifetimeYears, with age beneath

Faces, by date

Cut from each photograph where this person is marked, and never retouched. In date order, so they can be weighed against one another.

  1. [1890-1895]Aged about 20–25

    [Ewing Boyd, Charley Naylor and Bud Thomas with instruments]

    Supplied with the item as "Bud Thomas". Identified with N. B. ("Bud") Thomas, named as a son of Benjamin Thomas on the verso of the Benjamin B. Thomas portrait - same nickname within a family group represented across this material, which is grounds for a link but not proof of one.

  2. [1914-1918]Aged about 44–48

    [Bud, Maud, and Len Thomas]

    Identified on verso

  3. [1914-1918]Aged about 44–48

    [Bud and John Thomas]

    Identified on verso

Photographs

See them in the inventory of the Thomas Family Photographs, filtered to Norphlet B. Thomas.

The record

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Thomas, Norphlet B., 1870-1933
Status
Established
Also found as
  • Thomas, Bud
  • Bud Thomas
Sources
  1. Supplied with the musicians cabinet card as "Bud Thomas"