NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Thomas Thorla (1887)

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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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Thomas Thorla, the grandfather of F.W. and A.H. Thorla, was born in New
England in 1748. He served as as soldier throughout the Revolutionary War.
Three of his sons having come to Ohio, he followed them, arriving in Marietta
with his aged wife about 1828.. He lived at Olive some years and died in
December, 1835.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
Brookfield