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J. J. Thomas.

There is no more efficient official in
Albemarle County than Mr. J. J.
Thomas the county jailer. He has
led a clean and honorable career and

has fulfilled most satisfactory the duties
devolving upon him in the position
he holds. Mr. Thomas was appointed
to his present office in November,
1904, and succeeded J. P. Martin.
During the time that he has had
charge here everything has been conducted
in a way that goes to show
that he is a man of good executive
ability and that he is the right man in
the right place. Mr. Thomas was
born in Nelson County in 1845. In
the fall of 1866 he moved to Albemarle
County, and took up farming and to
this vocation he has devoted his life
ever since. He is the owner of a fine
large farm near Free Union, and has
been very successful as an agriculturist.
In October 1862 when the great Civil
War between the States was raging
furiously and with the greatest vehemence
young Thomas enlisted under
Capt. Wallace, in the 59th Virginia
Infantry (Col Tabler) in the brigade.
Mr. Thomas is a public spirited and
progressive citizen who is ever ready
and willing to lend a helping hand to
any cause that is for the welfare of old
Charlottesville.