Background
Thomas, Robert Bailey was born on April 24, 1766 in Grafton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Azabah (Goodale) Thomas.
Thomas, Robert Bailey was born on April 24, 1766 in Grafton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Azabah (Goodale) Thomas.
Self educated; attended mathematics school run by Osgood Carleton, almanacmaker, Boston, 1790-1792.
Started The Farmer’s Almanack … for the Year of Our Lord 1793, 1792-1846, afterwards called The Farmer’s Almanack, later The Old Farmer’s Almanack, had wide range of topics including patriotic, geographic and epigrammatic materials. Memoir of his life appeared in Almanack, 1833-1837, 39.
Married Hannah Beamon, November 17, 1803.