Background
Thomes, William Henry was born on May 5, 1824 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Job and Mary (Lewis) Thomes.
Thomes, William Henry was born on May 5, 1824 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Job and Mary (Lewis) Thomes.
Attended public schools Boston.
Shipped on Admittance in the California hide-trade, 1842, left California, 1846. Printer, reporter Boston Daily News, 1847. Sailed for Hawaiian Islands, 1851, visited Guam, P.I., China, gold mines in Victoria, returning to the United States by way of Cape of Good Hope, 1855.
Reporter Boston Herald, circa 1857-1860. Partner Elliot and Thomes, publishers of American Union weekly, 1860. Partner successively of Elliott, Thomes and Talbot, then Thomes and Talbot, publishers Flag of Our Union, Ballou’s Monthly.
Author: The Gold Hunters’ Adventures. Or Life in Australia, 1866, The Bushrangers (sequel), 1866. A Whaleman’s Adventures, 1871.
The Gold-Hunters in Europe, 1872.
Married second, Frances Allen, 1850.