Thomas, Ann W. (Ann Whitehead)

A native Virginian, Ann Whitehead Thomas became a resident of Round Hill, Va., in 1968, soon after her 1961 marriage to H. Rogers Thomas (1911-2001). She had close connections to Upper Loudoun preceding her move to Round Hill; Snickersville and Snickersville Gap were named after her relative Edward Snickers. Mrs. Thomas graduated from Mary Baldwin College, Staunton. She served on the first Thomas Balch Library Advisory Board and on a committee for Winchester Handley Library. In 1998 she received a Loudoun History Award for her work in preserving Loudoun County's heritage. Although Mrs. Thomas has been involved in genealogical and local history for over thirty years, in the early 1990s she began systematically collecting information for the book she intended to write, which she completed in 2004. The Story of Round Hill, published from the findings of this collection, traces Round Hill from early America's first land grants to today's development landscape. This book chronicles in detail changes in the town's residents,businesses, government, houses, and customs; a product of the research contained in these folders.

From the description of Ann Thomas research papers, 1836-2005 (bulk 1952-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166428590

A native Virginian, Ann Whitehead Thomas became a resident of Round Hill in 1968, soon after her 1961 marriage to H. Rogers Thomas (11 Oct 1911-28 Feb 2001). Mrs. Thomas graduated from Mary Baldwin College, Staunton. She served on the first Thomas Balch Library Advisory Board and on a committee for Winchester Handley Library, and is also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1998 she received a Loudoun History Award for her work in preserving Loudoun County's heritage.

Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of Robert Whitehead (21 Sep 1897-8 Jun 1960) and Sallie Carter Whitehead (22 Jul 1905-Oct 1984), mother of Elizabeth Thomas Wallace, and grandmother to John Thomas Wallace, Sarah Elizabeth Wallace, and Robert David Wallace.

From the guide to the Ann Thomas Quaker Migration Files, 1976-1995, 1995, (Thomas Balch Library)