Looking for his parents. Mother listed as "Nannie Skaggs" on death certificate with no further info. Father unknown.

Looking for his parents. From one source: He was believed to have been born in Marietta, Ohio..Parents died and him and his sister were raised by an uncle. It was also believed his sister burned herself badly in a fireplace and later died. Thomas was born about 1853. It is believed he travelled with uncle setting up barrel making equipment and he later settled and married in Campbellsburg, Ky in Henry County. Later he moved on to Louisville, Ky. http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Franklin,County::oh::20629.html