Mrs. Mary Thomas Dead.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, widow of the late Abner Thomas, died Monday morning May 12, 1902, at about 6 o'clock after an illness of a few days from renal trouble, complications and debility from old age, aged 74 years, 9 months, and 15 days. At 2 o'clock Tuesday a funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Ryan at the Baptist church, where a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad respects to the memory of the deceased. Beside her husband who preceded her in death six year previously, the remains were interred a the M. E. Cemetery, west of town, at about 4:20 o'clock, the interment being delayed on account of a violent storm of wind and rain.
Miss Mary Blincoe was born near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, being the oldest child of a family of nine, eight sisters and one brother. Two sisters preceded her in death. Three sisters reside in Baltimore, Maryland, and two sisters and a brother live in and near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Miss Blincoe was married to Abner Thomas near the place of her birth March 12, 1845, and to this union were born five children, two dying in infancy, and three daughters survive, namely: Mrs. Margaret A. C. Berry, and Mrs. Emma Everman, of this place and Mrs. Juliet Dodd of Earnest, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas removed to Indiana a short time before the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and made their home near Vernal Baptist Church for several years. Mrs. Thomas and her three daughters were left to live alone three years while Mr. Thomas was at the front fighting battles and "marching with Gen. Sherman to the sea," assisting to suppress the Rebellion.
The deceased joined the Baptist church when a young woman in West Virginia, removed her membership to Vernal church and thence some twenty years ago to the Ellettsville church. She lived a quiet Christian life, and held the esteem and confidence of her brethren and sisters in the church and all acquaintances at all times during her long connection with the church. As a wife, mother, neighbor and friend, she was true and never faltered in the path of duty and lived a life well worthy of adoption as a model.
Into sweet rest she was entered,
Never to wake or weep.
Into sweet rest she has entered,
Grandma has fallen asleep.
The children and grandchildren of Grandma Thomas request us to express through the columns of the Farm their sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors for assistance kindly rendered during the sickness and death of their aged ancestor.
Source: Ellettsville Farm, 17 May 1902, page 2 (provided by contributor 47262623)
Mrs. Mary Thomas, widow of the late Abner Thomas, died Monday morning May 12, 1902, at about 6 o'clock after an illness of a few days from renal trouble, complications and debility from old age, aged 74 years, 9 months, and 15 days. At 2 o'clock Tuesday a funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Ryan at the Baptist church, where a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad respects to the memory of the deceased. Beside her husband who preceded her in death six year previously, the remains were interred a the M. E. Cemetery, west of town, at about 4:20 o'clock, the interment being delayed on account of a violent storm of wind and rain.
Miss Mary Blincoe was born near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, being the oldest child of a family of nine, eight sisters and one brother. Two sisters preceded her in death. Three sisters reside in Baltimore, Maryland, and two sisters and a brother live in and near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Miss Blincoe was married to Abner Thomas near the place of her birth March 12, 1845, and to this union were born five children, two dying in infancy, and three daughters survive, namely: Mrs. Margaret A. C. Berry, and Mrs. Emma Everman, of this place and Mrs. Juliet Dodd of Earnest, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas removed to Indiana a short time before the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and made their home near Vernal Baptist Church for several years. Mrs. Thomas and her three daughters were left to live alone three years while Mr. Thomas was at the front fighting battles and "marching with Gen. Sherman to the sea," assisting to suppress the Rebellion.
The deceased joined the Baptist church when a young woman in West Virginia, removed her membership to Vernal church and thence some twenty years ago to the Ellettsville church. She lived a quiet Christian life, and held the esteem and confidence of her brethren and sisters in the church and all acquaintances at all times during her long connection with the church. As a wife, mother, neighbor and friend, she was true and never faltered in the path of duty and lived a life well worthy of adoption as a model.
Into sweet rest she was entered,
Never to wake or weep.
Into sweet rest she has entered,
Grandma has fallen asleep.
The children and grandchildren of Grandma Thomas request us to express through the columns of the Farm their sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors for assistance kindly rendered during the sickness and death of their aged ancestor.
Source: Ellettsville Farm, 17 May 1902, page 2 (provided by contributor 47262623)
Mrs. Mary Thomas Dead.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, widow of the late Abner Thomas, died Monday morning May 12, 1902, at about 6 o'clock after an illness of a few days from renal trouble, complications and debility from old age, aged 74 years, 9 months, and 15 days. At 2 o'clock Tuesday a funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Ryan at the Baptist church, where a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad respects to the memory of the deceased. Beside her husband who preceded her in death six year previously, the remains were interred a the M. E. Cemetery, west of town, at about 4:20 o'clock, the interment being delayed on account of a violent storm of wind and rain.
Miss Mary Blincoe was born near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, being the oldest child of a family of nine, eight sisters and one brother. Two sisters preceded her in death. Three sisters reside in Baltimore, Maryland, and two sisters and a brother live in and near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Miss Blincoe was married to Abner Thomas near the place of her birth March 12, 1845, and to this union were born five children, two dying in infancy, and three daughters survive, namely: Mrs. Margaret A. C. Berry, and Mrs. Emma Everman, of this place and Mrs. Juliet Dodd of Earnest, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas removed to Indiana a short time before the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and made their home near Vernal Baptist Church for several years. Mrs. Thomas and her three daughters were left to live alone three years while Mr. Thomas was at the front fighting battles and "marching with Gen. Sherman to the sea," assisting to suppress the Rebellion.
The deceased joined the Baptist church when a young woman in West Virginia, removed her membership to Vernal church and thence some twenty years ago to the Ellettsville church. She lived a quiet Christian life, and held the esteem and confidence of her brethren and sisters in the church and all acquaintances at all times during her long connection with the church. As a wife, mother, neighbor and friend, she was true and never faltered in the path of duty and lived a life well worthy of adoption as a model.
Into sweet rest she was entered,
Never to wake or weep.
Into sweet rest she has entered,
Grandma has fallen asleep.
The children and grandchildren of Grandma Thomas request us to express through the columns of the Farm their sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors for assistance kindly rendered during the sickness and death of their aged ancestor.
Source: Ellettsville Farm, 17 May 1902, page 2 (provided by contributor 47262623)
Mrs. Mary Thomas, widow of the late Abner Thomas, died Monday morning May 12, 1902, at about 6 o'clock after an illness of a few days from renal trouble, complications and debility from old age, aged 74 years, 9 months, and 15 days. At 2 o'clock Tuesday a funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Ryan at the Baptist church, where a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last sad respects to the memory of the deceased. Beside her husband who preceded her in death six year previously, the remains were interred a the M. E. Cemetery, west of town, at about 4:20 o'clock, the interment being delayed on account of a violent storm of wind and rain.
Miss Mary Blincoe was born near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, being the oldest child of a family of nine, eight sisters and one brother. Two sisters preceded her in death. Three sisters reside in Baltimore, Maryland, and two sisters and a brother live in and near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Miss Blincoe was married to Abner Thomas near the place of her birth March 12, 1845, and to this union were born five children, two dying in infancy, and three daughters survive, namely: Mrs. Margaret A. C. Berry, and Mrs. Emma Everman, of this place and Mrs. Juliet Dodd of Earnest, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas removed to Indiana a short time before the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and made their home near Vernal Baptist Church for several years. Mrs. Thomas and her three daughters were left to live alone three years while Mr. Thomas was at the front fighting battles and "marching with Gen. Sherman to the sea," assisting to suppress the Rebellion.
The deceased joined the Baptist church when a young woman in West Virginia, removed her membership to Vernal church and thence some twenty years ago to the Ellettsville church. She lived a quiet Christian life, and held the esteem and confidence of her brethren and sisters in the church and all acquaintances at all times during her long connection with the church. As a wife, mother, neighbor and friend, she was true and never faltered in the path of duty and lived a life well worthy of adoption as a model.
Into sweet rest she was entered,
Never to wake or weep.
Into sweet rest she has entered,
Grandma has fallen asleep.
The children and grandchildren of Grandma Thomas request us to express through the columns of the Farm their sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors for assistance kindly rendered during the sickness and death of their aged ancestor.
Source: Ellettsville Farm, 17 May 1902, page 2 (provided by contributor 47262623)
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Mary E. Thomas Born July 27, 1827 Died May 12, 1902
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