This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas, Hopkins. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1050.1.1 Message Board Post: ELBERT C. THOMAS, b. 1886 -d. Nov. 23, 1974; married BESSIE FAYE HOPKINS, b. April 3, 1893 -d. 1980; married on Dec. 30, 1914 at her home in Prairie township, Femont county, Iowa. He was the son of Lulu Thomas; daughter of Stanley and Almeda (Sanderson) Hopkins. In 1932, they were said to be "of Shenandoah". Buried at Farragut, Iowa. Children: (As far as known): 1. Lesley Earl Thomas, b. June 7, 1917. 2. Elbert G., b. circa 1923 3. Betty F., b. circa 1924.