I descend from Sylvester Thomas 1827-1909 and Calistia Kitchel 1846-1907 through Milretta Thomas and Alvin Charles Myer. My grandmother Myer kept a scrap book with many newspaper clippings regarding the families as well as handwritten notes in the family bible. The following is an obit of Margaret Thomas I found. I am attempting to piece this information together. Does anyone have the birthdates/deaths/marriages for John, James, William or the daughters? SHELBY DEMOCRAT Thursday, February 13, 1919 ---------- (Tuesday's Daily) DIED ON SAME FARM WHERE SHE WAS BORN Mrs. Margaret Thomas Passed Away Monday Life-Long Resident Of County ---------- Aliments incident to her advanced age caused the death of Mrs. Margaret Thomas, at her home in Marion township Monday morning at 9 o'clock, following a long illness which had been very severe during the last two weeks. Her death occurred on the farm where she was born and in the vicinity where she had spent all the years of her life. She was seventy-seven years, one month and sixteen days of age. Mrs. Thomas was born in Marion township on the old Foreman home place, December 25, 1841, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Foreman. She attended the school in that vicinity, and was united in marriage, when young, to Lafayette Thomas, who was a well known young agriculturist of that community, they took up their residence on a farm in the near vicinity. Nine children were born to the union, three of whom preceded their mother in death. Mr. Thomas passed away thirty-five years ago and since then Mrs. Thomas resided on the farm where she was born. The children surviving are four sons, who are John, of Marion township; Henry and Edward, of Henry county, and Sylvester, of New Castle, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Bassett and Mrs. David [Electa E.] Kepley, both of Marion township. Mrs. Thomas could include the entire community in her list of friends and there is genuine sorrow at the loss occasioned by her death. Funeral services will be held at the late home Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. James L. Brown officiating. Carmony Bros., undertakers, will have charge of the burial in the Liberty cemetery. --- Virginia Flesher <vflesher@onemain.com> wrote: > I believe this would be the Lafayette, b 1835, who > married Margaret J > FOREMAN in Shelby Co 3 Jan 1856. Lafayette's parents > were William and Mary > REECE. That is what I have. > My connection is the FOREMAN line. > > At 09:08 PM 2/22/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > > >Surnames: Thomas, Rees, Kitchel, Myer > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Bi.2ADI/530 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >Looking for the parents of William Thomas born 1790 > in Maryland / died > >1836 Shelby Co., IN. William married Mary Rees > 1816 in Butler County, > >Ohio. Their children were John, James, Allen, > Sylvester, LaFayette, Sally > >Ann, Mary Jane, and Maria. Would love to exchange > information on this family! > > > >Thanks, > >Anne > > > > > > > > > >==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > >Don't forget to often check-out our website at > >www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > > >History is the witness that testifies to the > passing of time; it illumines > >reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in > daily life and brings us > >tidings of antiquity. > > > >- Cicero > > > >For questions regarding the list, contact me at > mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > > >Thanks! > >Melinda > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in > the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== INSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to often check-out our website at > www.rootsweb.com/~inshelby/index.htm > > History is the witness that testifies to the passing > of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, > provides guidance in daily life and brings us > tidings of antiquity. > > - Cicero > > For questions regarding the list, contact me at > mmweaver1864@sbcglobal.net > > Thanks! > Melinda > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com