This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THOMAS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zMB.2ACI/893 Message Board Post: Iron County Register Newspaper, Ironton, Missouri, May 11, 1882, Page 1. The Late William Thomas Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS died at his home in Belleview, Iron County, Missouri, on March 10th, 1882, aged sixty-eight years. He had the Typhoid Fever in August last, but had partially recovered from it when he took the chills, which continued to affect him until a few days before his death. He was very patient during his illness; and was often heard to remark that he would never get well. Mr. Thomas was born Albamarle County, Virginia, March 22d, 1813; came with his parents to this state in 1820, and made his home in Belleview, at which place he remained until his death. He was a kind, good neighbor, an affectionate husband, and an indulgent father. J.W.S. "I am only posting the obituaries and am not researching these families. -- Marcine Lohman"