On December 18, 1915 Ira Thomas of Maybrook was run down by a railroad engine in Danbury, CT. At the time of his death Ira was a freight conductor on the Central New England road and a resident of Maybrook, NY. Ira was born in Wayne County PA in 1864 or 1864. His survivors included his wife and a son Edward, who was by 1915 a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and a resident of the state of Delaware. Based on the caption on the back of a photo of Edward, I believe that Ira's wife was named Phoebe. Ira was the son of Sylvester Thomas and Sarah (Sally) Covert or Covart, both natives of the Deerpark area. Has anyone heard of this family? I'd love to know what happened to Phoebe and Edward after Ira's death. Ann