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Okey Johnson Thomas

Male 1886 - 1952  (66 years)


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  • Name Okey Johnson Thomas 
    Born 10 Mar 1886  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Dec 1952  Boone County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Death Record
      Name: Okey Johnson/Thomas
      Sex: Male
      Death Date: 13 Dec 1952
      Death Place: Comfort, Boone, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 66y 8m 9d
      Burial Date: 16 Dec 1952
      Cemetery: Thomas Cem.
      Birth Date: 04 Mar 1886
      Birth Place: Ripley, West Virginia
      Marital Status: S
      Occupation: Farmer
      Residence: Ripley, Jackson Co, WV
      Mother: Emily/Parkins
      Father: N.S./Thomas
      Informant: J F Thomas
    Person ID I18490  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2015 

    Father Nehemiah M S Thomas,   b. Jan 1834,   d. 1912  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Emily J Pickins,   b. 1851,   d. 1952  (Age 101 years) 
    Married 26 May 1872  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 

    • Jackson County Marriage Record
      Nehemiah S Thomas, 37, Jackson, E & A
      E J Pickens, 20, Jackson, B & A

      1870 Jackson, WV pg 123 #337-337
      Nehemiah S, 35
      Anna, 77

      1880 Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia Page 432D
      Mire S. THOMAS Self M M W 45 WV
      Emaly J. THOMAS Wife F M W 29 WV
      Annie THOMAS Dau F S W 6 WV
      Omes THOMAS Son M S W 3 WV
      Franklin THOMAS Son M S W 1 WV

      1900 Jackson, WV, Ripley Dist # 79-84
      Nehemiah S, 1/1834, 29y
      Emily J, 7/1850, 27y, 11-9
      Annie, 10/1875
      Homer W, 1/1878
      Enoch C, 6/1881
      William E, 6/1884
      Malinda P, 4/1888
      Oakey J, 3/1886
      Amanda J, 10/1890
      Flossie G, 4/1894

      1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV
      Thomas, Nehemiah 76 m1- 38y WV WV OH
      Emily wife 59 m1- 38y 11-9 children WV WV WV
      Homer W son 33 s WV WV WV teacher public school
      Okey son 23 s WV WV WV
      Flossie da 16 W VWV WV
      Casto, Jason gs 12 WV WV WV

      Thomas Cemetery - located on the old Thomas farm on Tug Fork, now owned by Bill Casto. The cemetery is in the yard of Bill Casto's log cabin. :

      Thomas, Nehemiah 1834 - 1912 (son of Enoch C. and Anna (Carney-Staats)
      Thomas. On 26 May 1872 married Eliza J. Pickens)

      Thomas, Emily J. 1851 - 1952 (dau of B and A. Pickens. On May 26, 1872 married Nehemiah S. Thomas son of Enoch C. and Anna (Carney) Thomas)
      [Cemetery Book shows she died 1916, the above is from info on JC rootsweb site]
    Family ID F855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    4. [S36] Jackson County WVGenWeb Site.

    5. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.