THOMAS HENRY THRASHER

 

     Thomas Henry Thrasher, b March 6, 1884 in Falls County, Texas, d March 5, 1971 at Rosebud - was buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery in Falls County, Texas. His parents have been reported to have lived in Jones Prairie, Milam County, Texas, prior to moving into Falls County.

     On December 22, 1908 in Milam County, Texas, Thomas Henry married Sarah Ellen Reaves, b March 20,1888 in Montgomery County, Texas, d November 28, 1968 and buried in Powers Chapel Cemetery - a daughter of John Edward and Bettie Ann (Dawson) Reaves.

     Tom and Ellen Thrasher moved to Oklahoma in 1917, returning to Pleasant Grove, Falls County in 1943 to the Reaves place, where he farmed. Their children were:

     John Elwood Thrasher, b March 31, 1911 in Falls County - married on August 6, 1931 to Gertrude Huddleston. They still live on the old Reaves-Thrasher place at Pleasant Grove, and attended the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. They had four sons and one daughter: Lee Roy, Billy Ray, daughter - Eljean, Ed. ward Thomas, and Robert Wayne Thrasher.

     Grady Thrasher, b ca 1913 - married Ruby Davis, moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and had one son, William Howard Thrasher.

     Thelma Lois Thrasher, b January 20, 1916 - married March 17, 1934 to O. C. Hyde - a farmer in the Rosebud area now living in Rosebud. They had three children: O. C. Hyde, Jr., Charles Thomas Hyde, and Lois Marie Hyde.

     J. C. Thrasher, b ca 1918 in Oklahoma, married Ora Belle Cox, moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and had one daughter, Debra Thrasher.

     Winston S. Thrasher, b ca 1920 in Oklahoma - married Ruth Walston and had four daughters. They were divorced, and Ruth has reared the children in Rosebud, where she worked for thirty years at the Rosebud Hospital. Winston remarried, and moved to Arlington, Texas.

     Earl Thrasher - a twin - b 1925 in Oklahoma, married Dee Burns. He is a farmer at Pleasant Grove, and Dee has been on the staff of the Rosebud Hospital for many years. They have two children: Earl Thrasher, Jr., and Karen Thrasher.

     Berl Thrasher - a twin - b 1925 in Oklahoma, has married twice, and farms at Pleasant Grove.

     Melvin Thrasher, b October 22, 1928 in Oklahoma - married June 26, 1953 to Ann Self, moved to Fort Worth, Texas - where he worked for 7-UP Bottling Company for thirty-five years, and Ann was employed at Montgomery Ward for twenty-nine years. They are members of the Decatur Avenue Baptist Church, where Melvin serves as a Deacon.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 451 column 2 and page 452 column 1.  
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