Sunday, June 01, 2025

Thomas Ancestors - Generation 8 - Arthur Lafayette Thomas

Arthur Lafayette Thomas was born 05 April 1854 in New York, and died 26 September 1938 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan. 

Arthur Thomas married Frances Lillian MacNeal 23 February 1888, daughter of Thomas Jefferson MacNeal and Kesiah Louisa Butler. She was born 06 November 1871 and died 14 October 1955 in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan.

I don't have a picture of "Aunt Frank" -- but I do have a couple pictures of her parents (via FamilySearch):


Arthur and Frances Thomas had one child:

Flossie Thomas, born 28 September 1888, died 25 February 1889, age 4 months and 27 days.


Arthur Lafayette Thomas died 26 September 1938, age 84.

The Hartford Day Spring, Sept. 28, 1938

 Arthur L. Thomas, 84, Dies At Toquin; Rites Today

 BANGOR - Funeral rites are being held at the Sherrod chapel here this  Wednesday afternoon for Arthur L. Thomas, 84, who died Monday at his  home near Toquin where he had lived the greater part of his life. The services are under the auspices of the Covert Masonic lodge of which the deceased was a member. The Rev. Scott McDonald is officiating and burial will be in the Thomas cemetery, named after the family of the deceased. His death followed a long illness of a heart ailment.

Born in New York state on April 5, 1854, Mr. Thomas came to Van Buren county at an early age. On February 22, 1888, he was married to Frances MacNeal at Paw Paw. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last winter.

Besides his wife, Mr. Thomas is survived by two brothers, Charles of Bangor and William of Watervliet.



Frances MacNeal Thomas died 14 October 1955, age 83.

Arthur and Frances and their daughter Flossie are all buried in the Thomas Cemetery in Bangor Township, Bangor, Michigan.


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