Benjamin Taylor Thrasher

Mr. Benjamin Taylor Thrasher,

died at 3:15 a. m. May 2, 1933, at

his home in Deer Park, Md., from

complications which had caused a

lingering illness of over a year and

which became critical about a week

before his death.

Mr. Thrasher was born at Cedar

Creek, Shenandoah County, Virg-

inia, on October 25, 1846, and was

the son of Jacob and Elizabeth

Thrasher, he was aged 86 years, 7

months and 7 days. Mr. Thrasher

had been a resident of Deer Park

for 65 years, and had he lived until

June 15, 1933, he would have cele-

brated his 60th wedding anniversary.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret

J. Thrasher, three daughters; Miss

Anna Thrasher, Deer Park, Md.,

Mrs. E. D. Cooper, Washington, D.C.,

Miss Ada Thrasher, Washinton, D.C.

Six sons, William R. Thrasher, Pitts-

burgh, Pa., J. Allen Thrasher, Balti-

more, Md., J. Robert Thrasher, Deer

Park, Md., Russell H. and Ralph H.

Thrasher, Washington, D.C., Paul L.

Thrasher, Keyser, W. Va., and one

brother, Frank H. Thrasher, of Atlanta,

Ga. Sixteen grandchildren and one

great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held at his home,

Thursday, May 4th, 1933 at 2 a. m.

Rev. C. A. Shilke, Lutheran Minister,

Oakland, Md., officiating, assisted

by Rev. David C. Trimble, Episcopal

Minister, Oakland, Md.

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Funeral of the Late Benjamin

T. Thrasher

Funeral services for Benjamin Taylor

Thrasher, 86, who died Tuesday,

May 2, at his home at Deer Park, were

held last Thursday afternoon, Rev.

Charles A. Shilke, pastor of St.

Mark's Lutheran church, Oakland,

officiating, assisted by the Rev. David

C. Trimble, of Oakland Episcopal

church.

The six sons of the deceased were

pallbearers and six of his nephews,

Howard, Edward, Walter Thrasher,

Claude Friend, Clarence Lashorn

and Aquilla Bartley, were flower

bearers. Music for the funeral service

was rendered by a quartet of the

Masonic lodge of Oakland, Md, of

which fraternity some of his sons are

members.

The deceased was born at Cedar

Creek, Va., October 25, 1846, the son

of Jacob and Elizabeth Thrasher. He

had been a resident of Deer Park for

65 years and was a member of the

Lutheran Church.

Relatives from a distance who at-

tended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.

George Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Alex

Waddell, Mrs. Evers Bartley, Phillipi,

W.Va.; Aquilla Bartley, Charleston,

W.Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Williams,

Clarksburg, W.Va.; Howard Thrasher,

Parkersburg, W.Va.; Mr. and Mrs.

Roy Thrasher, Bridgeport, W.Va.;

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Pritts, daughter

Lois and Miss Alice Hartley, Kitz-

miller; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams,

Mr. and Mrs. John Kimball, Bayard,

W.Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dale,

Miss Carrie Thrasher, Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Flaherty, Washington, D.C.;

Mr. and Mrs. Upton Cuppett, Mr. and

Mrs. Willis McClelland, Mountain

Lake Park; Arthur Stemple, Miss Bertha

Stemple and Mrs. D. E. Sanders, Morgan-

town, W.Va.

(penciled in date on bottom of photocopy

May 11, 1933)

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Died at Deer Park, July 26, Clara,

daughter of Benjamin T. Thrasher,

aged about nine years. (penciled date

on photocopy - 1887)

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(penciled in date on photocopy

Jan. 16, 1936)

Mrs. Margaret J. Thrasher

Mrs. Margaret J. Thrasher, wife of the

late Benjamin J. (typo?) Thrasher, died

suddenly at her home in Deer Park,

Sunday, at 9:30 p. m. She was stricken

with a paralytic Sunday morning and was

unconscious until her death. Funeral

services were held from her home Wed-

nesday at 2:00 p. m. Rev. C. A. Shilke

officiating, assisted by Rev. David C.

Trimble. Interment in the Deer Park

Cemetery.

Mrs. Thrasher was 79 years of age

having been born at New Creek,

Mineral County, W. Va., on June 29,

1856, the daughter of Allen h. and

Mary Williams. She was married to

Benjamin T. Thrasher on June 15,

1873. Surviving are a brother, John

Williams of Lacoochee, Florida and

nine children, William R., Ada G.,

Russell H., and Ralph H. Thrasher

and Mrs. Earl D. Cooper, of Wash-

ington, D.C., J. Allen of Baltimore,

Md., J. Robert and Anna L., of

Deer Park, and Paul L., of Keyser,

W. Va.

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