He married Florence Reed in 1900.[5] They had two children and Florence died about 1905-1906. Frasier left Wright County, Missouri, and traveled to Oregon with his young children.
He then married Nora Fish about 1906 based on the census data,[6] Nora died in 1915, leaving P.F. with six young children to tend. He was not up to the task and a judge "in Albany removed the children sending them to various places. Some were adopted, some were not."[7] In March of 1916, P.F. left Oregon, traveling to Rosebud, Alberta, Canada, seeking employment.[8] He married Minnie Glaspy in 1937.[9]
Pleasant Frasier Thomas, son of Cager Joshiah Thomas and Sarah Elizabeth Childers, died (age 66) on 25 November 1945 in Gresham, Lane, Oregon, United States.[4] "His son stated died as the result of being hit by a car will driving a hay wagon,"[10] in 1945.[11][12] He was to be interred at Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon.[4]
Obituary
Pleasant Frasier Thomas
Pleasant Frasier Thomas, 66, died at his home at 754 Lincoln Street, Sunday. He was born Feb. 15, 1879, at Norwood, MO., and came to Oregon in 1915. He married Minnie Glaspy in Eugene Dec. 24 1937.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Opal McKey, Portland; two sons, Lt. Cecil M. Thomas, serving in San Francisco in the coast guard and Jess Thomas, California.
Funeral services will be held at the Bartholomew-Buell mortuary in Springfield, Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev E. J. Fulton officiating.[13]
Census
1900 Federal Census Wright County, Missouri; Clark Township, ED 146, Sheet 7B[14]
Thomas, Frasier, head, Feb 1879, 21, married 0 years, MO/PA/TN, farmer
____, Florence, wife, Mar 1884, 16, married 0 years, no children, MO/UNK/MO
1910 US Federal Census Oregon, Marion County, Jefferson Township, ED 213, Sheet 4B, 22 April 1910, 124/124[15]
Thomas, Frasiar P., Head, MW, age 30, second marriage, married 4 years, born Missouri, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Tennessee, laborer in lumber mill
______, Nora, wife, FW, 19, 1st marriage, married 4 yrs, 2 children born, 2 children living, born South Dakota, father born Illinois, mother born Ohio
______, Rubin, son, age 9, born MO, father MO, mother MO
______, Birdie J., daughter, 6, born MO, father MO, mother MO
______, Mammie O., daughter, 2, born Oregon, father MO, mother SD
______, Cecil M, son, 6/12, Born OR, father MO, mother SD
↑ State of Oregon, Standard Certificate of Death No. 7197, in the possession of Nancy Thomas
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NV-BCX : 16 August 2017), Frasher Thomas in household of Cayne Thomas, Clark, Wright, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 141, sheet 517C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,741.
↑ 4.04.14.2Death:
"Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1971"
Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Death Records, 1864-1967; Certificate Number: 7197 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61675 #549735 (accessed 13 February 2024)
Pleasant Frasier Thomas death 25 Nov 1945 (age 66), son of Cager Joshiah Thomas & Sarah Elizabeth Childers, in Gresham, Lane, Oregon, USA.
↑ Elizabeth Ellsberry, Wright County, Missouri marriage records, 1897-1900, will records 1859- 1874.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLB4-YNT : accessed 19 May 2020), Frasiar P Thomas, Jefferson, Marion, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 213, sheet 7B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1284; FHL microfilm 1,375,297.
↑ "Oregon Deaths, 1842-1952 and Delayed Births, 1844-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ5X-C77 : 10 March 2018), Pleasant Frasier Thomas, 15 Feb 1879; citing Birth, Norwood, Wright, Missouri, United States, 15 Feb 1879, state and county archives, Oregon; FHL microfilm 2,229,217.
↑ "Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ5X-C77 : 9 November 2016), Pleasant Frasier Thomas, 15 Feb 1879; citing Birth, Norwood, Wright, Missouri, United States, Multiple archives; FHL microfilm 2,229,217.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard, Monday, November 25, 1945 Page 9
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DG-D1H : accessed 19 May 2020), Frasie Thomas, Clark Township, Wright, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 7B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,908.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLB4-YNT : accessed 19 May 2020), Frasiar P Thomas, Jefferson, Marion, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 213, sheet 7B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1284; FHL microfilm 1,375,297.
1900 Federal Census Wright County, Missouri; Clark Township, ED 146, Sheet 7B
1910 US Federal Census Oregon, Marion County, Jefferson Township, ED 213, Sheet 4B, 22 April 1910
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6ZT-WYB : 13 March 2018), Pleasant Frasier Thomas, 1917-1918; citing Portland City no 1, Oregon, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,138.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-YZ6W : 8 November 2017), Plesant Frasier Thomas, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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