The following article was found in the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Record, 23 Oct
1895, Page 2. If anyone is interested in receiving a copy of this
obituary, please send me your mailing address. (Doesn't contain much
specific information, but someone may be looking for him.)
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"John M. Thomas of East Market street, who died of typhoid fever
yesterday, was one of the best known residents of the Heights, coming
there twenty years ago from Australia, where he had been engaged in gold
mining. Mr. Thomas was a stalwart Republican, and a member of the Welsh
Presbyterian Church. He has been twice married, and leaves a wife and
son. He was born on Pencornhwrdd farm, Rhandirmwyr, Wales, and was 56
years of age. He is a brother of David W. Thomas of South Meade street.
"The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon. Rev. J.O. Jones
will officiate. Interment in Hollenback Cemetery."
Nancy Cook
ncook(a)heery.com
Pasadena, MD, USA