| Obit For | Louisia "Aunt Lou" (Hefley) Thomas |
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| Headline | OLDEST CITIZEN PASSES AWAY, WAS IN MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE |
| Text - Outline | Lou Hefley Thomas, widow of the late Robert Thomas, of the community south of Cassville, passed away Monday night at the Henson home two miles southeast of Cassville where she had been living for the past few months. Mrs. Thomas is believed to have been the oldest citizen of this county at the time of her death. Her brother, B. B. Hefley, says he cannot be certain about his sister's age but that she was not far from 100 years old. Mr. Hefly remembers that his sister had said that she was a young married women at the time she and her young husband started across the Plains to the Pacific Coast and joined the train of immigrants which were attacked in what is known in history as The Mountain Meadow Massacre. This occurred in 1854, or 82 years ago. Mr. Hefley believes that his sister married at the age of sixteen, and if they undertook their trip West that year it would make her 98 years old, at the least calculation. Her first husband lost his life in the Mountain Meadow Massacre. "Aunt Lou", as she was generally known, was one of the few who escaped that horrible tragedy with their lives. She was one of the pioneers of the Pasley community south of Cassville, and had lived there the greater part of her life. Research Note: Missouri Death cert. # 18461 Name: Louisia Hefley Thomas Born: 1834, Tennessee Husband: listed as R. L. Thomas Died: May 12, 1936, Barry Co., MO Burial Horner Cemetery, Barry Co., MO Brother was B. B. Hefley Parents: listed in Corinth Cemetery, Barry Co., MO, given as Levi and Mary (Criner) Hefley. |
| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
| Date | May 14, 1936 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | - |
| Submitted by | Barbara Erwin |
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