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Obit For Thomas Jefferson VanZandt
Headline A Pioneer Passes Away
Text Died Sunday, Sept 27, 1896, in Ash Township, Thomas Van Zandt of Pasley neighborhood, age 77 years, 11 months and 1 day.

Thomas Van Zandt was born in Cook Co., Tenn., Oct. 26, 1818. At the age of six years he moved to Monroe Co., Tenn., where four years later his father died and he, with his mother, moved in 1830 to Ross Landing, now Chattanooga, Tenn., and for eight years lived with the Indians. He married in that county in 1842 to Catherine Cornett and came to Barry County in 1853, where he lived until his decease.

In 1837 he enlisted to go to Florida, started but upon reaching Atlanta was ordered to go to the Cherokee nation to assist in escorting the Cherokee west. He was discharged at Missionary Ridge, then called Indian Encampment.

Mr. Van Zandt was the father of thirteen children, all of who reached maturity. Recently he went to Ash Township to attend a free silver meeting and visit relatives, was taken sick and died Sunday. The remains were interred in the True Love Cemetery Monday after service conducted by Rev. E. W. McCracken.
Newspaper Cassville Republican
Date October 1, 1896, Thursday
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Resource State Historical Society of MO
Submitted by Donna Cooper