b: Olney-Richland Co IL; d: Bethlehem - south of Sumner - Lawrence Co IL; s/of Orlando Archamedes Thomason (10 Apr 1849 IL-4 Dec 1939 Madison-Richland Co IL) & Margaret Ann McKenney (11 Feb 1852 Richland Co IL-31 May 1933 Richland Co IL) both buried Parkersburg-Richland Co IL; m1: 28 Apr 1912 Richland Co IL Tressie M Patter* (30 Sep 1894 Edwards Co IL- Jun 1922 Madison twp-Richland Co IL buried Bethel Cem Parkersburg IL; d/of John Patter (IL) & Nancy E (KY); m2: by 1930 Lue D (ca 1855 IL-after 1930); m3: 16 Apr 1932 Richland Co IL Martha Esther Lomas (28 Oct 1901 Edwards Co IL-28 Mar 1983 Olney-Richland Co IL buried Harrison Cem; m1: 6 Feb 1923 Herbert W Copela); res: 1900 Parkersburg-Richland Co IL 1910 1920-30 Madison-Richland Co IL 1940 Friendsville 1942 Lawrence Co IL; ch: Carl O (30 Mar 1913 Richland Co IL-23 Jun 1978 Olney buried Oak Hill Cem Parkersburg IL) & Vera Marie (18 Aug 1917 IL-22 Dec 1969 Anderson-Madison Co IN m: Farrell Aldrich) & Richard Alva (24 Jun 1916 Richland Co IL-6 May 1931 IL buried Bethel Cem Parkersburg IL) & Elizabeth [Betty] (ca 1920 IL-d m: ? Jennings res: Whittaker CA) & Margaret Ethel (15 Nov 1920 IL-16 May 1988 m: Mefford H Couch both buried Harrison Cem) & Frederick Dale (9 Apr 1933 Richland Co IL-21 Jun 2016 buried Harrison Cem) & Mary Kathyrn (12 Dec 1935 IL m: Willard Smith res: 1993 Jacksonville FL) & Samuel Mark (31 Jul 1939 Mt Carmel-19 Feb 2001 buried Roann-Wabash Co IN) & John Lee (3 Dec 1942-4 Dec 1991 buried Harrison Cem) & David (m: Peggy res: Tucson AZ) & Howard (d; res: Olney-Richland Co IL). (obit & obits of Martha Esther & Loren Herbert Copela); note: ch: of Esther & Herbert William Copela (1903 Tazwell Co IL-31 May 1929 buried Wayne Co IL): Vera Jane (m: Cook-White City OR) & Eva Louise (30 Jul 1925 Richland Co IL- 21 Dec 2001 Ft Wayne IN; buried Wabash Co IN) & Loren Herbert (12 Jan 1927 IL-23 May 2003 Ft Wayne Huntingdon Co IN) & Harold Eugene (18 Aug 1929 Richland Co IL- 29 Jan 2015 Ft Wayne IN; buried Wabash Co IN)
