Ernest Floyd Thrasher was born November 6, 1882, in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana, the son of Stanford and Martha Elizabeth Butcher Thrasher. On May 31, 1906, in Bloomington, Monroe County, he married Helen Matilda Freese, daughter of William Walter and Loutetia Butcher Freese. They were the parents of 6 children: Esther E., Philip E., Marion L., Joseph Elmer, William H. and Roy Sherril Thrasher. Ernest passed away November 12, 1956, in Bloomington, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery there.


Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941:

Name:Helen Freese
Marriage County:Monroe
Birth Date:26 Sep
Gender:Female
Father Name:Walter
Mother Name:Lutitia
Source Title 1:Monroe County, Indiana
Source Title 2:Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Transcript 1
Source Title 3:W. P. A. Compiled by Indiana Works Probress Admini
Book:11
OS Page:265


Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Earnest Thrasher
Name: Earnest Thrasher
Marriage County: Monroe
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1883
Gender: Male
Father Name: Stanford
Mother Name: Elizabeth Butcher
Source Title 1: Monroe County, Indiana
Source Title 2: Index to Supplemental Record Marriage Transcript 1
Source Title 3: W. P. A. Compiled by Indiana Works Probress Admini
Book: 11
OS Page: 265


Marriage notice for Helen Freese and Ernest Thrasher from the Bloomington Telephone of Friday, June 1, 1906:

"A very pretty wedding -- an elopement was the event at the home of Mrs. Wm. Thrasher, West 8th Street, Thursday afternoon, in which Miss Helen Freese and Ernest Thrasher, well known young folks of Van Buren Township, were the central figures. With their young hearts the courseof true love had not been smooth, and because of their age, the parents of the groom had opposed the marriage. Last Saturday a license had been refused the prospective groom because of his shortage in years and he went away disappointed but determined. Love knows no locksmiths, and presumably intent upon observing Decoration Day the two young people managed to get together and were soon at the home of Rev. Luck when they made him accompany them to Bloomington, and a marriage license was secured. In the meantime, however, the father of Thrasher had joined them, and in sympathy of his boy, he appeared before Clerk Campbell and made the proper statement so that his age of 20 was waived. In due time, the blushing bride and the handsome groom were united andone forever. Soon they started for the country home of the groom where no doubt they will soon make peace with all the world. Miss Freese is aged 19 and the daughter of Walter Freese, and the groom the son of Stanford Thrasher, both of whom are leading farmers near Stanford."


From the Logansport Pharos-Tribune of Wednesday, August 10, 1927:

"SEEKS DAMAGES FROM BLOOMINGTON POLICE CHIEF. BLOOMINGTON, August 10---Alleging that Chief of Police Perry Cardwell wrongfully accused him of running a poker game and thereby defamed his reputation, Ernest Thrasher, well known Bloomington man, today started a slander suit against the chief for $2,000. The complaint alleges that in a conversation, Cardwell said that Thrasher was running a poker game over the Blue Goose bus station."


From the WW2 Draft Registration Card, 1942: Ernest Floyd Thrasher, 59, of 215 North Rogers Street, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, was born November 6, 1882, in Monroe County, Indiana. The person who would always know his address was Mrs. W. D. Tarkington, of Bloomington, Indiana. He was employed by Ohio Greyhound Lines.


An obituary for Ernest Floyd Thrasher appears in the Bloomington Herald-Telephone of November 13, 1956.