Henry County Missouri Biographies
CHIPMAN, William Thomas
(source: Tina Damron)
William Thomas Chipman Nov. 14, 1907 to May 9, 1984 - William Thomas Chipman was born near Calhoun Missouri. Nov 14, 1907 to William J. and Willie B. (Ford) Chipman. When he was six weeks old he and Virginia (his sister) took whooping cough and that delayed the family joining Will. He and his brother Russell were each homesteading in Kansas. The railroad station was Syracuse. Willie stayed with her mother, Mrs. Kate Ford, in Windsor until the children were ready to travel. Thomas kept well in Kansas and likely did not mind spending two years there. They moved from Kansas to a farm near the Chipmans home. Before long Willie took typhoid fever and was very sick. Virginia and Thomas were taken to Grandmother Chipman's to stay. The little boy was very lonesome and Ella was a young girl and she was his comforting Aunt. He begged her to lie down with him every night. When he was three years old the family moved to a farm two miles north of Calhoun. Soon his parents decided to buy the farm making installment payments. Before Thomas was old enough to do daily chores he gave the family a scare. He opened the trap door to the cistern and Virginia caught him and was screaming for help as she held him. When he was six years old He entered Plum Grove School for the Eight years of grade school. Thomas was baptized in a creek near Calhoun in Nov 1917. There was a thin coating of ice on the water. In conversation with Thomas during his last trip to Hannibal he recalled experiences which were interesting. There were several varieties of apples in the large orchard. Thomas and his father would take apples to Hall Goodrich's to run them through the cider press. Our family had delicious cider to drink fresh. Then they filled a fifteen gallon wooden barrel with cider and it set in the cellar to make vinegar. The vinegar was sold to Calhoun grocery store for 10 cents a gallon. He remembered , when his mother made lye soap in large iron kettles helping stir with heavy wooden paddles. A big event every year for farmers was hog butchering day. Children old enough to go to school hated to miss the activity. The hogs were shot, then throats were stuck so they would bleed. Then scalded in a barrel (temperature must be exactly right). Then hung for several hours before the men began to cut up the meat. The meat for sausage was brought into the kitchen to be ground. Farm children came home from school, had a snack, changed clothes, and started chores. The older, Thomas became, more and harder the chores became. Thomas went two miles to high school on horseback. Spring and Fall he went to the fields for a few hours to plant crops or harvest. His sophomore year he stayed home a month to help plant and went two days for exams. The junior year he helped his father for the last quarter and went back to take exams. It was Thomas's idea to help his father as he knew he could pass the exams. His senior year 1924-1928 Thomas went the full year and participated in all the activities. He especially enjoyed his part in the senior play. July 1, 1928 Thomas enrolled in Central Business College in Sedalia. He washed dishes in the cafeteria. On Sunday afternoons he was in YMCA office. Late Oct, he came home to help shuck corn. Dad remodeled house that summer adding pantry, bedroom and new screen porch on the back. Big snow at end of October with deep drifts. Thomas worked in Hughesville in winter of 1929-1927. Thomas married Della Parks, daughter of William Henry and Eugenia (Houts) Parks of Leeton Missouri in Dec 31, 1927 in Clinton Missouri. The wedding was in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Houts. Dan Houts was Della's mothers brother. Sue Parks Houts was Della's father's sister. Rev A. N. Lindsey, minister of First Christian Church performed the ceremony. Sterl Morgan and Addie Whitaker were the attendants. It had rained and began to snow so hard the wedding party had to stay over night in Clinton. Thomas farmed the Parks land and they lived with the Parks family over a year. Thomas accidentally cut off one finger and seriously injured another. Them moved in with Thomas' parents to be nearer good roads to get to the doctor in Clinton. When he was able to farm he moved south of the Chipman farm. Then he also did some trucking working long hours. May 9, 1934 Thomas began to drive the Standard Oil Truck. By this time the family was living in Calhoun. Sept 29, 1941 Thomas began driving for Skelly Oil and worked 28 years for Skelly. In 1966 Thomas decided to seek employment at Lake City. The higher pay would increase Social Security. He drove back and forth for a while and then rented a house in Blue Springs. They went to Calhoun every weekend to attend church and also to see how Thomas father was doing. When he terminated Jan 19, 1971 they moved back home and he was soon driving a school bus. Then when his age was reached to retire from driving a school buss he was night watchman at Rival plant in Clinton. Rival later installed electronic surveillance. When fuel became so high they bought a wood stove for dining room. It would heat the rooms they used. Thomas had permission to cut all the dead wood he wanted. When weather and timber roads were okay he would go and cut. There was always a big pile of wood left over every spring. All of their married life Thomas and Della had a big garden. It would be interesting to know how many jars of fruit and vegetables Della canned. When Thomas retired he helped pick vegetables and helped can them. Also he would help with the cleaning. While Thomas worked for oil companies there was no time for vacations. In 1967 Thomas and Della took his father and step-mother Naomi, with them on a trip. They went through Dodge City, Ks, Co, New Mexico and back into Co. They saw the royal Gorge, Crippled Creek and attended Sunday school and church in Colorado Springs and had dinner with Russell and Jennie Chipman (Will's Brother) Then to Clyde Texas to visit Della's uncle Ed Parks. At Monta Vista, Will and Naomi visited two days with Naomi's cousin, Claude Pepper. During their visit, Thomas and Della went to Lake City, Co. to see more beautiful scenery. When Will Chipman was sixteen to escape from hay fever he went to Colorado to work. He drove a team and wagon and hauled ore on the road from Crippled Creek sometimes moving large rocks from the road. They wanted to travel that road and at halfway house on Stage Coach line there were signs warning that it took a good driver to make the trip. Thomas continued driving. In 1969 Thomas and Della went to Yellowstone Park and saw beauty there and also going and coming home. Sunday they were in Sunday School and church in Rapid City. The last few years Thomas did not feel as well as he had been feeling. He wouldn't say he did not feel good and told Della not to tell the children he was sick. He insisted on going to the doctor alone May 4.1984 and did not tell what the doctor said. He and Della went to sing inspiration in the evening. Sunday he did not go to Sunday School or Church, the first he had missed for over twenty years. That day the church members voted for the most valuable member of the church and Thomas received the most of the votes. Irene and Oscar came Monday for their annual visit and Irene and her father had a good visit. Sometime during Wednesday night Thomas died quietly in his bed. May 9, 1984. Thomas and Della had the following children. Henry , Irene Davis, William, Dorothy Gillespie, Robert, Parks and Gerald.
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CHIPMAN, William Thomas
(source: Tina Damron)
William Thomas Chipman Nov. 14, 1907 to May 9, 1984 - William Thomas Chipman was born near Calhoun Missouri. Nov 14, 1907 to William J. and Willie B. (Ford) Chipman. When he was six weeks old he and Virginia (his sister) took whooping cough and that delayed the family joining Will. He and his brother Russell were each homesteading in Kansas. The railroad station was Syracuse. Willie stayed with her mother, Mrs. Kate Ford, in Windsor until the children were ready to travel. Thomas kept well in Kansas and likely did not mind spending two years there. They moved from Kansas to a farm near the Chipmans home. Before long Willie took typhoid fever and was very sick. Virginia and Thomas were taken to Grandmother Chipman's to stay. The little boy was very lonesome and Ella was a young girl and she was his comforting Aunt. He begged her to lie down with him every night. When he was three years old the family moved to a farm two miles north of Calhoun. Soon his parents decided to buy the farm making installment payments. Before Thomas was old enough to do daily chores he gave the family a scare. He opened the trap door to the cistern and Virginia caught him and was screaming for help as she held him. When he was six years old He entered Plum Grove School for the Eight years of grade school. Thomas was baptized in a creek near Calhoun in Nov 1917. There was a thin coating of ice on the water. In conversation with Thomas during his last trip to Hannibal he recalled experiences which were interesting. There were several varieties of apples in the large orchard. Thomas and his father would take apples to Hall Goodrich's to run them through the cider press. Our family had delicious cider to drink fresh. Then they filled a fifteen gallon wooden barrel with cider and it set in the cellar to make vinegar. The vinegar was sold to Calhoun grocery store for 10 cents a gallon. He remembered , when his mother made lye soap in large iron kettles helping stir with heavy wooden paddles. A big event every year for farmers was hog butchering day. Children old enough to go to school hated to miss the activity. The hogs were shot, then throats were stuck so they would bleed. Then scalded in a barrel (temperature must be exactly right). Then hung for several hours before the men began to cut up the meat. The meat for sausage was brought into the kitchen to be ground. Farm children came home from school, had a snack, changed clothes, and started chores. The older, Thomas became, more and harder the chores became. Thomas went two miles to high school on horseback. Spring and Fall he went to the fields for a few hours to plant crops or harvest. His sophomore year he stayed home a month to help plant and went two days for exams. The junior year he helped his father for the last quarter and went back to take exams. It was Thomas's idea to help his father as he knew he could pass the exams. His senior year 1924-1928 Thomas went the full year and participated in all the activities. He especially enjoyed his part in the senior play. July 1, 1928 Thomas enrolled in Central Business College in Sedalia. He washed dishes in the cafeteria. On Sunday afternoons he was in YMCA office. Late Oct, he came home to help shuck corn. Dad remodeled house that summer adding pantry, bedroom and new screen porch on the back. Big snow at end of October with deep drifts. Thomas worked in Hughesville in winter of 1929-1927. Thomas married Della Parks, daughter of William Henry and Eugenia (Houts) Parks of Leeton Missouri in Dec 31, 1927 in Clinton Missouri. The wedding was in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Houts. Dan Houts was Della's mothers brother. Sue Parks Houts was Della's father's sister. Rev A. N. Lindsey, minister of First Christian Church performed the ceremony. Sterl Morgan and Addie Whitaker were the attendants. It had rained and began to snow so hard the wedding party had to stay over night in Clinton. Thomas farmed the Parks land and they lived with the Parks family over a year. Thomas accidentally cut off one finger and seriously injured another. Them moved in with Thomas' parents to be nearer good roads to get to the doctor in Clinton. When he was able to farm he moved south of the Chipman farm. Then he also did some trucking working long hours. May 9, 1934 Thomas began to drive the Standard Oil Truck. By this time the family was living in Calhoun. Sept 29, 1941 Thomas began driving for Skelly Oil and worked 28 years for Skelly. In 1966 Thomas decided to seek employment at Lake City. The higher pay would increase Social Security. He drove back and forth for a while and then rented a house in Blue Springs. They went to Calhoun every weekend to attend church and also to see how Thomas father was doing. When he terminated Jan 19, 1971 they moved back home and he was soon driving a school bus. Then when his age was reached to retire from driving a school buss he was night watchman at Rival plant in Clinton. Rival later installed electronic surveillance. When fuel became so high they bought a wood stove for dining room. It would heat the rooms they used. Thomas had permission to cut all the dead wood he wanted. When weather and timber roads were okay he would go and cut. There was always a big pile of wood left over every spring. All of their married life Thomas and Della had a big garden. It would be interesting to know how many jars of fruit and vegetables Della canned. When Thomas retired he helped pick vegetables and helped can them. Also he would help with the cleaning. While Thomas worked for oil companies there was no time for vacations. In 1967 Thomas and Della took his father and step-mother Naomi, with them on a trip. They went through Dodge City, Ks, Co, New Mexico and back into Co. They saw the royal Gorge, Crippled Creek and attended Sunday school and church in Colorado Springs and had dinner with Russell and Jennie Chipman (Will's Brother) Then to Clyde Texas to visit Della's uncle Ed Parks. At Monta Vista, Will and Naomi visited two days with Naomi's cousin, Claude Pepper. During their visit, Thomas and Della went to Lake City, Co. to see more beautiful scenery. When Will Chipman was sixteen to escape from hay fever he went to Colorado to work. He drove a team and wagon and hauled ore on the road from Crippled Creek sometimes moving large rocks from the road. They wanted to travel that road and at halfway house on Stage Coach line there were signs warning that it took a good driver to make the trip. Thomas continued driving. In 1969 Thomas and Della went to Yellowstone Park and saw beauty there and also going and coming home. Sunday they were in Sunday School and church in Rapid City. The last few years Thomas did not feel as well as he had been feeling. He wouldn't say he did not feel good and told Della not to tell the children he was sick. He insisted on going to the doctor alone May 4.1984 and did not tell what the doctor said. He and Della went to sing inspiration in the evening. Sunday he did not go to Sunday School or Church, the first he had missed for over twenty years. That day the church members voted for the most valuable member of the church and Thomas received the most of the votes. Irene and Oscar came Monday for their annual visit and Irene and her father had a good visit. Sometime during Wednesday night Thomas died quietly in his bed. May 9, 1984. Thomas and Della had the following children. Henry , Irene Davis, William, Dorothy Gillespie, Robert, Parks and Gerald.
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Henry County Missouri Biographies
CHIPMAN, William Thomas
(source: Tina Damron)
William Thomas Chipman Nov. 14, 1907 to May 9, 1984 - William Thomas Chipman was born near Calhoun Missouri. Nov 14, 1907 to William J. and Willie B. (Ford) Chipman. When he was six weeks old he and Virginia (his sister) took whooping cough and that delayed the family joining Will. He and his brother Russell were each homesteading in Kansas. The railroad station was Syracuse. Willie stayed with her mother, Mrs. Kate Ford, in Windsor until the children were ready to travel. Thomas kept well in Kansas and likely did not mind spending two years there. They moved from Kansas to a farm near the Chipmans home. Before long Willie took typhoid fever and was very sick. Virginia and Thomas were taken to Grandmother Chipman's to stay. The little boy was very lonesome and Ella was a young girl and she was his comforting Aunt. He begged her to lie down with him every night. When he was three years old the family moved to a farm two miles north of Calhoun. Soon his parents decided to buy the farm making installment payments. Before Thomas was old enough to do daily chores he gave the family a scare. He opened the trap door to the cistern and Virginia caught him and was screaming for help as she held him. When he was six years old He entered Plum Grove School for the Eight years of grade school. Thomas was baptized in a creek near Calhoun in Nov 1917. There was a thin coating of ice on the water. In conversation with Thomas during his last trip to Hannibal he recalled experiences which were interesting. There were several varieties of apples in the large orchard. Thomas and his father would take apples to Hall Goodrich's to run them through the cider press. Our family had delicious cider to drink fresh. Then they filled a fifteen gallon wooden barrel with cider and it set in the cellar to make vinegar. The vinegar was sold to Calhoun grocery store for 10 cents a gallon. He remembered , when his mother made lye soap in large iron kettles helping stir with heavy wooden paddles. A big event every year for farmers was hog butchering day. Children old enough to go to school hated to miss the activity. The hogs were shot, then throats were stuck so they would bleed. Then scalded in a barrel (temperature must be exactly right). Then hung for several hours before the men began to cut up the meat. The meat for sausage was brought into the kitchen to be ground. Farm children came home from school, had a snack, changed clothes, and started chores. The older, Thomas became, more and harder the chores became. Thomas went two miles to high school on horseback. Spring and Fall he went to the fields for a few hours to plant crops or harvest. His sophomore year he stayed home a month to help plant and went two days for exams. The junior year he helped his father for the last quarter and went back to take exams. It was Thomas's idea to help his father as he knew he could pass the exams. His senior year 1924-1928 Thomas went the full year and participated in all the activities. He especially enjoyed his part in the senior play. July 1, 1928 Thomas enrolled in Central Business College in Sedalia. He washed dishes in the cafeteria. On Sunday afternoons he was in YMCA office. Late Oct, he came home to help shuck corn. Dad remodeled house that summer adding pantry, bedroom and new screen porch on the back. Big snow at end of October with deep drifts. Thomas worked in Hughesville in winter of 1929-1927. Thomas married Della Parks, daughter of William Henry and Eugenia (Houts) Parks of Leeton Missouri in Dec 31, 1927 in Clinton Missouri. The wedding was in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Houts. Dan Houts was Della's mothers brother. Sue Parks Houts was Della's father's sister. Rev A. N. Lindsey, minister of First Christian Church performed the ceremony. Sterl Morgan and Addie Whitaker were the attendants. It had rained and began to snow so hard the wedding party had to stay over night in Clinton. Thomas farmed the Parks land and they lived with the Parks family over a year. Thomas accidentally cut off one finger and seriously injured another. Them moved in with Thomas' parents to be nearer good roads to get to the doctor in Clinton. When he was able to farm he moved south of the Chipman farm. Then he also did some trucking working long hours. May 9, 1934 Thomas began to drive the Standard Oil Truck. By this time the family was living in Calhoun. Sept 29, 1941 Thomas began driving for Skelly Oil and worked 28 years for Skelly. In 1966 Thomas decided to seek employment at Lake City. The higher pay would increase Social Security. He drove back and forth for a while and then rented a house in Blue Springs. They went to Calhoun every weekend to attend church and also to see how Thomas father was doing. When he terminated Jan 19, 1971 they moved back home and he was soon driving a school bus. Then when his age was reached to retire from driving a school buss he was night watchman at Rival plant in Clinton. Rival later installed electronic surveillance. When fuel became so high they bought a wood stove for dining room. It would heat the rooms they used. Thomas had permission to cut all the dead wood he wanted. When weather and timber roads were okay he would go and cut. There was always a big pile of wood left over every spring. All of their married life Thomas and Della had a big garden. It would be interesting to know how many jars of fruit and vegetables Della canned. When Thomas retired he helped pick vegetables and helped can them. Also he would help with the cleaning. While Thomas worked for oil companies there was no time for vacations. In 1967 Thomas and Della took his father and step-mother Naomi, with them on a trip. They went through Dodge City, Ks, Co, New Mexico and back into Co. They saw the royal Gorge, Crippled Creek and attended Sunday school and church in Colorado Springs and had dinner with Russell and Jennie Chipman (Will's Brother) Then to Clyde Texas to visit Della's uncle Ed Parks. At Monta Vista, Will and Naomi visited two days with Naomi's cousin, Claude Pepper. During their visit, Thomas and Della went to Lake City, Co. to see more beautiful scenery. When Will Chipman was sixteen to escape from hay fever he went to Colorado to work. He drove a team and wagon and hauled ore on the road from Crippled Creek sometimes moving large rocks from the road. They wanted to travel that road and at halfway house on Stage Coach line there were signs warning that it took a good driver to make the trip. Thomas continued driving. In 1969 Thomas and Della went to Yellowstone Park and saw beauty there and also going and coming home. Sunday they were in Sunday School and church in Rapid City. The last few years Thomas did not feel as well as he had been feeling. He wouldn't say he did not feel good and told Della not to tell the children he was sick. He insisted on going to the doctor alone May 4.1984 and did not tell what the doctor said. He and Della went to sing inspiration in the evening. Sunday he did not go to Sunday School or Church, the first he had missed for over twenty years. That day the church members voted for the most valuable member of the church and Thomas received the most of the votes. Irene and Oscar came Monday for their annual visit and Irene and her father had a good visit. Sometime during Wednesday night Thomas died quietly in his bed. May 9, 1984. Thomas and Della had the following children. Henry , Irene Davis, William, Dorothy Gillespie, Robert, Parks and Gerald.
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CHIPMAN, William Thomas
(source: Tina Damron)
William Thomas Chipman Nov. 14, 1907 to May 9, 1984 - William Thomas Chipman was born near Calhoun Missouri. Nov 14, 1907 to William J. and Willie B. (Ford) Chipman. When he was six weeks old he and Virginia (his sister) took whooping cough and that delayed the family joining Will. He and his brother Russell were each homesteading in Kansas. The railroad station was Syracuse. Willie stayed with her mother, Mrs. Kate Ford, in Windsor until the children were ready to travel. Thomas kept well in Kansas and likely did not mind spending two years there. They moved from Kansas to a farm near the Chipmans home. Before long Willie took typhoid fever and was very sick. Virginia and Thomas were taken to Grandmother Chipman's to stay. The little boy was very lonesome and Ella was a young girl and she was his comforting Aunt. He begged her to lie down with him every night. When he was three years old the family moved to a farm two miles north of Calhoun. Soon his parents decided to buy the farm making installment payments. Before Thomas was old enough to do daily chores he gave the family a scare. He opened the trap door to the cistern and Virginia caught him and was screaming for help as she held him. When he was six years old He entered Plum Grove School for the Eight years of grade school. Thomas was baptized in a creek near Calhoun in Nov 1917. There was a thin coating of ice on the water. In conversation with Thomas during his last trip to Hannibal he recalled experiences which were interesting. There were several varieties of apples in the large orchard. Thomas and his father would take apples to Hall Goodrich's to run them through the cider press. Our family had delicious cider to drink fresh. Then they filled a fifteen gallon wooden barrel with cider and it set in the cellar to make vinegar. The vinegar was sold to Calhoun grocery store for 10 cents a gallon. He remembered , when his mother made lye soap in large iron kettles helping stir with heavy wooden paddles. A big event every year for farmers was hog butchering day. Children old enough to go to school hated to miss the activity. The hogs were shot, then throats were stuck so they would bleed. Then scalded in a barrel (temperature must be exactly right). Then hung for several hours before the men began to cut up the meat. The meat for sausage was brought into the kitchen to be ground. Farm children came home from school, had a snack, changed clothes, and started chores. The older, Thomas became, more and harder the chores became. Thomas went two miles to high school on horseback. Spring and Fall he went to the fields for a few hours to plant crops or harvest. His sophomore year he stayed home a month to help plant and went two days for exams. The junior year he helped his father for the last quarter and went back to take exams. It was Thomas's idea to help his father as he knew he could pass the exams. His senior year 1924-1928 Thomas went the full year and participated in all the activities. He especially enjoyed his part in the senior play. July 1, 1928 Thomas enrolled in Central Business College in Sedalia. He washed dishes in the cafeteria. On Sunday afternoons he was in YMCA office. Late Oct, he came home to help shuck corn. Dad remodeled house that summer adding pantry, bedroom and new screen porch on the back. Big snow at end of October with deep drifts. Thomas worked in Hughesville in winter of 1929-1927. Thomas married Della Parks, daughter of William Henry and Eugenia (Houts) Parks of Leeton Missouri in Dec 31, 1927 in Clinton Missouri. The wedding was in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Houts. Dan Houts was Della's mothers brother. Sue Parks Houts was Della's father's sister. Rev A. N. Lindsey, minister of First Christian Church performed the ceremony. Sterl Morgan and Addie Whitaker were the attendants. It had rained and began to snow so hard the wedding party had to stay over night in Clinton. Thomas farmed the Parks land and they lived with the Parks family over a year. Thomas accidentally cut off one finger and seriously injured another. Them moved in with Thomas' parents to be nearer good roads to get to the doctor in Clinton. When he was able to farm he moved south of the Chipman farm. Then he also did some trucking working long hours. May 9, 1934 Thomas began to drive the Standard Oil Truck. By this time the family was living in Calhoun. Sept 29, 1941 Thomas began driving for Skelly Oil and worked 28 years for Skelly. In 1966 Thomas decided to seek employment at Lake City. The higher pay would increase Social Security. He drove back and forth for a while and then rented a house in Blue Springs. They went to Calhoun every weekend to attend church and also to see how Thomas father was doing. When he terminated Jan 19, 1971 they moved back home and he was soon driving a school bus. Then when his age was reached to retire from driving a school buss he was night watchman at Rival plant in Clinton. Rival later installed electronic surveillance. When fuel became so high they bought a wood stove for dining room. It would heat the rooms they used. Thomas had permission to cut all the dead wood he wanted. When weather and timber roads were okay he would go and cut. There was always a big pile of wood left over every spring. All of their married life Thomas and Della had a big garden. It would be interesting to know how many jars of fruit and vegetables Della canned. When Thomas retired he helped pick vegetables and helped can them. Also he would help with the cleaning. While Thomas worked for oil companies there was no time for vacations. In 1967 Thomas and Della took his father and step-mother Naomi, with them on a trip. They went through Dodge City, Ks, Co, New Mexico and back into Co. They saw the royal Gorge, Crippled Creek and attended Sunday school and church in Colorado Springs and had dinner with Russell and Jennie Chipman (Will's Brother) Then to Clyde Texas to visit Della's uncle Ed Parks. At Monta Vista, Will and Naomi visited two days with Naomi's cousin, Claude Pepper. During their visit, Thomas and Della went to Lake City, Co. to see more beautiful scenery. When Will Chipman was sixteen to escape from hay fever he went to Colorado to work. He drove a team and wagon and hauled ore on the road from Crippled Creek sometimes moving large rocks from the road. They wanted to travel that road and at halfway house on Stage Coach line there were signs warning that it took a good driver to make the trip. Thomas continued driving. In 1969 Thomas and Della went to Yellowstone Park and saw beauty there and also going and coming home. Sunday they were in Sunday School and church in Rapid City. The last few years Thomas did not feel as well as he had been feeling. He wouldn't say he did not feel good and told Della not to tell the children he was sick. He insisted on going to the doctor alone May 4.1984 and did not tell what the doctor said. He and Della went to sing inspiration in the evening. Sunday he did not go to Sunday School or Church, the first he had missed for over twenty years. That day the church members voted for the most valuable member of the church and Thomas received the most of the votes. Irene and Oscar came Monday for their annual visit and Irene and her father had a good visit. Sometime during Wednesday night Thomas died quietly in his bed. May 9, 1984. Thomas and Della had the following children. Henry , Irene Davis, William, Dorothy Gillespie, Robert, Parks and Gerald.
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