John Spurlin and Hattie Thomas
John Spurlin Thomas was born on May 7, 1874, in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the seventh of nine children born to James Jasper Thomas and Mary Magdaline Cunningham Thomas. James Jasper was a native of Trigg County, Kentucky and worked as a farmer. He was son of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Mary Magdaline was also a native of Trigg County.
John Spurlin’s siblings were Seldon Trimble Thomas, born in 1857 and married Martha Elizabeth Bridges; Joseph Cullen Thomas, born in 1860 and married Onia Francis Thomas; James Jasper Thomas, Jr., born in 1863 and married Lula Maye Crews; Ophelia Thomas, born in 1867 and married Charles H. Pursley; Starkie William Thomas, born in 1869 and Married Julia Louise Sumner; Ella May Thomas, born in 1871 and married Clarence Winston Wilson; Cicero Berter Thomas, born in 1880 and married Edward Seymore Spurlock; and Edgar Clyde Thomas, born in 1881.
John Spurlin grew up on his father’s farm in the Oak Grove community of Trigg County. As a youth he became engaged in farming and was a farmer practically all of his life. He farmed in the Oak Grove community until about 1916 when he moved to Caldwell County. He farmed in Caldwell County until 1935 when he moved back to the Oak Grove community where he spent the rest of his life.
On November 16, 1899, John married Hattie Lee Ricks at the home of the bride’s father. Rev. John Cunningham performed the wedding ceremony and a reception and supper was given by the groom’s parents following the ceremony. Hattie was born in the Oak Grove community and was the daughter of Joel Lee Ricks and Faithie E. Sumner Ricks, both natives of Trigg County. John and Hattie were the parents of six children. They were Lacy Dell Thomas, born in 1900 and married Macie Bell Cummins; Hugh Delbert “Buddy” Thomas, born in 1901 and married Willie Hazel Sanders; Georgia Pearl Thomas, born in 1905 and married Shellie McKinley Cummins; James Douglas Thomas, born in 1911; Wallace Eric Thomas, born in 1914 and married Maudie Ethelyn Cotton; and Marjorie Earl Thomas, born in 1917 and married Lee Adrian Warren.
John Spurlin died on July 5, 1937 at his home in the Oak Grove community at the age of 63 He has suffered a light stroke about six years before his death that had left him practically an invalid. He was buried in the Starkie Thomas cemetery.
Hattie Lee died unexpectedly on July 10, 1962 at the age of 81 at her home in Cadiz of a coronary thrombosis. She was buried in the Starkie Thomas Cemetery next to her husband.
Hattie Ricks Thomas
John and Hattie tombstone
LINEAGE: (John Spurlin Thomas was the son of James Jasper and Mary Magdaline Cunningham Thomas and grandson of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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