Eura Wesley Thomas
Eura Wesley Thomas was born on December 4, 1887 in the Oak Grove Community of Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the third of ten children born to Wesley Gunn and Eliza L. Henderson Thomas. Wes and Eliza were natives of Trigg County and Wes was a farmer. Eura’s siblings were Mattie Pearl Thomas, born in 1882 and married Mason Hughes; Hazie Thomas, born in 1885; Leslie Edwin Thomas, born in 1889 and married Hazel Gibson; Annie Lurline Thomas, born in 1892 and married Garland Drew Bridges; Peachie Ethel Thomas, born in 1894 and married Lewis Smith Terrell; James Stone Thomas, born in 1896 and married Mabel Clara Timmons; Lucian Marquess Thomas, born in 1899 and married Mayma Lewis Boyd; Luther Thompson Thomas, born in 1902 and married Mary Grace Cunningham; and Berta Adeline Thomas, born in 1905 and married Clarence Averitt Francis. Eura was a descendant of Starkie Thomas.
Eura grew up in the Oak Grove community and according to the Trigg County census records, he attended the Thomas School, District 21.
Eura married Lucy Pearl Lawrence on December 22, 1912. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. R. C. Bogard. Pearl was born on November 13, 1892 and was the daughter of Edmund C. and Mollie Heathcock Lawrence. Edmond and Mollie were both natives of Trigg County and Edmund worked as a farmer. After their marriage, they settled on a farm belonging to Eura’s grandfather, Stanley Thomas where he became a tenant farmer.
Later Eura and Pearl moved to a farm in the Canton community and then to a farm on the Dover Road, south of Cadiz. Eura then purchased a farm in the Oak Grove community near the home of his parents. They lived in a log house on the property which later became the first house in the community to have carbide lights. The ownership of the home and farm later passed on down to members of the family
In the 1930s Eura’s home was one of the few homes that had a telephone on the Cumberland Telephone System which enabled them to call Cadiz. The other folks in the Oak Grove community only had what was called a “grapevine” line which only allowed them to connect to each other. Eura’s phone had a switch which allowed him to connect his Cumberland line to one of the grapevine lines. Thus, essential messages from the grapevine homes were transferred to Cadiz through Eura phone system.
Eura and Pearl were the parents of four children, Ivy Elizabeth Thomas, born in 1915 and married Charles Edward Rogers; Leslie Edward Thomas, born in 1918 and died at the age of four; Virginia Dare Thomas, born in 1923 and married Rumsey Holt “Pete” Alexander; and Doris Jean Thomas, born in 1931 and married Wallace Clarence Skinner.
Eura died on January 3, 1938 of pneumonia at his home at the age of 50. He was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery in Trigg County. Pearl died on June 2, 1948 at the age of 55 at the Futrell Clinic in Cadiz after having suffering a stroke at her home. She was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery next to her husband.
Eura Wesley Thomas
Pearl Lawrence Thomas
Eura and Pearl tombstone
LINEAGE: (Eura Wesley Thomas was the son of Wesley Gunn and Eliza L. Henderson Thomas and the grandson of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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