Husband Samuel Miller Thomas
Born: Abt 1875 - Dempseytown, Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 25 Aug 1936 - ? Erie, Erie Co, PA
Buried:
Father: J. M. Thomas ( - )
Mother: Lydia Malinda Banm ( -Bef 1923)
Marriage: 26 Jul 1923 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA (Divorced on 17 Sep 1924) 1
Other Spouse: Claudia Winters (Abt 1881- ) - 28 Sep 1898 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA (Divorced on 18 Sep 1922) 2
Other Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Sopher (1870-1941) - 25 Oct 1924 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
Wife Myrtle Belle Lusher
Born: 20 Jun 1878 - Clearfield Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 8 Nov 1967 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: Jonathan Philip Lusher (1828-1898)
Mother: Sarah A. Smith (1836-1913) 4
Other Spouse: Arthur Clyde Shriver ( - ) 5 - 15 Oct 1898 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY (Divorced on 20 Sep 1921)
Other Spouse: David Jackson "Jack" Payne (1876-1961) - 5 Oct 1933 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
• Burial: : Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA.
Children
General Notes: Wife - Myrtle Belle Lusher
Her marriage license to Thomas gives her birthplace as "Eastamountain, Pa."
Oil City Derrick, Oil City, PA
Nov 9, 1967; pg 21, col 2
The News-Herald, Franklin, PA
Nov 10, 1967; pg 11B
The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, OH
Nov, 1967
Mrs. J. Payne, 89, Dies In Youngstown
YOUNGSVILLE - Mrs. Jack (Myrtle B.) Payne, 89, of 46 S. Hartford Ave., formerly of Oil City, Pa., died at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday of infirmities.
She was born June 20, 1878, in Hickory Township, a daughter of John and Sarah Lusher.
She made her home in Oil City until six years ago when she came to Youngstown to live with her daughter, Mrs. Peg Gabler.
She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Oil City.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by seven grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Higgins Funeral Home, 4303 Mahoning Ave.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home with Rev. H. S. Mills of the Vickliffe Church of Nazarene in charge.
Interment will be in the Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City.
Unk newspaper, Youngstown, OH
Nov, 1967
Mrs. Jack Payne
Mrs. Myrtle B. Payne, 89, of 46 S. Hartford Ave., died of infirmities at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday in the Mahoning County Nursing Home after a two-year illness.
Mrs. Payne was born June 20, 1878, in Hickory, Pa., a daughter of John and Sarah Lusher, and came to Youngstown six years ago from Oil City, Pa. She was a member of Church of the Nazarene, Oil City. Her husband, Jack, died in 1960.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Peg Gabler, with whom she lived; seven grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Higgins Funeral Home, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Oil City.
Notes: Marriage
The Oil City Derrick, Oil City, PA
July 27, 1923; pg 5, col 2
Shriver - Thomas
Samuel M. Thomas of Rouseville, and Myrtle B. Shriver of Oil City, were quietly married at the manse of the Second Presbyterian church on Thursday afternoon, by Rev. Louis W. Shervin, D. D. They were attended by the bride's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Noel of Rouseville. Mrs. Noels is a sister of the bride.
After a short wedding trip to points in New York state, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas will make their home on Plumer st., Rouseville.