Mary Agnes Thrasher

Brief Life History of Mary Agnes

When Mary Agnes Thrasher was born on 13 July 1925, in Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia, United States, her father, Otto Francis Thrasher, was 27 and her mother, Edna B Foster, was 17. She married James Warren Simon on 12 October 1943, in Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Elk District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 January 2005, in Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mary's Chapel Cemetery, Philippi, Barbour, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Warren Simon
1920–2013
Mary Agnes Thrasher
1925–2005
Marriage: 12 October 1943
James Hulling Simon
1944–2003
Mary Louise Simon
1954–1954

Sources (9)

  • Mary A Simon, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mary Agnes Thrasher, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Mary A Simon, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English therscan, threscan, thryscan ‘to thresh’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Drescher .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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