Hiram N. "Doc" Thacker

Birth: Apr. 14, 1858 Ohio, USA Death: Oct. 12, 1939 Columbus Franklin County Ohio, USA

THE REPUBLICAN TRIBUNE - OCTOBER 18, 1939 FALL AT COURTHOUSE FATAL TO AGED MAN AS THE RESULT OF A FALL WHILE INSPECTING THE NEW COURT HOUSE IN MCARTHUR LAST THURSDAY, HIRAM THACKER, AGED RESIDENT OF NEAR WILKESVILLE, DIED IN WHITE CROSS HOSPITAL, COLUMBUS, A SHORT TIME AFTER BEING RUSHED THERE IN THE TINKER AMBULANCE. MR. THACKER WAS STARTING DOWN THE STEPS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STARTED TO FALL, IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS BALANCE, HE CAUGHT AT A RADIATOR WHICH WAS SITTING NEAR BY. THE RADIATOR NOT HAVING BEEN INSTALLED, FELL ON THE AGED MAN. DR. B.F. WILLS WAS CALLED AND FOUND HIM TO BE SUFFERING FROM SHOCK AND A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT LEG.. MR. THACKER WAS 81 YEARS OF AGE AND RESIDED IN THE HOME OF ELIZA FREEMAN NEAR WILKESVILLE. THE VICTIM WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER AND SPENT THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE IN VINTON COUNTY, HE WAS KNOWN TO HIS MANY FRIENDS AS "DOC". HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. BERTHA MCKENZIE OF POMEROY. HIS WIFE MARY PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. AT MT. OLIVE CHURCH. REV. THOMPSON OF WELLSTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL IN CURRY CEMETERY IN CHARGE OF J.E. STRONG FUNERAL DIRECTOR.

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Parents:

 Nimrod Nicholas Thacker (1818 - 1893)

Children:

 Erma Thacker Napper (1878 - 1913)*

 Geneva Thacker Shifflet (1892 - 1933)*

Siblings:

 Ambrous Thacker*

 Algerine Thacker*

 David Thacker (1846 - 1924)*

 Nicholas Thacker (1852 - 1941)*

 Hiram N Thacker (1858 - 1939)

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Curry Cemetery Wilkesville Vinton County Ohio, USA

Created by: Debbie Record added: Oct 26, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 99636126