Notes:

NO MARRIAGE VERIFICATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THOMAS GILBERT AND
THURZA (THURSEY, TIRZA, TERESA, ETC.) GERARD. A MARRIAGE COULD
HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN IROQUOIS County,ILLINOIS. RECORDS FOR THE
PURPORTED TIME OF MARRIAGE ARE LOST.

THURZA "PROBABLY" IS THE DAUGHTER OF MILTON GERARD AND PERNIAH
BLAIR. SHE IS THE SISTER OF EDWARD MITCHELL GERARD ,WHO MARRIED
MARTHA GILBERT--DAUGHTER OF THOMAS--, AND EMILY GERARD, WHO
MARRIED HERMAN RHODES GILBERT.

THE GILBERT/GERARD "CONNECTION" SEEMINGLY TOOK PLACE IN
INDIANA--CARROLL, WHITE,TIPPECANOE COUNTIES. BENTON AND NEWTON
COUNTIES SAW MARRIAGES TAKING PLACE AMONG THE TWO FAMILIES.

THE FAMILIES LIVED IN IROQUOIS County,ILLINOIS, FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
YEARS.

CONTACT BETWEEN THE FAMILIES COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE EARLIER IN
OHIO--I.E. FRANKLIN County, OHIO--BUT EVIDENCE HAS YET TO SURFACE TO
SUBSTANTIATE THIS.

THURZA (TURSA) BONE (GILBERT--NEE GERARD) WAS 73 YEARS, 9
MONTHS, 20 UPON HER DEATH IN CROFTON, NEBRASKA. SHE LEFT A
HUSBAND , JAMES BONE, THREE CHILDREN , TEN GRAND CHILDREN, AND SIX
GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN ARE ONE SON AND TWO
DAUGHTERS; THESE , ACCORDING TO THEIR AGES, ARE MRS. C.M. HENRY OF
WAUSA, MRS. C.M. HIGHSMITH, OF OMAHA AND SEVERE GILBERT OF
CROFTON.

THE REMAINS WERE SENT TO OMAHA ON THE NOON TRAIN ACCOMPANIED BY
THE HUSBAND, MRS. HILGHSMITH, SEVERE GILBERT ,AND TWO GRANDSONS,
FRANK CORRIGAN AND B.M. BEAN.

DEC. 12TH, 1912--THOSE WHO AATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF MRS. JAMES
BONE AT OMAHA LAST WEDNESDAY WERE JAMES BONE, MRS. C.M.
HIGHSMITH OF OMAHA; SEVERE GILBERT OF CROFTON; FRANK CORRIGAN OF
CROFTON; BUFORD BEAN, WAUSA, JOHN WILSON, OMAHA; ADA WILSON,
OMAHA; MRS. HARLEY CATON, OMAHA AND FRED WILSON OF PORTLAND,
OREGON.

MRS. CHAS. HIGHSMITH OF OMAHA, WHO HAS BEEN IN CROFTON A FEW DAYS
ON ACCOUNT OF THE SERIOUS ILLNESS OF HER MOTHER, MRS. "BOWMAN",
RETURNED HOME SATURDAY. HER BROTHER HERE ALSO, HE RETURNING
FRIDAY.

THE CROFTON JOURNAL
CROFTON, NEBRASKA
ATTN: KEVIN HENSLER OR CURRENT EDITOR

WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING SOME OF THE MATERIAL
CONCERNING THE DEATH OF MRS. JAMES BONE WHO DIED IN CROFTON IN
1912? THE MOST IMPORTANT DATA WOULD INVOLVE THE DATES AND
NAMES. I'M HOPING TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH A RELATIVE OF THIS
LINE WHO MIGHT STILL LIVE IN THIS AREA, OR AT LEAST DEVELOP
CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT KNOW OF THE PEOPLE MENTIONED IN
THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT RUN IN 1912 IN THE CROFTON JOURNAL.

PLEASE ADVISE OF THE POSSIBILITY AND THE COSTS INVOLVED. IF IT IS
NOT POSSIBLE, CAN YOU SUGGEST ANY ALTERNATIVES SO THAT I MIGHT
DEVELOP CONTACT WITH DESCENDENTS?

ALSO, ARE THERE OTHER NEWSPAPERS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA WHICH MIGHT
BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE INFORMATION.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS LETTER.

HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

A SASE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

ONE OF THE GRANDCHILDREN OF THOMAS AND THURSEY MARRIED HARLEY
CATON. HARLEY WAS BORN IN 1882 AND DIED IN 1961 IN NEBRASKA.