Minnie Irene Thomas1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15792, (1859 - 1919)
FatherDr. Edwin Ruthven Wallace Thomas4,5,6 (abt 1824 - 17 Nov 1893)
MotherFredonia Francesca McGinty5,4,6 (abt 1828 - 8 Jan 1893)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Oct 1859, Tennessee7,8,9
Marriage: 1 May 1884, Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky, Julien Frank Gracey (22 Sep 1858 - 6 Apr 1929)10,11,12
Death: 30 Sep 1919, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee13,14
Burial: 2 Oct 1919, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee15,16

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     17 Minnie Irene Thomas was born on 2 Oct 1859 in Tennessee.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of her parents, Dr. Edwin Ruthven Wallace Thomas and Fredonia Francesca McGinty.18
     She moved to Kentucky with her parents before 1870. She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents.19
     She moved to Ohio with her parents before 1880. She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents.20
     Minnie married Julien Frank Gracey, son of Francis Patten Gracey and Irene Cobb, on 1 May 1884 in Blue Lick Springs, Kentucky.10,11,12
     Minnie and Julien settled in Clarksville after their marriage. They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at 611 Madison Street, enumerated 3 Jun 1900. Their children Louise, Hope, Julien, Frank, Elizabeth, Irene and Donald were listed as living with them, as was his mother, Irene Cobb, and Alice Johnson, a 57-year-old black servant.21
     Minnie and Julien appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at 611 Madison Street, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting that they owned their home, mortgage free. Their children Louise, Julien, Frank, Elizabeth, Irene, Donald and Minnie were listed as living with them, as was their married daughter, Hope, and her husband, Howard McLean Perry.22
     Minnie died on 30 Sep 1919 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 59.13,14 She was buried on 2 Oct 1919 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in her husband's lot.15,16

Children:
     Children with Julien Frank Gracey:

Citations

  1. [S9825] E. R. W. Thomas household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows name as Irene Thomas.
  2. [S9826] Edwin R. Thomas household, 1870 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky, shows name as Minnie I. Thomas.
  3. [S9828] Minnie Thomas Gracy, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Thomas.
  4. [S9825] E. R. W. Thomas household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S9826] Edwin R. Thomas household, 1870 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S9828] Minnie Thomas Gracy, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S9825] E. R. W. Thomas household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows age 7/12 and state.
  8. [S2097] Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows month, year, as 1860, age 39, and state.
  9. [S9828] Minnie Thomas Gracy, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  10. [S3369] Williams, Cabins to Castles, pg 189, shows month, as Aug, year, town, and state.
  11. [S2101] Moore and Foster, Tennessee the Volunteer State, 3:39, shows date, with month as May.
  12. [S2097] Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows married 17 years.
  13. [S9828] Minnie Thomas Gracy, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  14. [S2101] Moore and Foster, Tennessee the Volunteer State, 3:39, shows date.
  15. [S3379] Minnie Thomas Gracey grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery.
  16. [S9828] Minnie Thomas Gracy, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  17. [S944] Davis, Folk Finders, citing Clarksville City Directory, 1895.
  18. [S9825] E. R. W. Thomas household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  19. [S9826] Edwin R. Thomas household, 1870 U.S. Census, Kenton Co., Kentucky.
  20. [S9827] Edwin Thomas household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  21. [S2097] Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  22. [S2098] Julien F. Gracey household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  23. [S2101] Moore and Foster, Tennessee the Volunteer State, 3:39.
  24. [S2097] Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows the child as daughter of Minnie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  25. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 239.
  26. [S3381] Hope Gracey Perry, Certificate of Death.
  27. [S9863] Hope Gracey Perry obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  28. [S2097] Julien Gracey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows the child as son of Minnie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  29. [S5707] Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, 16 Jan 1947, pg 1.
  30. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Frank P. Gracey, citing Soc. Sec. No. 411-24-5771, shows mother's maiden name as Thomas.
  31. [S9874] Frank Patton Gracey obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  32. [S2098] Julien F. Gracey household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows the girl as daughter of Minnie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  33. [S9905] Elizabeth Gracey West obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  34. [S9906] "Miss Gracey -- Mr. Outlaw," Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, 23 Feb 1920.
  35. [S2098] Julien F. Gracey household, 1910 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows him as the son of her husband.
  36. [S8843] Minnie Diana Thomas Gracey, Delayed Certificate of Birth.