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Thomas Merrit Head

Birth	:	5 Apr 1898 Pike County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	30 Oct 1967 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8630000, -93.1350000
Plot	:	North Section - Row 2
Description	:	Husband of Anna Rebecca Hixenbaugh. Son of James Henry Head and Mary Lavinia Sprague OBITUARY THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT Chariton, Iowa Thursday, November 9, 1967 HEAD - Thomas Merrit Head, son of James Henry and Mary Head, was born April 5, 1898, at Pike County, Ill., and passed away at the Decatur County Hospital, Oct. 30, 1967, at the age of 69 years. At the age of two years, he moved with his parents to a farm near Russell and lived his entire life in the vicinity of Russell and Confidence. On January 10, 1925, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna Duer. To this union were... Read More	Husband of Anna Rebecca Hixenbaugh. Son of James Henry Head and Mary Lavinia Sprague OBITUARY THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT Chariton, Iowa Thursday, November 9, 1967 HEAD - Thomas Merrit Head, son of James Henry and Mary Head, was born April 5, 1898, at Pike County, Ill., and passed away at the Decatur County Hospital, Oct. 30, 1967, at the age of 69 years. At the age of two years, he moved with his parents to a farm near Russell and lived his entire life in the vicinity of Russell and Confidence. On January 10, 1925, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna Duer. To this union were born three children, James and Wayne of Des Moines, and Mrs. Bonnadine Deney of Stockton. He and his family lived in Confidence where Tom worked in the coal mine and the Rock Island Railroad until the death of his wife in 1959. He then moved to Russell until his health failed, and he moved to Promise City to live with his brother, William. He entered the Wayne County Hospital in the winter of 1966, and was taken from there to the Westview Acres Rest Home in Leon, where he lived until his death. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna; his father, mother, and a twin sister, Eliza Husted. He leaves to mourn his passing three children, James and Wayne of Des Moines, Mrs. Bonnadine Deney of Stockton, three step-children, Chester Duer of Melrose, John Duer of Arizona, and Mrs. Wilma Hudson of Russell, two brothers, William and John Head of Promise City and one sister, Florence Head of Waukee, 17 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Tom was a kind and considerate husband and father, a good neighbor and a true friend and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. C. Hook at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, 1967 at the Beardsley-Fielding Funeral Home. Interment was at the Confidence cemetery at Confidence. Obituary courtesy of Darlene Arnold, Lucas County Genealogical Society

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Thomas Merrit Head's memorial is located at: Confidence Cemetery, Confidence, Wayne County, USA.
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Thomas Merrit Head death on 30 Oct 1967 in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.8630000
Longitude: -93.1350000

Family Members:

Parent

James Henry Head

(1869 - 1920)

Mary Lavina Sprague Head

(1874 - 1958)

Spouse

Anna Rebecca Hixenbaugh Head

(1893 - 1959)

Siblings

Florence M. Head

(1895 - 1972)

Eliza Mary Head Husted

(1898 - 1957)

William Henry Head

(1900 - 1970)

Children

James Henry Head

(1925 - 1986)

(unknow - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 40.8630000, -93.1350000

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Coordinate: 40.8805000, -93.1450050

3. Brown Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8407000, -93.1184000

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7. Wadlington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8610000, -93.0690000

8. Jones Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8008000, -93.1100000

9. Bethlehem Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8330994, -93.2125015

10. Brushy Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8602982, -93.0425034

11. Dodrill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8497009, -93.2371979

13. McDaniel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8491135, -93.2373657

14. Milledgeville Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8807983, -93.0310974

15. Cozad Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8333411, -93.0307587

16. Greenville Pioneer Cemetery
Russell, Lucas County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9460000, -93.1117000

17. Lacey Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7952995, -93.2136002

18. Lyon Family Cemetery
Johns Township, Appanoose County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7793999, -93.0591965

19. Promise City Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7496986, -93.1568985

20. Bohn Cemetery
Walnut City, Appanoose County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8496250, -92.9781960

21. Concord Cemetery
Appanoose County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8050000, -92.9940000

22. Russell Cemetery
Russell, Lucas County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9808006, -93.1849976

23. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Melrose, Monroe County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9692800, -93.0508100

24. Ragtown Cemetery
Russell, Lucas County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9594002, -93.2406006