Thomas Miller Myers b. 3 Apr 1884 Baltimore, MD d. 8 Feb 1917 Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ: Crane Family Genealogy

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Name	Thomas Miller Myers [1]
Birth	3 Apr 1884	Baltimore, MD [1]
Gender	Male
Death	8 Feb 1917	Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ [1, 2]
	Obituary -- Thomas Miller Myers Thomas M. Myers died suddenly at his residence in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 8, 1917, at the age of 33 years. He was the son of J. Norris Myers, formerly of Carlisle, well known to many of our readers, to whom sincere symapthy is extended. The deceased graduated at the Dickenson Preparatory School in the old South College, and entered the freshman class of Dickenson College. At the close of the year he entered Lehigh University to take the Electrical Engineering Course. He was a high official in a large factory in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, with headquarters in New York. He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Nell Vass, of Danville, Virginia and his father, J. Norris Myers, of Landford, Pa., and his brothers, Dr. Wm. Starr Myers, of Princeton, New Jersey, and J. Norris Myers, Jr., of New York City. Interment in Danville, Virginia.
Person ID	I945	Crane Genealogy
Last Modified	24 May 2023

Father	John Norris Myers, III, b. 17 Nov 1842, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA d. 28 Jul 1929, Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ (Age 86 years)
Mother	Laura Virginia Starr, b. 15 Jul 1850, Baltimore, MD d. 26 Sep 1894, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC (Age 44 years)
Marriage	30 May 1876	Baltimore, MD [3, 4, 5, 6]
Family ID	F272	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nellie Penrose Vass, b. 6 Jan 1887, Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA d. 14 Jun 1978, Roman Eagle Memorial Home (Age 91 years)

Marriage 29 Nov 1911 Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA [7, 8]

Children

1. Elizabeth Mary Myers, b. 30 Mar 1913 d. 30 Mar 1913 (Age 0 years)

Family ID F273 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Mar 2020

Notes

Thomas Miller Myers son of John Norris Myers and Laura Virginia starr...was born on Park Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, April 3, 1884. A Mechanical Engineer, educated at Dickinson College and Lehigh University and a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. After leaving college in 1904, was a resident of Bethlehem, Pa., Johnstown, Pa., Fort Wayne, Ind., and New York City.

He married November 29, 1911 Nellie Penrose Vass (b. Jan. 6, 1887) daughter of Henry FitzHugh Vass (b. Apr. 2, 1855 - m. Feb 5, 1879) and Minnehaha France...of Danville, Va. [9]
Told by John Hull McLean:

Thomas' death during an Influenza epidemic was witnessed by his brothers William and John.

[S2108] Obituary, MYERS, Thomas Miller, (ID #102263770), 27 Mar 2020 (Reliability: 3).
[S2109] Obituary, MYERS, Thomal Miller, (The Carlisle, PA Sentinel, 15 Feb 1917, Page 3), 27 Mar 2020 (Reliability: 2).
[S138] Starr - Crane, Family Chart, 37.
[S170] Willis Arnold Finchum, Finchum FGS, (30 Jul 2002), 5045.
[S274] Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family of New England, (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company Printers; ©1879).
[S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 25.
Page 57.
[S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 27 Mar 2020, 25. (Reliability: 3).
Page 69.
[S1138] Marriage Certificate: CRANE, Pamela Jeanette & BOWES, Dwight Anthony, 27 Mar 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Thomas Miller Myers & Nellie Penrose vass
[S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 27 Aug 2013, 25. (Reliability: 3).