Valeria Elizabeth Thagard

Valeria Elizabeth Lucas Thagard
BIRTH
29 Apr 1861
Georgia, USA
DEATH
19 Jun 1895 (aged 34)
BURIAL
Little Ogeechee Baptist Church Cemetery
Oliver, Screven County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID
24960644 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
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Valeria Elizabeth LUCAS was the first wife of William J. THAGGARD (born September 1853 in North Carolina, died 1908). By 1880, William was single and boarding with many other laborers in Georgia Militia District 10 (the southern border of Effingham County) who were involved in a turpentine business.

Valeria and William were married about 1881, and they were the parents of at least five children, all born in Georgia:
• Stephen E. THAGARD (1882-1888)
• William E. THAGARD (1884-1948), who, in 1903 in Laurens County, married Ida Melissa GRINSTEAD,
• Frank Grady THAGARD (born 1890),
• Robert M. THAGARD (born 1891), and
• Sallie Mae THAGGARD (1894-1966), the wife of Early E. WARREN (1883-1964).

Following Valeria's death William married her sister, Arjane Euphrasia LUCAS (1859-1925) about 1895, and they were the parents of one child:
• Mittie Louise THAGGARD (1899-1987), the wife of Charles Calvin CLANTON (1895-1986).

William J. THAGARD (born 1853), was the brother of Alexander C. THAGARD (1855-1912), who married Ella Frances HAGIN (1860-1921) of Bulloch County.

Inscription
In
loving memory of
Valeria E.
Wife of
W. J. Thagard ...
Aged 34 Yrs. 1 Mo. & 20 Ds.
Yea though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil for thou
art with me thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
Family Members
Parents

Robert Ellison Lucas
1832–1907

Sarah Redding Strickland Lucas
1837–1917

Spouse

William J. Thaggard
1853–1908 (m. 1895)

Siblings

Florence Adella Lucas Barry
1856–1926

Sarah Virginia Lucas Keebler
1857 – unknown

Arjane Euphrasia Lucas Thagard
1859–1925

John W. Lucas
1864–1878

Louisiana Hortense Lucas Poythress
1870–1969

Julius Strickland Lucas
1873–1945

Julia Monroe Lucas Blackwell
1874–1933

Herschel Vespusias Lucas
1878–1914

Lollie Lucas Mock
1881–1952

Children

Stephen E. Thagard
1882–1888

William E. Thagard
1884–1948

Frank Grady Thaggard
1889–1936

Sallie Mae Thaggard Warren
1894–1966

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