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Note: N21573 Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), 12 September 1893, Tuesday
DR. "AMOS." THOMAS DEAD.
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A Well Known Physician Expires of Paralysis.
Dr. John Quarles Thomas, better known to his friends as Dr. "Amos" Thomas, died of paralysis yesterday morning at 4 o'clock at his home near Longview, Ky. He was stricken Sunday and sank rapidly until death came. Dr. Jno. F. Bell was with him, but medical skill was unavailing and the end was only delayed a few hours.
Dr Thomas was born Jan. 3, 1842, in this county and grew to manhood near Garrettsburg. He graduated from the Shelby Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., in 1861, after which he enteral the Confederate army as Surgeon and came out a Major. In 1864 he began the practice of medicine near Garrettsburg, and two years later moved to his late home near Longview. Dr. Thomas was married in 1869 to Miss Mary Phelps, a daughter of the lato Judge H. A. Phelps, of this city. Several children were the result of this marriage.
Under the Buckner administration Dr. Thomas was physician to the Eddyville Penitentiary, from which he retired a year or two ago and returned to his farm in this county.
Dr. Thomas was very fond of hunting and a few years ago owned a kennel of thoroughbred Llewellyn Setters.
He was a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight of Honor. He was regarded as one of the substantial and valuable citizens of the county. Prominent in his profession, popular with all who knew him and a good and useful man, his death will occasion genuine regret wherever he was known. The funeral will take place today and the remains will be interred in Hopewell …
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Note: N21574 The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky), 12 Sep 1893, Tuesday
Died of Apoplexy.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept. 11. Dr. J. Q. Thomas, one of the most prominent physicians in this section of the state, died suddenly this morning of apoplexy at his home near here. He was fifty-five years old and served as a surgeon in the Confederate army. He was appointed by Gov. Buckner physician at the Eddyville branch penitentiary, but was removed by Gov. Brown.
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