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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025)

Online family information from Iva Hargroves found in 2023 states that Minerva Cornelia 'Minnie' Golleher married Marcus De Lafayette Thompson in Paris, Texas on March 28, 1912, according to the record she obtained from the Lamar County Clerk's Office. Marcus is buried in the same cemetery in Paris without a grave marker in Section 31-34-02. Minnie was survived by 4 children (in order of birth) Wesley Thompson, Lorene Thompson Christopher, Emily Ruth Thompson Brown and Pearl Marie Thompson Brown. Iva's mother was born only days before her death. All the children were born in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. It was "told" in the family that Minnie (Minerva Cornelia) was a full blood Cherokee Indian but she has not found any firm records to prove that. She has found US Census records that indicate, what she believes to be Minnie, of her birth being in Lonoke, Arkansas. She was told by a cousin that "they" were adopted. The death notice in the Paris News of Nov. 18, 1920 states "arrangements pending arrival of a brother from Arkansas." It is believed the brother to be John Franklin Golleher. No obituary has been found. It seems Minnie disappears from Lonoke and reappears in Paris, Texas in the Census in 1920.

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Minnie Thompson
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 17 Nov 1920
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date:
Age: 29 years
Birthplace: Arkansas
Father’s Name: Gallaher
Mother’s Name:
Certificate Number: 35450
GS Film number: 2073875
Digital Folder Number: 005145918
Image Number: 02770
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36N-1ZY : 5 December 2014), Minnie Thompson, 17 Nov 1920; citing certificate number 35450, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,875.

Buried near Harry Haley Abels, Jr.