| − | While working in a penitentiary in mid-January 1914, a violent prison escape broke out and Thomas was among those killed by the convicts.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/> He was initially interred at Green Hill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahoma, though the burial location was later moved to [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. | + | While working in a penitentiary in mid-January 1914, a violent prison escape broke out and Thomas was among those killed by the convicts.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/> An obituary asserted that he was:<ref>January 19, 1914. [https://www.thomas-foremanhistorichome.com/obituary-of-judge-thomas.html Obituary of Judge John R. Thomas]. ''Thomas-Foreman Historic Home''. Retrieved November 10, 2021.</ref> |