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===Death===

===Death===

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>

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>

{{cquote|...perhaps one of the best known and best loved men who ever lived in Oklahoma.|||Obituary by his daughter, Carolyn T. Foreman}}

{{cquote|...perhaps one of the best known and best loved men who ever lived in Oklahoma.|||Obituary by his daughter, Carolyn T. Foreman, January 19, 1914}}

Thomas was initially interred at Green Hill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahoma, though the burial location was later moved to [[Arlington National Cemetery]].

Thomas was initially interred at Green Hill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahoma, though the burial location was later moved to [[Arlington National Cemetery]].