Hugh Thompson

M, #14508, b. 1827
Father*John Thompson b. c 1793, d. bt 1841 - 1850
Mother*Elizabeth Grier
Source* Source: "Hugh Thompson, married & came to Illinois with his wife & two if not three children. Came to Illinois abt 1855 or 1856 & moved in an unoccupied house on the farm & worked for Mrs Boyd's father. His wife's name was Rose Davis who had an umarried sister, Mary Davis. He worked for his Uncle robert that summer & in the fall, started to Iowa with his family & they never heard of him since. Mrs Boyd remembers reading then about a man & his family driving into a fordable stream which was much swollen & they were drowned. Mrs Boyd recalled this when her cousing Wm Thompson, son of Mitchell, told her that a banker Charles McWilliams of the Dwight bank told him that Hugh Thompson 65 yrs ago had deposited $500 in the bank there officered by david McWilliams, a "'stingy man' & it had never been called for."1 
To-Do* To-Do list for Hugh Thompson sort out Leta's notes now that I have more info, then write to her. 
Note*  Notes for HUGH THOMPSON (by Louise Power, via Leta):
ii, b. Abt. 1827, Morgan County, Ohio12; m. ROSANNA DAVIS12, January 23, 1848, Morgan County, Ohio; b. Unknown.
     Hugh was already married and had 2 children. I believe that Sarah Grier was his second wife. There is a marriage between a Hugh Thompson and a Nancy Dougherty on 12 Dec 1817 in Belmont County, Ohio and I believe this is Hugh in Warren Township in 1820. When I find Hugh on the 1830 census, he has children listed who were born before 1830. (Cheryl Arver)
Warren Township in Belmont County, borders Guernsey County. Guernsey County was formed in 1810, from Belmont and Muskingum Counties (Belmont was formed in 1801 and Muskingum was formed in 1804)
     Estate records for Rachel Harris Thompson (25 pages), daughter of Isaac Harris and Mary Jane Drumm, wife of Robert Thompson. (Louise Power) Estate records for Robert Thompson (55 pages), son of John Thompson and Elizabeth Greer/Grier, husband of Rachel Harris Thompson.(Louise Power) Estate records for Hugh Thompson (21 pages), husband of Sarah Greer (sister of Rachel Greer Thompson). This is not the Hugh who is the son of Robert and Rachel Thompson. Probably the brother of John Thompson (husband of Elizabeth Greer/Grier Thompson). They are listed in the register of 1852 Emigrants on the Oregon Trail composed by Leah Menafee. This list, donated by Richard Milligan, shows 16 Thompsons and three Drakes and is available on the web.* (Louise Power)
* http://linnhistory.peak.org/1852/index.htm
More About HUGH THOMPSON and ROSANNA DAVIS:
Marriage: January 23, 1848, Morgan County, Ohio.2
 
Birth*1827 He was born in 1827. 
Last Edited14 Jan 2004

Citations

  1. [S177] Transcript of Family Record Books by Josiah V. Thompson, transcription by Cheralynn Wilson, , SLC 1598069-1598074, volume 8 pg 162-163.
  2. [S173] email from Leta Goedert.