Alexander THOMPSON & Mary STANDARD

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Alexander THOMPSON
Mary J. STANDARD

Husband: Alexander "Alex" THOMPSON
Birth: 1800, Greenbrier Co., VA [now Monroe Co., WV]
Death: aft. 1850
Father: John THOMPSON
Mother: Sophia H. BEST

Marriage: 12 May 1824, Todd Co., KY

Wife: Mary J. "Polly" STANDARD
Birth: 1800-10
Death: 1840-50, Todd Co., KY
Father: John Barnett STANDARD
Mother: Elizabeth TILGHMAN

Children — born Todd Co., KY:

1. (Daughter A) THOMPSON, b. prob. ca. 1825/6
2. Eveline THOMPSON, b. 1826/7
3. Eliza THOMPSON, b. 1829/30
4. (Daughter B) THOMPSON, b. 1830-35
5. Minerva THOMPSON, b. 1832/3
6. William THOMPSON, b. 1833/4
7. Robert THOMPSON, b. 1835/6
8. Mary THOMPSON, b. 1836/7

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Thompson, Alexander Standard, Polly 12 May 1824 Todd Co.

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #46-47 of 68; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Todd Co. p. 381 Ln. 14 Alexander Thompson 000 010 - 300 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Alexander (b. 1800)

3 females 4 or under 1825-1830 = Eliza (b. 1829/30)
= Eveline (b. 1826/7)
= Daughter A (b. 1825/6)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Polly

Polly is in the wrong age-class (see 1840).

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #61-62 of 72 — mis-indexed as being in "Todd City" because the "Cty" in "Todd Cty" was misread as "City" [there's no such place as Todd City]; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Todd Co. p. 31 | pp. 268B-269A Ln. 29 Thompson Alexander 110 001 - 123 001 000 100 - 000 000 0200000

These data indicate:laves

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Robert (b. 1835/6)

1 white male 5-9 1830-1835 = William (b. 1833/4)

1 white male 30-39 1800-1810 = Alexander (b. 1800)

1 white female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Mary (b. 1836/7)

2 white females 5-9 1830-1835 = Minerva (b. 1832/3)
= Daughter B

3 white females 10-14 1825-1830 = Eliza (b. 1829/30)
= Eveline (b. 1826/7)
= Daughter A (b. 1825/6)

1 white female 30-39 1800-1810 = Polly

1 male slave 36-54 1785-1804 = ?

2 persons employed in agriculture

List was roughly alphabetized.

4. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #83 of 100): District 1, Todd Co., KY, p. 236A, 597/602, enumerated 29 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alex Thompson 49 M farmer 1120 Va

Eveline 23 F Ky

Eliza 20 F Ky

Minerva 17 F Ky

William 16 M Ky

Robert 14 M Ky

Mary 13 F Ky

Living next door to Samuel & Susan (MIMMS) HOLLINGSWORTH.

5. 1840 Tax List - Todd County, Ky [link died] transcribed by Karen Combs.

Pg. Name Acres Watercourse Value

46 Thompson, Ale? 196 Westfork 1370

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