Col. Gideon W. THOMPSON & Nancy H. __?_

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Col. Gideon W. THOMPSON
Nancy H. __?__

Husband: Gideon W. THOMPSON, a.k.a., George W. THOMPSON
Birth: 28 Feb 1823, Todd Co., KY
Death: 1903
Disposition: buried Clay Co., MO
Migration: 1825, to Cooper Co., MO, with parents
Occupation: farmer
Military Service: Civil War: Confederate Army: Col.
Father: Robert C. THOMPSON
Mother: Evaline ROBERTS

Marriage:

Wife: Nancy __?__
Birth: 1825, KY
Death: 1893
Disposition: buried Clay Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Pettis Twp., Platte Co., MO:

1. Virginia THOMPSON, b. Jul 1849; d.s.p. by 1860
2. Martha THOMPSON, b. 1850
3. Robert THOMPSON, b. 1851
4. Elizabeth THOMPSON, b. 1853
5. James THOMPSON, b. 1854
6. Gideon THOMPSON, b. 1861/2

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #53 of 60 — indexed "Geo W Thompson"): Pettis Twp., Platte Co., MO, Roll M432_410, p. 250A, 396/396, enumerated 18 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Ges W Thompson 27 M farmer 3000 Ky

Nancy " 24 F "

Virginia " ¹⁰/₁₂ F Mo

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #24 of 80): Parkville P.O., Pettis Twp., Platte Co., MO, Roll M653_640, p. 626, PN 108, 790/769, enumerated 11 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

George Thompson 37 M Farmer 6000 1500 Ky

Nancy     " 36 F "

Martha    " 10 F Mo

Robert    " 9 M "

Elizabth " 8 F "

James     " 5 M "

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 100): Parkville P.O., Pettis Twp., Platte Co., MO, Roll M593_799, p. 350A, PN 27, 206/188, enumerated 10 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thompson G W 47 M W farmer 16000 7000 Ky

________ Nancy 44 F W keeps house Ky

________ Robert 19 M W at home Mo

________ Elizabeth 16 F W at home Mo

________ Gideon 8 M W at home Mo

Evans Clara 25 F B Dom Servt Mo

Tithins P W 25 M W farm hand Mo

Reynolds Geo 30 M W farm hand Mo

. 1880 Census: Every-Name-Index/Extraction (online at FamilySearch.org); Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 18): May Twp., Platte Co., MO, Roll T9-0710, p. 190B, PN 18, SD 7, ED 99, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 22 23 24 25 26

164 164 Thompson Gideon H? W M 57 / Farmer Kentucky Ky Ky

________ Nancy H W F 54 Wife / Housework Kentucky Va Ky

Piller Jacob W M 25 Laborer / Baden Baden Baden

Draper Sandy B M 3 Laborer / Virginia Va Va

Stwert? Addaline B F 15 Servant / / Missouri Mo Mo

. 1890

. 1900

. Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. 1962. Clay County, Missouri, Cemetery Records. 2 vols. Self-published, Chillicothe, MO (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Birth Death

Gideon Thompson 1823 1902

Nancy Thompson 1825 1893

James Thompson 1854 1891

Is James their son? The only other THOMPSONs in this cemetery index are Gideon's parents and two others who were of an age to be Gideon's siblings, not his children.

. Stuart Seely Sprague. 1984. Kentuckians in Missouri. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD. On p. 154:

BIRTHDATE NAME OF BIOGRAPHEE PARENTS/BIRTHPLACE/BIRTHDATE SOURCE PAGE FIRST MO. CO. DATE

28 Feb 1823 Col. Gideon W. Thompson Robert & Eveline NC/__ CLPL 881 Cooper 1825

"CLPL" is the next source.

. Anon. 1885. History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri. National Historical Co., St. Louis, p. 881. Biographical sketch of Col. Gideon W. THOMPSON. (not seen).

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