John Howard THOMPSON & Dorcas ELLIOTT & Mary THOMPSON

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John Howard THOMPSON
Dorcas ELLIOTT
Mary THOMPSON

Husband: John Howard THOMPSON
Birth: 12 Nov 1802, Bracken Co., KY
Death: 28 Oct 1889, Warren, Huntington Co., IN
Disposition: buried Thompson Home Cemetery, Warren, Huntington Co., IN
Occupation: farmer
Father: Ebenezer THOMPSON II (1778-1865)
Mother: Elizabeth HOWARD (1783-1813); m. 27 Dec 1799, Bracken Co., KY

Marriage-1: 20 Aug 1822, Bracken Co., KY

Wife-1: Dorcas ELLIOTT — she did not marry James B. THOMPSON
Birth: 1804, Bracken Co., KY
Death: 9 Nov 1830, Bracken Co., KY
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Reuben ELLIOTT (1781- )
Mother: Charlotte STROTHER (1783- )

Marriage-2: 10 or 18 Jun 1831, Bracken Co., KY

Wife-2: Mary THOMPSON
Birth: 14 Feb 1807, Bracken Co., KY
Death: 5 Feb 1880, Warren, Huntington Co., IN
Disposition: buried Thompson Home Cemetery, Warren, Huntington Co., IN
Occupation: homemaker
Father: James THOMPSON, Jr. (1768- )

Children with Dorcas ELLIOTT — born in Bracken Co., KY:

1. Ebenezer THOMPSON III, b. 22 Jun 1823; d. 8 Dec 1896, Salamonie Twp., Huntington Co., IN
2. Elijah THOMPSON, b. 1825-30; died young
3. George S. THOMPSON, b. 15 Jan 1828; d. 10 Feb 1857, Salamonie Twp., Huntington Co., IN; m. 10 Aug 1851, Huntington Co., IN, Lydia HELTON (1832- )
4. John Howard THOMPSON, Jr., b. 22 Feb 1830; d. 14 Mar 1910, Salamonie Twp., Huntingdon Co., IN; m. 2 Jan 1853, Lucretia PRIBBLE (1831-1899)

Children with Mary THOMPSON:

— born in Bracken Co., KY:
5. Margaret Ann THOMPSON, b. 1833; d. 1901
6. Susan THOMPSON, b. 1835; d. 1894
7. William E. THOMPSON, b. 1830-35; d. by 1850
8. Robert H. THOMPSON, b. 1840; d. 1929

— born in Huntington Co., IN:
9. Mary P. THOMPSON, b. 1841; d. 1925
10. James THOMPSON, b. 1844; d. 1864
11. Nancy Anna THOMPSON, b. 1846; d. 1933
12. Alfred P. THOMPSON, b. 1849; d. 1874

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia

Sources:

1a. Jordan Dodd. 1997. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 (online at Ancestry.com):

Thompson, Ebenezer Howard, Elizabeth 27 Dec 1799 Bracken Co.

Thompson, John H Elliott, Dorcas 20 Aug 1822 Bracken Co.

1b. Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1954 (online at familysearch.org):

John H Thompson Mary Thompson 18 Jun 1831 Bracken Co. GS Film #344098

2. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9-10 of 64 — mistakenly indexed "John W. Thompson"; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Bracken Co. Roll M19_34 p. 6 Ln. 13 John H Thompson 310 010 - 000 010 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = John Jr (b. 1830)
= George (b. 1828)
= Elijah

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Ebenezer III (b. 1823)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = John (b. 1802)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Dorcas (b. 1804)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = mother? mother-in-law?

3. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30-31 of 35; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Bracken Co. Roll 105 pp. 361B-362A Ln. 23 John H Thompson 112 101 - 110 010 010000-000000 0003000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Robert (b. 1839/40)

1 white male 5-9 1830-1835 = William

2 white males 10-14 1825-1830 = John Jr (b. 1830
= George (b. 1828)

1 white male 15-19 1820-1825 = Ebenezer III (b. 1823)

1 white male 30-39 1800-1810 = John (b. 1802)

1 white female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Susan (b. 1835)

1 white female 5-9 1830-1835 = Margaret (b. 1833)

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = Mary (b. 1807)

1 male slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

3 persons employed in manufacture and trades

4. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #160 of 174): District No. Fifty Twp, Huntington Co., IN, Roll M432_152, p. 89B, 1278/1278, enumerated 24 Jun 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John H Thompson 48 M Farmer 2000 Kentucky

Mary       " 44 F Kentucky

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Margaret Thompson 16 F Kentucky

Susan       " 15 F Kentucky

Robert      " 10 M Kentucky

Mary        " 8 M Indiana

James       " 6 M Indiana

Anna        " 2 F Indiana

Alford      " 1 M Indiana

George      " 22 M Farmer 200 Kentucky

George is John's child from his prior marriage to Dorcas ELLIOTT; the rest of the children are Mary's. Listed next to married son, Ebenezer THOMPSON (æ 25, b. KY), and his family.

5. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name John Howard Thompson, Sr* Dorcas Elliott Thompson Mary Thompson

Birth Nov. 12, 1802
Bracken Co., KY 1804
Bracken Co., KY Feb. 14, 1807
Bracken Co., KY

Death Oct. 26, 1889
Indiana Nov. 9, 1830
Bracken Co., KY Feb. 3, 1880
Warren, Huntington Co., IN

Note d. 26 Oct 1889, age 86y 11m 14d,
s/w Mary Thompson Dorcas Elliott is d/o Reuben Elliott
& Charlotte Strawder [or Strother].

Burial Thompson Home Cemetery
Warren, Huntington Co., IN Thompson Home Cemetery
Warren, Huntington Co., IN

Father Ebenezer Thompson (1778-1865) James Thompson

Mother Elizbeth Howard Thompson (1783-1813) Mary

Spouse(s) Dorcas Elliott Thompson (1804-1830)
Mary Thompson (1807-1880) John Howard Thompson (1802-1889) John Howard Thompson (1802-1889)

Obituary

Memorial # 60207850 74697285 60208101

*Includes excerpt from Huntington County, Indiana: History and Families, 1834-1933 (p. 389).

6. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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