1.  Family Group Sheet by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.

2.  Family Group Sheet by Carol Mahoney, who mentions:  after the death of their mother, Carrie Thompson assumed the responsibility of raising Zella [and I presume the other younger children].

3.  Obituary, source unknown (courtesy of Carol Mahoney):

AGED PIONEER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER     Royal Thomas Thompson, 96, who had lived in this community since 1885, or for about 63 years passed away Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alice Witt, 943 Third Street, from infirmities of old age.     Mr. Thompson was born in Modene County, Missouri, and came to California with his parents in 1863, crossing the plains by covered wagon as did other pioneer families.  The family settled in Sonoma County, and later came to Tulare County.  He was the brother of the late Milton Thompson.     Besides Mrs. Witt, five other children survive.  They are Frank Thompson, Hollywood; Lou Thompson, Camarillo, California; Cleve Thompson, Santa Paula: Thurm Thompson, Los Angeles; and Mrs. Zella Hewett, Fresno.  He also leaves 20 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.     Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, at 9:30 at the Myers Chapel with interment in the Porterville Cemetery.

4.  Obituary, source unknown (courtesy of Carol Mahoney):

FUNERAL RITES HELD HERE FOR PIONEER RESIDENT     Funeral services were held this morning, at the Myers Chapel, for Royal Thomas Thompson, 96, who passed away Wednesday night at the home of his daugher, Mrs. Alice Will, 943 Third Street.     Dr. Willis L. Goldsmith of the First Congregational Church officiated and Mrs. Howard Frame sang "No Night There" and "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder."     The casket bearers were great-grandsons, Max L. Schoellerman, William Earl Cummings, Donald F. Hall, Fred L. Thompson, James R. Wagner and Leonard A. Thompson. Interment was in the family plot in the Porterville Cemetery.     Mr. Thompson, a native of Missouri, had been a resident here for 63 years.  He came across the plains with his parents in 1863, the family settling in Sonoma County.  They came to Tulare County in 1885.

5.  Emails from Carol Mahoney.