Thomas S. THOMPSON & Penelope BAYLISS

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Thomas S. THOMPSON
Penelope BAYLISS

Husband: Thomas S. THOMPSON
Birth: 1797/8, Prince Edward Co., VA
Death: 1873
Occupation: farmer
Father: James THOMPSON
Mother: Sarah STEELE

Marriage:

Wife: Penelope BAYLISS
Birth: 1807/8, Montgomery Co., TN
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in Montgomery Co., TN:

1. Augusta D. THOMPSON, b. ca. 1834; m. Mr. MAYES
2. Virgil THOMPSON, b. 1835/6; d.s.p., 23 Sep 1862, Confederate Military Hospital, Richmond, VA (2nd Lt., Co. I, 14th Louisiana Inf.)
3. James H. THOMPSON, b. 1843/4
4. Ophelia THOMPSON, b. 1845/6; bur. Farmerville Cemetery, Farmerville, Union Pr., LA

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #114-115 of 129; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 TN Montgomery Co. Roll M704_532 pp. 282B-283A Ln. 7 T S Thompson 200 000 100 - 010 010 201000-110000 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 white males 4 or under 1835-1840 = Son A
= Virgil (b. 1835/6)

1 white male 40-49 1790-1800 = Thomas (b. 1797/8)

1 white female 5-9 1830-1835 = Augusta (b. ca. 1834)

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = Penelopw (b. 1807/8)

2 male slaves 9 or under 1830-1840 = ? ?

1 male slave 24-35 1804-1816 = ?

1 female slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

2 persons employed in agriculture

Listed 13 lines from B. BAYLISS.

3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #96 of 120): Union Parish, LA, Roll M432_241, p. 396B, 776/776, enumerated 13 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thomas S Thompson 52 M Farmer 600 Va

Penelopy    " 42 F Tenn

Virgil      " 14 M Tenn

James       " 6 M Tenn

Ophelia     " 4 F Tenn

4. 1860

5. 1870

6. Barney Thompson. MS. The Thompson Family of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Butler and Trigg Counties, Kentucky, and the Florida Parishes of Louisiana: the Descendants of Thomas Thompson, 1749-1810. Copies at Western Kentucky University, the Filson Club Library, and the Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. (Excerpts courtesy of the author.)

7. Barney Thompson, ed. 1996. "Letter to the Editor of the Kentucky Telephone, December 20, 1889." Pages 6-10 in Pioneers of Trigg County, Kentucky, As Seen through the Biographical and Genealogical Articles of Cyrus Thompson in the Kentucky Telephone and the Cadiz Record, 1889-1899. [MS] (online at the Trigg County KY GenWeb site).

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