Wesley THOMPSON & Ms. __?__ & Esther JOHNSON & Kittie GRAHAM & Nida GRANES

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[John] Wesley THOMPSON
Ms. __?__
Esther JOHNSON
Kittie GRAHAM
Nida GRANES

PLEASE NOTE: this family group sheet is tentative. The disordering of the children in the census records and the discrepancies in ages may be carelessness on the part of the enumerator or it may reflect the addition of some children by adoption. A patrilineal descendant of our subject is participating in the THOMPSON Y-DNA Surname Project.

Husband: [John] Wesley THOMPSON / THOMSON
Birth: ca. 1837-40, TN
Death: 1900-1910, Bradley Co., TN
Occupation: laborer

Marriage-1: ca.

Wife-1: Ms. __?__

Marriage-2: 20 Mar 1867, Bradley Co., TN

Wife-2: Esther / Easter JOHNSON
Birth: ca. 1848, TN
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-3: 1880-86

Wife-3: Kittie GRAHAM

Marriage-4: 23 Jul 1891, Bradley Co., TN

Wife-4: Nida / Ida GRANES
Birth: Apr 1861, TN
Death apparently: 1910-20
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Wife-1:

1. Thomas THOMPSON, b. 1857/8
2. Jackson "Jack" THOMPSON, b. 1860/1
3. Susan THOMPSON, b. 1862/3
4. Jane / Jemima THOMPSON, b. 1864/5

Children with Esther JOHNSON:

5. Ephraim THOMPSON, b. 1867/8
6. Thomas "Tom" THOMPSON, b. 1870
7. Samuel "Sam" THOMPSON, b. 1870/1
8. Frank THOMPSON, b. 1871/2
9. Coy THOMPSON, b. 1873/4
10. Harriett / Harriet THOMPSON, b. 1874/5
11. Allice / Alice THOMPSON, b. 1878/9
12. Wesley "West" THOMPSON, b. Apr 1880

Children with Kittie GRAHAM:

13. Elbert THOMPSON, b. Mar 1884
14. Henry F. THOMPSON, b. 24 Oct 1886

Children with Ida GRAVES:

15. Leola THOMPSON, b. Mar 1892
16. Maud "Maudie" THOMPSON, b. Jan 1884
17. Melvin THOMPSON, b. Feb 1896
18. Jesse THOMPSON, b. Apr 1898

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Sources:

1a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Wesley THOMSON
Spouse: Esther JOHNSON
Marriage: 20 Mar 1867, Bradley, Tennessee
Source: Marriage Records, 1864-1914. Bradley County (Tennessee). County Court Clerk

1b. Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900 (online at Ancestry.com):

Wesley THOMPSON Ida GRANES 23 July 1891 Bradley

2. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 21): Cleveland P.O., 9th Civil District, Bradley Co., TN, Roll M593_1515, p. 356A, 66/65, enumerated 15 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thompson Wesley 30 M M Farmer Tennessee

________ Esther 26 F M Keeping house Tennessee

________ Thomas 12 M M at home Tennessee

________ Jackson 9 M M Tennessee

________ Susan 7 F M Tennessee

________ Jane 5 F M Tennessee

________ Ephraim 2 F M Tennessee

3. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #51-52 of 66): 9th Civil District, Bradley Co., TN, Roll T9_1245, pp. 261C-261D, PN 51-52, SD 2, ED 5, enumerated 22 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 7 8 9 10 13 21 22 23 24 25 26

469 469 Thompson West B M 50 / Laberer / / TN TN TN

________ Easter B F 45 Wife / Keeps House / / TN TN TN

________ Susan B F 16 Dau / at home / / TN TN TN

________ Jemima B F 14 Dau / at home / / / TN TN TN

________ Jack B M 18 Son / Laberer / / / TN TN TN

________ Tom B M 10 Son / Laberer / / TN TN TN

________ Ephrem B M 12 Son / Laberer / / / TN TN TN

________ Frank B M 8 Son / / TN TN TN

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________ Harriett B F 5 Dau / / / TN TN TN

________ Allice B F 1 Dau / / / TN TN TN

________ Sam B M 9 Son / / / TN TN TN

________ Coy B M 6 Son / / / / TN TN TN

________ West B M 2/12 Apr Son / / / TN TN TN

Normally, the disording of children reflects another marriage by the husband and/or the wife, but Wesley's wife appears to be the same woman he was married to in 1870, though the discrepancies in ages makes it hard to be certain. Is this the same Tom from 1870, with a big mistake in his age? Or did the other Tom die?

4. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5. 1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #26 of 27): 8th Civil District, Bradley Co., TN, Roll T623_1559 (Book 2), p. 128B, SN 13, SD 3, ED 14, enumerated 18 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900: 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 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 27 28

244 247 Thompson Wesley Head B M Mar 1850 50 M 8 TN TN TN Farmer 0 N N Y R F 108

________ Nida Wife B F Apr 1841 59 M 8 6 5 TN TN TN Y N Y

________ Henry Son B M Oct 1886 13 S TN TN TN Y N Y

________ Leola Dau B F Mar 1892 8 S TN TN TN

________ Mauda Dau B F Jan 1884 6 S TN TN TN

________ Melina Dau B F Feb 1896 4 S TN TN TN

________ Jessee Son B M Apr 1898 2 S TN TN TN

________ Elbert Son B M Mar 1884 16 S TN TN TN Y N Y

Hutchinson Allie G-Son B M May 1875 25 S TN TN TN Farm Laborer 4 Y Y Y

Wesley is at least 60 years old, and Nida is 39, not 59. "Melina" has to be son, Mervin.

6. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #13 of 16): Civil District No. 2, Bradley Co., TN, Roll T624_1491, p. 59A, SN 7A, SD 3, ED 12, enumerated 27 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: 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 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

118 118 Thompson Nida Head F Mu 50 Wd 6 5 TN TN TN Eng None N N O F H

________ Henry Son M Mu 24 S TN TN TN Eng Farmer General Farm Em Y Y

________ Maudie Dau F Mu 16 S TN TN TN Eng None Y Y N

________ Melvin Son M Mu 14 S TN TN TN Eng Farm labor Home Farm W N 0 Y Y N

________ Jesse Son M Mu 12 S TN TN TN Eng Farm labor Home Farm W N 0 Y Y N

7. 1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found. Henry is in Bradley Co., TN.

8. 1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 36): Civil District No. 2, Eureka Pct., Bradley Co., TN, Roll 2234, p. 228B, SN 11B, ED 6-4, SD 13, enumerated 16 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 30 32

201 211 Thompson Henry Head R Y M Neg 40 M 18 N Y TN TN TN Y Farmer General Farming E Y N 162

[Henry's wife and children]

________ Melvin Bro M Neg 30 D N Y TN TN TN Y Labar Saw mill W Y

As best I can determine, Henry should be 47 and Melvin 34.

9. Participant in the THOMPSON Y-chromosome DNA Surname Project at FamilyTreeDNA.

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