William Thompson, Sr. and Mary Sanderson

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Husband William Thompson, Sr. ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Thompson 3
           Born:  - Cumberland, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1850 - ? Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Sanderson

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           Born:  - Cumberland, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Capt. Robert Thompson ^{1 4}

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           Born: 1789 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1879 - Clinton Twp, Butler Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Coulter (      -1825) 1

         Spouse: Mary Brown (      -1881) 4 5

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2 F Jane Thompson ³

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1872 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Mechling, Jr. (1795-1873) 3

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3 M John Thompson ¹

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           Born: 1795 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1885 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hettie Dunbar (      -Aft 1895) 5

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4 M William Thompson, Jr. ⁵

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           Born: 1797 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Sep 1883 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Gilliland (      -1881)
           Marr: 1828 6

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5 F Selina Thompson ⁷

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            AKA: Salina Thompson 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1895
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Gilleland (      -      ) 8

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6 F Martha Thompson ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1895
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Hon. James Thompson ^{9 10}

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           Born: 6 Oct 1805 or 1806 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 10 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan 1872 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Snowden (Abt 1801-Aft 1884) 9

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General Notes: Husband - William Thompson, Sr.

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He was one of the first settlers of what is now Mid­dlesex township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where his descendants claimed he located with his family as early as 1795. When he was a youth, it is said he was chased by a roving band of Indians and took refuge in a deserted log cabin. While the savages were gathering wood with which to burn him out, he escaped unperceived through a rear window, and fled into the forest. On looking back he saw the Indians dancing around the burning cabin, which they supposed contained their prisoner. He and his wife were both natives of the Cumberland valley, and of Scotch-Irish extraction. Their first years in this country were full of promise, but the death of the husband and father early in the 1800s threw the burdens of the home and family upon the wid­ow's shoulders.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 923.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 246.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 730.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 251.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 924.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 925.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1732.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1731.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 364.

10 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 70.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 169.

12 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 73.