Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Thompson and Mary Thorne




Husband James Thompson 1 2

           Born: 16 Jan 1835 - Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Andrew G. Thompson (1812-1883/1884) 1 2
         Mother: Mary English (1809-1880) 1 2


       Marriage: 21 Mar 1861 2



Wife Mary Thorne 3

            AKA: Mary Thorn 2
           Born:  - Butler Co, PA
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         Father: John Thorne (      -1840) 3
         Mother: Martha Campbell (      -      ) 2 3




Children
1 M Andrew H. Thompson 2

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2 F Martha A. Thompson 2

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         Spouse: R. W. Garvin (      -      ) 2


3 F Lida M. Thompson 2

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4 M Alvin T. Thompson 2

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5 F Eva P. Thompson 2

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6 M Samuel A. Thompson 2

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7 F Cora Thompson 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Thompson


His boyhood days were spent in the usual routine of farm life, and he obtained a common school education at the district school of his neighbor­hood. Soon after his marriage they located on a farm in Cranberry township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Their first home was a log cabin, and the land was comparatively uncleared, but the young couple had been reared in pioneer surroundings, and set to work to make themselves a permanent home. The farm eventually consisted of ninety-five acres of highly improved land, and the humble cabin was replaced by a handsome and commodious dwelling.
He was an elder in Plains Presbyterian church, to which society both he and wife belonged, and in which she took a prominent part in woman's work as president of the Ladies Missionary Society. In politics, he was a Republican, and was active in the promotion of the public school system. He was also a member of Cranberry Grange.

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 600.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1178.

3 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 268.


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