William R. Thompson and Mary Irene Stewart

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Husband William R. Thompson ¹

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           Born: 10 May 1853 - Glasgow, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Clark Thompson (1817-1898) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann Rayl (Abt 1820-1859) 2

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       Marriage: 1880 3

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Wife Mary Irene Stewart ³

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           Born:  - Beaver Co, PA
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         Father: Daniel Stewart (1830-      ) 3
         Mother: Catherine Bruce (1833-Aft 1914) 3

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Children

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1 M Clark Stewart Thompson ³

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2 F Mary Ann Thompson ³

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3 F Irene Thompson ³

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         Spouse: George McKee (      -      ) 3

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4 F Clara Thompson ³

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         Spouse: Charles Baxter (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - William R. Thompson

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He attended the Rockport school at Smith's Ferry, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and there obtained his entire education. Until 1893 he was connected with the oil fields in various capacities, finally as operator, discontinuing his relations with that industry to engage in farming, cultivating a rented farm near Black Hawk, Pennsylvania. Six years later he purchased a tract of one hundred and thirty-nine acres in Industry township, which he named "Calamity Farm" and resided there. Here, in addition to his grain and vegetables, he devoted a great deal of time and space to the cultivation of fruit trees, his apples and peaches ranked with the best raised in the region. Plums were also the object of his constant care and attention, a very high grade of fruit resulting therefrom. He also operated two oil wells, both of steady flow, from which he realized a substantial income. Mr. Thompson was a supporter of the Republican party.

His residence near Industry, Pennsylvania, was linked with the pioneer days of the county. The east wing of the house was composed of the original log cabin erected on the site, although the roughly hewn timbers were weatherboarded so that its antiquity was not discernible at a glance. That part was more than a century and a half old, tradition recording that in its spacious chimney, leading upward from an open fire-place, an Indian was shot and killed by Aunt Betty Reed, who was alone in the house, guarding it from the depredations of the natives.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 733.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 158, 733.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 734.