Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Thompson, Benjamin November 5, 1885
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Bellevue Leader, Nov. 12, 1885
Bellevue Leader, November 12, 1885, reprinted in the Jackson Sentinel, 
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, November 18, 1885.

DIED-

Benjamin Thompson, the oldest settler in Richland township, died last 
Thursday, November 5, in the 78th year of his age. The deceased was born in 
England in 1807; emigrated to Canada in 1836. In 1837 he settled in Jackson 
County and has resided here ever since. In 1849 Mr. Thompson was married to 
Ann E. Duff. Four sons and seven daughters, or eleven in all, blessed the 
union. Mr. Thompson at the time of his death, was the oldest settler in 
Richland township. He was a straight forward, plain-spoken, honorable man, a 
kind parent, and a most obliging neighbor, greatly esteemed by all who knew 
him. His funeral took place last Saturday and was attended by all his 
neighbors, the Rev. Mr. Cook, of this city, conducted the funeral services.


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