Newton Co., IN Biography


Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   YOUNG THOMPSON, son of Jabez and Rebecca Thompson, was born
May 4, 1828, in Ohio.  Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Warren 
County, Indiana; he attended school in the log schoolhouse of the olden
time, and farmed at intervals.
   After the death of his parents, he continued farming until in later
years he was in company with his brother Abel, in the saw mill on 
Pine Creek, in Warren County.
   On July 28, 1849, he married Catherine Magee, daughter of Josiah B.
and Sarah (Morrison) Magee, formerly of Butler County, Ohio.  Four 
children are the fruit of this marriage--Rachel A., George W.,
Josiah R. and Sarah E.
   In 1852, he bought a farm in Section 3, Washington Township, Newton
County, where he commenced in earnest the life of a farmer.  At the 
breaking out of the war, he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-ninth
Indiana Infantry Volunteers. After one year's hard service, he was 
taken sick and sent to the military hospital at St. Louis, Missouri,
where he soon after died, and his remains are now resting in the 
National Cemetery near St. Louis.  He left his family well provided 
for.  Since 1848, he had been a member of the Untied Brethren Church.
His widow is still residing on the old farm with her son, Josiah R., 
who, on October 5, 1882, married Fannie Gerrard, daughter of Henry H.
and Euphania (Doty) Gerrard, early settlers of Warren County.


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