BIOGRAPHIES - THOMPSON, James H., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: James H. THOMPSON _________________________________________ Birth: November 22, 1822, Nicholas County, Kentucky Father: Henry THOMPSON Jr. (1782-1852) Mother: Mary WILSON (1790-1860) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Marilda CHEATHAM Birth: January 13, 1846 Father: Forman CHEATHAM Mother: Louisa BRADSHAW Marriage: February 11, 1862 Children: Brownie (1864-); Robert (1871-); Jimmie (1875-); Elmo (1881-) JAMES H. THOMPSON,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; was born in Nicholas County, Nov. 21, 1822, about three and a half miles from Millersburg, where he now resides, to Henry and Mary (Wilson) Thompson; she born in Lexington about 1790, to James Wilson and a Miss Clark, who were very early settlers at that place; Henry Thompson, Jr., was born in the Sherman Valley, Pa.,near Carlisle, in May, 1782, died in February, 1852; he was brought by his parents, Henry and Mary (McClintock) Thompson, to the farm now owned in part by the subject of this sketch. Henry Thompson, Sr., was one of the party of eighteen who settled in the vicinity of Millersburg in 1778, his tract of 1200 acres lying in the edge of Nicholas County. He it seems remained upon his land the principal part of the time after making the first settlement, in a rude cabin in the howling wilderness, being the only settler between Maysville and Lexington, and during the most troublesome time with the Indians, and the great massacre at the Blue Licks. In 1783 he brought his family and remained upon the old homestead until his death. During his lonely life the Indians several times drove him off his land, and drove away his stock, and after bringing his family, his noble wife would stand guard while he plowed their little path of corn, and did other necessary work. They had five children, three of whom are living: Daniel, Robert and James H., who are the only members of the third generation in this part of the country. John, the oldest son, died in 1860, leaving children in Nicholas County; Mary married a Mr. McClintock, and died in 1859, leaving two daughters; James H. received his education upon the farm, and in the limited district school of his boyhood days and remained with his parents until their death, which occurred on the same day of the month, Feb. 15, he in 1852, she, in 1860. He remained unmarried until Feb. 11, 1862, when he was married to Miss Marilda Cheatham; born Jan. 13, 1846, to Forman and Louisa (Bradshaw) Cheatham, residents of Montgomery County, near Mount Sterling. By this marriage there have been seven children, three, of whom died in early childhood. Those living are: Brownie, born March 24, 1864; Robert, May 12, 1871; Jimmie, Aug. 29, 1875; and Elmo, May 2, 1881. Mr. Thompson is a highly respected farmer and member of the democratic party. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 518 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.