Bios: More Thompson Notes, Claiborne Parish, LA. Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Charles W. Barnum, 1068 Pinewood Dr., Sparks NV 89434 Date: Jan. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** THOMPSON NOTES Today 30 September 1996, I talked to Jim Thompson, who is the son of James(Jim) Jerome Thompson. He is 76 years old and lives in Orland, California. James was the son of our great grandfather Edward Young Hill Thompson. He has been on his own from a young age and does not remember a lot of THOMPSON history. He did tell me several things. He said the THOMPSON men and women were large people. His uncle Seab(Seaborn Jones Thompson)was the smallest of the boys at only 5'10". Most of the boys weighted over 200 pounds. The ladies were also generous in proportion. He said he saw Seab several times in his youth. Seab and his brother Nuge were quiet men and never spoke about personal things. It wasn't polite to discuss certain things in those days. After Seab moved to New Mexico one of his sons went to old Mexico and got in trouble with the Mexican Police and was put in prison. They tried to get him out, but the Mexicans would not listen to Seab. Jim could not remember the name of the son who was in prison in Mexico .Cousin Michael told me the same story as did Aunt Mary Louise Thompson about a son of Seab's being in a Mexican prison. I assume this story is true, but I believe that the son got out of the Mexican prison unless it was Edward Thompson who I can not find in the death records.--(Edward Thompson is a common name and it may be my failing why I can't find him.) I believe spending about $500 would confirm whether Edward died in California, but I do not have research funds at this time. Jim further confirmed that Edward senior was a officer in the Confederate Army. He said Edward had a brother who also served. That was Charles. I have found new & fascinating information on Charles W. Thompson. I always believed he married three times. I now have the names of his three wives and all of his children. I am unsure at this time how far I will trace the ancestry and descendants of his wives. I wish to devote some time to John, brother of Charles who I speculate died in Carroll County Mississippi. I looked further into the history of Charles's first wife. I can now say with 100% confidence that his wife was a PARKER not a BUGG. In 1870 a Charles Bugg(aged five) was in their home but was listed separately by the census enumerator. I proposed that she, Sarah A.____?___ was a BUGG based on that child's last name. I now believe that child was either a relative or an orphan. Charles Bugg vanished in 1880, therefore, I say he was not directly related to Sarah's family. This is supported by the obituary of Charles. His first wife was in fact Sarah Angie Parker. Her parents lived in Wood County Texas after the Civil War. Wood County is also where Edward and Charles lived after the war. I will provide you each with updated charts in time, perhaps in a month. Sarah was dearly loved by all of the family and Edward named a child "Angie" after Sarah Angie. As for Edward's first wife, our great grandmother, she was in fact a WARREN not a SMITH. This is 100% certain in my mind. I had for several years believed that Edward married Mattie Smith in Texarkana, Arkansas. I now believe he married Martha A. Warren in Wood County, Quitman, Texas in 1874. The marriage of Edward to another 'Mattie' was a coincidence of names, dates, and places. It always bothered me how Edward could go from Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas to Texarkana, marry and return so quickly, or even why he would do such a thing. Lesson # 1: Just because the data fits, that don't make it correct! I did, this week, find Martha A. Warren living near Edward and Charles in 1870 in Winnsboro Texas. She went by "Martha A." not Mattie, and that is the name she was enumerated by in 1880 in Coleman County. In 1870, she was the right age, at the right place, at the right time. This is supported by other recently obtained documents, i.e. that she was a WARREN. An extremely small possibility exists that she married a SMITH before marrying Edward, but I do not believe it. I have submitted to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City all of my wife's ancestors and all of my ancestors to the International Genealogical Index except our THOMPSON line. God told me not to submit the THOMPSON line on the day I went to the center. I know he wanted me to search further. I now have better records to submit. I'll have to amend the Ancestral File, but I have always known new findings would require corrections to that file. The International Genealogical Index, on the other hand, can not be changed, not ever, not for any reason. I hope I always listen to God. He has never lead me away from the proper path. Jim further told me that Grandfather Edward Thompson went by Ned. Ned is the name found on the birth certificate of James Jerome. Jim said they called his Grandfather Thompson "The Colonel", because he looked like a Kentucky military Colonel. He stated that a big impressive picture of him hangs on a wall in Coleman, Texas, but he can not remember in which building. Our step-grandmother, Mary Ett Koone Graham Thompson, was said to have lived off Edward's (widow) pension check during the hard times in the 1920's and 1930's. Mary Thompson sent me several photos. When I get caught up on genealogy, I will copy said photos and disperse copies to you who request them. However, I will not be doing any photo reproductions in October. Cousin Michael said he heard an old family story that one of Seab's boys worked in a lumber mill near Alamogordo. He said he witnessed a co-worker get cut in half by a big saw. After that, he left Alamogordo and had emotional problems. Mother Florice said her brother Monte(or Monta) worked in the Saw Mill. He left Alamogordo after 1930 and she never saw him again. Mary Thompson said her grandfather Edward's house burned down in Glen Cove. Neighbors helped him rebuild his house, as he was well know in the area having lived there since 1878. He helped build the first church in Glen Cove and was an active church member. I had problems tracing James Jerome Thompson. One reason was: He married five times and divorced four times--to four women! He lived in Williamson County for several years. Frank H. Thompson lived in Williamson County, as well as Mattie Earnest THOMPSON Fenton. Seaborn Jones Thompson lived in Georgetown for a short period when Frank was caring for him. The home of James Jerome Thompson also burned, and he lost everything just as his father had lost everything. I now own a photo of Mattie Earnest(or Ernest) THOMPSON Fenton thanks to a distant FENTON relative now living in Coleman. Mattie was active in the community and in the church. Great Uncle Henry Grady Thompson lived in Ashdown Arkansas for many years. He was the County sheriff. I could not find a death certificate or date of death for him, because the people in Arkansas may be the laziest people on earth in helping with genealogy. I do have two possible death dates for Henry G. Thompson in Texas, but the researcher I hired did not provide me with the birth dates for the two persons. Therefore, the information is lacking for genealogical purposes, because I have no way to connect them to our Henry using the known date of birth of our Henry. I will have to order the microfilm myself which sometimes takes three weeks or longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 October 1996 Last night my Lord whispered to me. He would not let me rest. I got up at 2:30 a.m. and rustled around. I heard Newton or Nugent from the shadows. I wondered if he was telling me to look for John Nugent Thompson, son of Seaborn #1. I turned on my computer and ran a program for the 1860 census index for Mississippi and Louisiana. Too many John Thompsons came on the screen for me to comprehend. I input Seaborn Thompson as I had done a hundred times before. I found nothing, but Newton kept ringing in my ears. I finally selected all Thompson names from Mississippi and went down the long list one by one. I found a Sebron Thompson. This could not possibly be Seaborn, I thought. I checked the county and it was Newton County Mississippi, town of Hickory. I have checked a thousand dead-ends looking for Seaborn Thompson after 1850 over the last four years. I dismissed this name as being too far removed from Seaborn. Tonight before the Family History Center closed I drove there and opened the microfilm file. The Newton County 1860 film was on inventory. I ordered it last year on long term hold. I put it on the reader and came to Sebron Thompson on page 714, line 153. It was a very poor film, but I could make out the entry using a yellow screen: Sebron Thompson age 55, male, white, Railroad contractor, born in Georgia, $10,000 land, $39,980 personal assets. Living in his house was Charles Thompson age 16, male, white, born in Georgia, & Edward Thompson age 14, male, white, born in Georgia. No other persons lived with him. It was our Seaborn Jones Thompson #1 living in Newton County Mississippi. Jane Briden Moreland was not in the home. She must have died before 1860. We knew she died before 1880 in Mississippi. Now we know she died before 1860. The other children were married and gone. Just Charles and our great grandfather Edward remained, still young of age. Seaborn was wealthy, very wealthy for 1860 with $50,000 at his finger tips. That census told much about our family, but it suddenly hit me that I had violated my rule to always think like they did in 1860 to help me search. The spelling of Sebron was understood once I looked at it from the enumerator's point of view. He was a gentlemen of the deep South. How would he have pronounced Seaborn? He would have said and written into the census 'Se-- bron' or 'Seb--ruhn' not 'Sea--born'. Why didn't I see that four years ago? They answer is: "God will only reveal his secrets when He is ready, not when we are wanting. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5 October 1996 Three obituaries finally arrived from Georgetown, Texas. I wrote editor pleading for help before I received them. I generally don't send copies of obituaries to you, but these were a long time coming and I wanted to share them. --------------------------- The Williamson County Sun Friday 17 August 1928--FRONT PAGE NEWS After four years of intense suffering all of which was borne with fidelity which had marked his every effort in life, H. Frank Thompson, businessman of Georgetown for more than twenty years, friend and worthy citizen, passed from life here to life everlasting at six-thirty o'clock Monday morning at the Martin Hospital where he had been confined for several weeks. Funeral services were conduced Tuesday morning at ten o'clock at the Church of Christ of which deceased was a member for many years, the services being in charge of his friend, Elder W. F. Ledlow of Austin. Details of the funeral were in charge of the Davis Undertaking Company, and the following brother-in-laws of deceased acted as pall-bearers: O.M. Beaver, A.A. Hufstutler, A.W. Sherman, John Shaw, C.E. Harris. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery and the obsequies were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The floral offering was profuse and beautiful, bespeaking the esteem in which the deceased was held by the large circle of friends who had known and admired him for his true worth in life. H. Frank Thompson was born July 4, 1876 in Wood County, Texas. At the age of two years he moved with his parents to Coleman, Texas, where he grew to manhood. In 1900 he moved to Georgetown and became identified with the Troy Laundry, later buying the plant and enlarging it, making of the system a model laundry plant in the Southern Laundrymen's Association. He was married November 10, 1901 to Miss Sallie Shaw, daughter of Captain and Mrs. W.C. Shaw and to him she has been a loyal companion and devoted wife. During her long vigil at his bedside following his sudden and severe illness which followed a stoke while at work in his plant in July 1924, she has never wavered nor grown weary, and her sacrifice of love has been beautiful and complete. Frank Thompson, as he was familiarly know to his multitude of friends, was devoted to his business, he spared neither pains nor labor in building here an institution of which he and his town could justly feel proud and he was stricken just at the completion of a splendid new modern building and its equipment with the most approved machinery known to the trade. As an indication of his skill in building today after four years of illness, the plant is among the most modern is the state and a monument to his enterprise and determination. As a citizen he was equally industrious. No movement was ever launched for the improvement and betterment of his town that he did not lend his enthusiastic support and financial assistance. The schools, the churches, the hospitals, the widow, the orphan, the charities, none of those ever make an appeal that he did not respond liberally. He believed in a broad and liberal consideration of all questions and no small or narrow endeavor ever appealed to him. When he was stricken with the illness from which he died, and from which he was a great sufferer, Georgetown lost from her active citizenship one of her best men, and in his death his family and friends feel the loss of a true and trusted loved one and companion. God never gave one a better friend, he never created a more devoted husband or friend. Besides his wife, Mr. Thompson is survived by his mother, Mrs. E.Y. Thompson of Coleman; an adopted daughter, Norah Frank Thompson; and the following brothers and sisters: S.J. Thompson, Arizona; J.J. Thompson of Austin; Mrs. O.M Beaver of Florence; H.G. Thompson of Ashdownn, Arkansas: J.N. Thompson of Coleman; and Mrs. Earnie Fenton of Coleman. Honorary Pallbearers: Claud Lunsford, Dr. Bendley, Temple, Eldridge Hodges, Sam V. Stone, Joe Corwin, Austin, Dr. Walter Marlin, Dr. John Martin, Mr. J.N. Keller, R.J. Stone, W.H. Davis, C.S. Bedford, J.E Cooper, W. Box, R.E. Ward, S.J. Enochs, John M. Sharpe, Dan Everidge, Granger, W.P. Hoffman, J.W. Robertson, Chas. Shell, Arther Eanes, D.H. Davis, Dr. W.H. Moses, Dr. W. M. Schultz, Dr. E.M. Thomas, D.E. Davis, Wm. Dunks, A.M. Sillure, E.H. Eanes, Fay Sherman, Jack Fokes, Del Rio, lark, Abilene,Chas. Clark, Abelene, Caleb Simmons, Sweetwater, L.F. Gieschke, Houstohn, W.F. Taylor, Coleman, E.S. Brotherton, Dallas, E.P. Lewis, San Antonio. ----------------- I have discovered that little distinction was made by the children of Edward and their mother versus their step-mother. That is the reason, I believe, Martha Warren was often called Etta Warren, because of Mary Graham's middle name Ett, i.e. Etta. Martha died at an early age and the children only remembered their step-mother. Also, take notice that Frank H. Thompson was a very successful businessman, and wealthy, but he signed his name with an X. Frank was an important community leader in Georgetown judging from his Pallbearers which included five doctors and his obituary appeared on the front page. Of course, several errors are in this obituary, as there always are. I'll leave you the joy of finding them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Williamson County Sun Thursday 11 July 1963 Page two Oscar Marion Beaver, 87, of Route 1, Florence, formerly of Georgetown, died in a local hospital Thursday evening, July 4, at 8 O'clock after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Florence Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Bill McChell?, pastor of Crest View Baptist Church of Georgetown, and the Rev. David Shattew? pastor of the Florence Church. (Paragraph unreadable) (Paragraph unreadable) Burial was in the Florence Cemetery, under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown. Mr. Beaver, son of the late pioneer, Martin Beaver and Zena Queen Beaver was born at Weir, Williamson County, Texas on February 19 1876. He became a Christian early in life and joined the Baptist Church. When Mr. Beaver was a child, his parents moved to Virginia. They returned to Texas in February when Mr. Beaver was five years of age, and he came to Georgetown at the age of six. Mr. Beaver was married to Miss Lizzie Finnie? in 1885, and they moved away in 1913. She passed away in 1913. In 1913, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Leo Futrell, whose death occurred in February 1950. In December of 1950 Mr. Beaver was married Mrs. J. S. Hays, who preceded him in death September, 1962. Mr. Beaver engaged in farming and ranching at Florence for many years. He was a man of fine Christian character. A devout member of the First Baptist Church at Georgetown, he was always faithful in his attendance at Sunday School and Church as long as his health permitted. Mr. Beaver was revered by all who knew him for his kind and friendly disposition and his strict honesty in all of his numerous dealings. Mr. Beaver was survived by four sons, Lee Beaver of Clovis New Mexico; Jim Beaver of Abelene; E. Y. Beaver of El Paso and Oscar M. Beaver, Jr. of Phoenix Arizona. Also, three daughters, Mrs. Eva Reed of Temple, Mrs. P.C. Mall?, and Mrs. Milton Ryden of Florence, sister Mrs. Laura Futehand? of Big Spring. Also, twenty-one grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren, twenty-three great great grandchildren, five stepsons, R.A. Futrell of Hart, Ed Futrell of Florence, Roderick Hays of San Antanio, Mark Hays of Dallas and Ray Hays of ?. Also, four stepdaughters, Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Abilene, Mrs. Marvin Lester of Georgetown, Mrs. Mattie Spence of Temple, a great number of nieces, and other relatives and a host of long time friends. ------------------------- The above was difficult to read. I suggest all BEAVER researchers obtain the original paper for their work. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Williamson County Sun Tuesday 21 February 1950 FRONT PAGE Death came to Mrs. Oscar M. Beaver Sr. of Florence 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning, February 17, at a Georgetown hospital following an illness of four months. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist in Florence Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. C.R. Simpson, and the Rev. Anbrey F. Russell pastor of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown. Mucic was furnished by the Florence Mothers Chorus, and soloist Edgar Martin Miles of Georgetown. R.C. Farmer, Jr. and Wesdton Futrell, grandsons of Mrs. Beaver led the pallbearers, RosCoe McCann of Georgetown, Oran Gray, A.Y. Love and Louis Messer of Florence. The Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown had charge of final arrangements, and burial was in the Florence Cemetery. The floral offering was beautiful and profuse. Mrs. Beaver, daughter of the late E.Y. Thompson and Etta Warren Thompson was born in Coleman County June 1, 1883, and was reared in Coleman and Dallas. She became a Christian a in early life and joined the Baptist Church. She was united in marriage to Mr. Jim Futrell in 1899 and to this union four children were born. After the death of Mr. Futrell, she married to Mr. O. M. Beaver in 1913. In coleman and moved to Florence in 1915. Three children were born to this union. Beside her husband, O.M. Beaver, survivors include seven children, R.A. Futrell of Hart, O.L. Futrell of Dalhart, Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Cisco, T.E. Futrell of Florence, E.Y. Beaver of El Paso, Mrs. M.G. Ryden of Florence, and O.M. Beaver, Jr. of Florence, four stepchildren, Lee Beaver of Abilene of Clovis, New Mexico, Jim Beaver of Abilene, Mrs. F.C. Hallmark of Florence, and Mrs. John Reed of Florence, twenty grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending he final rites were Mr. Jim Thompson of Austin, Mr. and Mrs J.N. Thompson of Coleman, and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Thompson of Texarkana, brothers and sisters-in-law of Mrs Beaver, Mrs H.F. Fenton and family of Pampa, sister of Mrs. Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Futrell and family of Hart, Mr. and Mrs O.L. Futrell and family of Dalhart, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Farmer and family of Cisco, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Farmer of Clovis, N.M. and friends from surrounding communities. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 October 1996 Those of you whom I promised the book, "Florice Mozelle Thompson Her, Family 1775--1996" should find it included here. If not, please respond. I will make a zerox copy from my book as my file has been accidently deleted from my computer. I must end here as my computer has failed for the fourth time and it will go into the shop again. # # #