FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth
        
Surname:  THOMPSON
Source:   History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4, by
          Rev. Henry H. Saunderson, pub.1876
p.579
Hannah Thompson b. l782 m. l799 Ebenezer Tidd b. at 
Woburn, MA l764.  Their children:
1.  Hannah Thompson Tidd b.l808 m. l826 A. J. Blood
    Res: Michigan
2.  Harriet Tidd b. l8l0 m. l83l Stephen Kittredge.
    He d. l839 and she m. (2) Edway Bellows of Charles-
    town, NH removed to Michigan.
3.  Ebenezer Hiram Tidd b. l8l7 m. l839 Helen Dunsmoor
    b. l8l8. Two children listed p.580
p.580
Stephen Thompson son of Loring and Elizabeth (Hall)
Thompson of Cornish, NH.  Stephen Thompson b. Oct 26,
l795 m. l8l6 Sally L. Allen dau of John Allen and wife,
Sally (Langford) Allen of Cornish.  Sally b. Sep l, l799.
She d. l836.  Their children:
l.   Arlen Thompson b. Oct 26, l8l7 m. Louise Bancroft
     Res: Windsor.
l.  Charles Thompson
        2.  George Thompson
3.  Henry Thompson
4.  John Thompson
5.  Etta Thompson
2.   Marshall Thompson b. April 27, l820 m. Katie Bemis
     of Keene, NH Res: Lowell.
l. Josie Thompson
        2. Annie Thompson
3.   Eliza J. Thompson b. Feb 22, l822 m. (l) Hiram 
     Read.  She m. (2) Daniel Raymond Res: Chelmsford,
     MA
4.   Lafayette F. Thompson b. May l7, l824 m. Elsie
     Clay of Claremont, NH  He d. May 20, l864.  Their
     children:
l. Arthur Thompson
        2. Ella Thompson
5.   Lovina P. Thompson b. May l0, l826 d. June 27, l839

Mr. Thompson m. (2) July l,l838 Betsy Mitchell of Clare-
mont NH d. Jan 30 l842 and he m. (3) l843 Hannah C.
Orcutt dau of John S. Orcutt and wife, Hannah (Currier)
Orcutt of Acworth, NH.  She b. l8l4.  Their children:
l. Lovina Thompson b.l846 d. l857.
Stephen H. Thompson came to Charlestown, NH from Reading
VT in l856.

p.580
William Thompson b. Jan 26, l793 d. Sept 30, l869 m.
March 5, l8l6, Mary Burrows b. June l8, l796 d. Nov 25, l855
They had nine children: Elizabeth B., Abby L., William
Jr., Frances Mary, Henry, Charles, Margarette Swift 
Thompson, Edward, John D.  William died at San Francisco
June 4, l873.

p.580
Edward Thompson (fourth son of William Thompson and wife
Mary Burrows Thompson.  Edward Thompson was born at
Somerset Place in Boston Sep 30, l833 and removed to
Charlestown, NH inl852 and m. Jan 27, l857 Elizabeth
Augusta Putnam, dau of Elisha Putnam and wife, Nancy
(Melville) Putnam b. at Charlestown, Mar l9, l833. Their
children:
1.   Mary E. Thompson b. Oct 3l, l857
2.   Henry Melville Thompson b.Nov l9, l86l
3.   Edward Thompson Jr. b. July 20, l868
4.   Frederick Putnam Thompson b. July l7, l872
Edward Thompson was superintendent of the Sullivan
Railroad.  He resided at Charlestown, NH in a fine house
that he built towards the lower end of Main St.  He did
much to improve the appearance of the village.

p.58l
Otis Thompson m. l853 Eliza Corbin dau of John Corbin
and wife, Caroline Corbin.  She b. l837.  Otis Thompson
fell in the battle of Gettysburg.  Their children
l.  Nelson Thompson b.l857
2.  Edward Thompson b. l859
3.  Henry Sumter Thompson b. l862.

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