Hardin-Wyandot County OhArchives Biographies.....Thompson, David 1834 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com May 5, 2006, 2:51 am Author: Warner & Beers (1883) DAVID THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, February 14, 1834. He is a son of David and Mary (Anderson) Thompson, natives of Halifax, Va. Our subject was brought up to the occupation of a farmer, and has followed it through life. He is the owner of a farm of forty-four acres in this county, Range 12, Section 10, Township 4, and of 160 acres joining Wyandot County, Range 12, Section 10, Township 1. On August 16, 1852, he was united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Henry and Sallie (Stout) Schriver, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Thompson was born in August, 1833, and died May 25, 1882, leaving five children living out of a family of nine, viz., Elinor, born April 19, 1854, died at the age of four months; John F., born January 1, 1856; Anna M., born January 2, 1858; Albert R., born April, 1860, died January 1864; Henry W., born January, 1863; Lewis M., born May 2, 1865; Elnora A., born September 9, 1867, died May 9, 1880; David M., born September 5, 1870, died 1880, and Jennie M., born November 30, 1872. Our subject enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, under Capt. Chamberlain, and was discharged at Cumberland January 21, 1865, having served four years and four months. He was a member of the Invalid Corps, No. 466. Mr. Thompson is a man of ability, and is one of the enterprising farmers of Goshen Township. Additional Comments: Goshen Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/thompson219gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb