OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 60 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 60 Today's Topics: #1 THOMPSON, NICHOLS, SEE (Ross Co.) [Herma R Armstrong ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:13:12 -0400 From: Herma R Armstrong To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20010412.111336.-232629.1.hrarmstrong@juno.com> Subject: THOMPSON, NICHOLS, SEE (Ross Co.) Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Posted on: Des Moines Co. Ia Biographies Surname: Thompson, See, Nichols, Miller, Russell,Hanks,Lincoln ------------------------- Source:History of Des Moines County,Iowa 1915, pages 322-325 Frank E. Thompson Frank E. Thompson, engaged in the general practice of law in Burlington, has since the outset of his professional career applied himself with such diligence and determination to the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence and to the conduct of his case that he is now recognized as an able, skilled and successful advocate and counsellor Mr. Thompson was born in Grandview, Louisa County, Iowa, December 13,1873, a son of John W. and Mary(See)Thompson. The family was established in New England at an early period in the colonization of America. The great-grandparents in the Thompson line settled in Ohio about the beginning of the nineteenth century and there John Thompson, the grandfather, was born in Ross County, in 1810. In 1839, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Iowa, the family home being established near Grandview, in Louisa County, at a period when the work of development and progress were in its primitive stages. The territory had been organized only the year previously and there were no railroads connecting Iowa with other sections of the country. The Thompson family, however, did not have to endure some of the hardships of the early settlers, for they had wealth with which to secure comforts and purchased large tracts of land. John Thompson began raising stock in this state and also did contract work. He married a Miss Nichols and to them were born four children. Following the death of his first wife he wedded Sarah Nichols, also a native of Ross County, Ohio, and their children were five in number. John Thompson, continued an honored resident of this state for forty-seven years, passing away in 1886, while his wife died in 1880, when about fifty-five years of age. Their son, John W. Thompson, made farming and stockraising his life work. He was born and reared in Iowa and became familiar with every phase of the state's development and progress. He continued his residence in Louisa County until the early '70s and then for almost thirty years lived in Henry County. In 1900 he took up his abode in Sedalia, Missouri, where he became the owner of large landed holdings and thereon engaged extensively in dealing in horses, mules and cattle. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary See, a daughter of Rev. Michael See, and a representative of one of the old colonial families of Virginia. Her father came to the west in 1838, settling in Burlington with his parents, who entered land from the government in what is now known as the Miller settlement of Des Moines County. Of the ancestry of Frank E. Thompson in the maternal line the following has been written by a contemporary biographer: "Michael See was a man of powerful and vigorous constitution. He became a circuit rider of the Methodist church, and from the age of twenty-one years devoted his life entirely to the work of the ministry. He was a very successful preacher, being gifted with eloquence and with that quality which for want of a better term we have called personal magnetism. He was logical in argument, persaudive and earnest, and his labors led to the substantial upbuilding of the church. He was an intimate friend of H. Clay Dean and Rev. Frank Evans, and was one of the notable figures in the early history of Iowa. He was twiced married, his first wife being a Miss Miller, whose mother belonged to the Hanks family and was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln. He departed this life in 1899, full of years and honors, having passed the eighty-second milestone of life's journey. He had never been ill until just prior to his death, and he continued in the active work of the ministry almost to the last." At the usual age Frank E. Thompson began his education in the district schools and when thirteen had mastered the preliminary branches to a sufficuent degree to enable him to take up high-school work in Columbus City, Iowa. He was afterward a student in the high school at Muscatine and pursued a course in a business college there. He nest entered Iowa State University for a classical training and eventually entered upon the study of law in that institution, completing his law course with the class of 1896. Mr. Thompson began his practice in Burlington, where he has since remained. As the years have gone on his practice has become extensive and of important character. He is constantly inspired by an innate love of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor. His fidelity to the interests of his clients is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His diligence and energy in the preparation of his cases as well as the earnestness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right challenges the highest admiration of his associates, and he invariably seeks to present his argument in the strong, clear light of common reason and sound logical principles. He hadpracticed at the bar of Burlington for about eight years, when, in 1904, the Republican party made him nominee for the office of county attorney and such was his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him that he led the county ticket, receiving a majority of none hundred notwithstanding his opponent was reguarded as one of the strongest members of the county bar. He filled the position most acceptably for two yeats, and in 1906, resumed the private practice of law, in which he has since engaged. When age conferred upon him the right of franchise, Mr. Thompson strongly indorsed republican principles, believing in the value of the party platform as an element in good government. He was the Republican nominee for representative in the state legislature in 1901 and though he ran ahead of his ticket met defeat with the other Republican candidates. He has always kept abreast of the political situation of the country and his knowledge of the questions and issues of the day is by no means superficial but delves to the root of the matter. In 1902, he was made chairman of the Republican County Central Committee and in different campaigns has delivered many public addresses in Des Moines and adjoining counties in support of party principles. In 1914, he was elected state senator from the nonth senatorial district of Iowa. Mr. Thompson was married in 1894, to Miss Lillian Russell, a daughter of John J. Russell, a retired merchant of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Their friends in Burlington and through this section of the state are many and Mr. Thompson is recognized as a valued member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Modern Woodsmen of America. He is a representative of some of the old pioneer families of the state and is the fourth generation here residing. The work instituted by his great-grandfather for the upbuilding and development of the territory was continued by his grandfather and father, and the same spirit finds expression in the public activities of Frank E. Thompson, who while meeting the strenuous demands of a growing law practice, has always found time to perform every public duty in relation to his citizenship in his native state. ______________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" Subject: Contested will:Elijah Kimble, 1852, Adams County Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:30:16 -0000 The following legal notice is from the Wednesday, July 7, 1852 “Adams County Democrat” of West Union, Ohio (spelling is as found in the notice): “Ohio, Adams Common Pleas Robert B. Stout, et al. vs. Elajah Kimble, jr., et al } In chancery. Be it remembered that on the 16th day of June, A.D. 1852, Robert B. Stout and Susan, his wife, late Susan Kimble, Alexander Little, and Naomi, his wife, late Naomi Kimble, of Adams County, Ohio, filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Adams county aforesaid, their certain petition in writing, setting forth and stating in substance: --- That one Elijah Kimble, senr., late of said county and state, the father of said Susan Stout and Naomi Little on or about the 13th day of April A.D. 1852, at the county aforesaid, attempted to make and execute an instrument of writing purporting to be his last will and testament, and afterwards, on the day of April A.D. 1852, departed this life, leaving the following persons, besides said petitioners, his heirs and legal representatives, to wit: Jane Kimble, his widow, Elijah Kimble, jun., Samuel Kimble, Drusilla Little, intermarried with Samuel Little, Salley Kimble, all of Adams county, Ohio, Ellen Hale, late Ellen Kimble, intermarried with Thomas Hale, of the state of Missouri, and the heirs of Polly Reece, late Polly Kimble, now deceased, and the heirs of Rebecca Gilman, late Rebecca Kimble, now deceased, of the state of Indiana, whose names are unknown, all of whom are prayed to be made defendants to said bill. Said petitioners further represent that on the 21st day of April A.D. 1852, said pretended will was admitted to record in the probate court of Adams county aforesaid; by which said writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said Elijah Kimble, senr., he professes to bequeath nearly the whole of his real estate to Elijah Kimble, junr., leaving only his personal property, of small value, to be equally divided among all his children or their heirs, all of which will more fully appear by reference to said pretended will, which it is prayed may be taken as a part of said bill. Petitioners further represent and charge, that said paper writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Elijah Kimble, dec’d., is not the valid and true last will and testament of the said deceased, but is invalid, null and void, because the said Elijah Kimble, at the time of executing the said writing purporting to be his last will and testament, was not of sound mind and memory, but, on the contrary, was very aged and in his dotage, and so weak and feeble in mind and memory, and on account of his insanity and imbecility wholly incapable of making any proper distribution of his estate. Petitioners further represent that said Elijah Kimble, jr., the principal legatee, in said pretended will, used and exercised many undue arts and practices to induce said Elijah Kimble, senr., to execute said instrument of writing, and the said Elijah Kimble, senr., in executing the same, was under undue and improper influences from the said Elijah Kimble, junr. Petitioners further represent that said Elijah Kimble, junr., in and by said paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Elijah Kimble, senr., claims title to nearly the whole of the real estate of the said Elijah Kimble, senr., of great value, and acts as sole executor of said pretended will, and that Henry Kimble and Mary Brownfield, of Adams county, Ohio, are legatees in said supposed will, and are therefore prayed to be made defendants. Complainants therefore pray process of subpoena against all the resident defendants aforesaid, and notice by publication against all the non-resident defendants aforesaid according to the statute in such case made and provided, and that said defendants answer make to all and singular the matters and things aforesaid, and that an issue at law be made up on said pretended will, and if said issue be found against said pretended will, that then by a decree of the court said pretended will be declared null and void, and the estate of the said Kimble may be divided among children and their representatives , according to law, and for other and for other and general relief. Cockerill & McCauslin, Sol’rs for complainants. June 23, 1852. 35-7w. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:39:33 +0200 From: "Bakers" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <016701c0c3fd$a5ab8f00$1402bfc3@iu5k3> Subject: Putnam County Sentinel, Ottawa, Ohio, March 17, 1866 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Died. March 14th, at Perrysburgh of consumption, A. Graham, only son of G. A. and Lucy M. Shannon, aged three years, three months and thirteen days. Fall into the River. Dora, the youngest daughter of Dr. Pomeroy, of this place, while crossing the railroad bridge, by some accident fell through, striking a steep bank and sliding into the river. The river being high, she would probably have drowned had it not been for the young gentleman accompanying her. If anyone would like a scan, let me know. Kathy Baker, Rome -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V01 Issue #60 ******************************************