Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Thompson, Robert M., Dec 1919

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Taken from McDonald Pa Outlook 11 Dec 1919

Mr. Robert Marion THOMPSON passed away at 9:25 o'clock on Monday morning, 
Dec. 8, 1919, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. WASHABAUGH, Center 
avenue, Oakdale, after a long suffering illness of many weeks, although not 
confined to his bed until the past week. Mr. THOMPSON was in his 79th year, 
born February 24, 1941 at Portsmouth, Ohio and was a Civil war veteran. On 
June 24, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 91 Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf. and was made 
corporal and served until the close of the war when he received his 
honorable discharge June 24, 1865, then being a sergeant.
 
Mr. THOMPSON was a rig builder all his life and a man of fine 
qualities, never indulging in anything that would be abusive to the body; a 
man with a quiet disposition yet a beautiful character. In March 1913, Mrs. 
THOMPSON died. He leaves to mourn his loss, two daughters, Mrs. George 
WASHABAUGH of Oakdale and Mrs. John GROVES of Cleveland; and two sons, R. 
M., Jr., of Cleveland and F. C. of Louisiana; also eleven grandchildren and 
two sisters, Mrs. Margaret WALLS/WELLS? and Mrs. Annabell CARTER of Sedan, 
Ohio.
 
The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, conducted 
by the Rev. W. D. _____. Interment was in the Oakdale cemetery.