OBIT: James THOMPSON, 1880, Birmingham, Huntingdon County, PA

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AN AGED MAN GONE.
James Thompson, of Birmingham, Dies at the Age of 93 Years.

  James Thompson, of Birmingham, an aged and respected citizen, 
breathed his last on Friday at his home after a short illness.  When at 
the age of 17 years Mr. Thompson moved from Philadelphia to his late 
home and has been a resident of the vicinity ever since.  He was well 
on in life when the Pennsylvania railroad came through the country, and 
at the time trains first began to run was appointed express messenger 
and agent.  The first position he held up to the time of his death and 
the latter until about two years since, when the work was put into 
younger hands.  For thirty-five years, through all the vicissitudes of 
political changes, Mr. Thompson, who was a staunch Republican, dealt 
out the letters to the people of the vicinity; and this position he 
also held until death ended his term.  Forty years since he was elected 
to the position of Justice of the Peace and re-elected every term since 
that time.  The deceased has lived to see his great grandchildren grow 
to be men and women and his descendants are legion.  They occupy 
positions of honor and prominence all over Huntingdon and Blair 
counties.  The venerable man was never sick until the day before his 
death, when he was stricken with paralysis while at work in the barn.  
His old age was a green and happy one, unattended with the failing 
health and mind so incidental to it, but strong, healthy and vigorous.  
When the last fatal stroke came it was so sharp and sudden that he 
never realized it.  The funeral will take place this morning and will 
doubtless be an immensely large one, as Mr. Thompson was known all over 
the country round.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, November 29, 1880

1850 Birmingham, Huntingdon County census -
James Thompson, 58, postmaster, b. N.J. 
Sarah Thompson, 57 
John Thompson, 21 
Elizabeth Thompson, 20 
James E Thompson, 19 
H. C. Detrich, 6

1860 Birmingham, Huntingdon County census -
James Thompson, 69 
Sarah Thompson, 66 
Elizabeth Cameron, 33 
Sarah Cameron, 2

1870 Birmingham, Huntingdon County census -
John R. Thompson, 42 
Amelia Thompson, 31 
Hannah M. Thompson, 11 
Emma L. Thompson, 8 
Sarah L. Thompson, 2 
James Thompson, 79

1880 Birmingham, Huntingdon County census -
John R. Thompson, 57 
Amelia Thompson, 40 
Hannah M. Thompson, 19 
Erma L. Thompson, 16 
Louella Thompson, 12 
Grier Thompson, 10 
Grace C. Thompson, 2 
James Thompson, 89, retired postmaster 
Samuel Isenberg 26