Daughter of:
Flem Rose and
Jane (Campbell) Rose
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Article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952:
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THE WILLIAMSBURG STORY
"Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson were married on June 15, 1890"
Vows were said another Sunday 62 years ago.
With slight coaxing the little lady seated on the right of swing moved closer to the big man seated beside her. Settling once again into comfort she remarked, "I could sit here all day and he would never hug me."
The woman's remarks came near the end of their story of their life together. It began 62 years ago, to the day, Sunday, June 15, 1890, for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson, Ninth and Main Streets, Williamsburg.
He was 27 at the time and she was five years his junior. In telling it he remembers it was Sunday and he didn't lose a day of work as check weighman at the Kensee mine. A friend made the trip to Williamsburg for the marriage license. He returned late in the afternoon.
After quitting work, Thompson made a trip to see a preacher by the name of Underwood who was holding a meeting in the community. Mrs. Thompson said as he unraveled the story, "listen to him, there he goes."
Trip to Savoy
The trio made a trip to Savoy and boarded a train for Jellico, where they were married the next day after spending the night in a brother's home. It was the first train ride for Mrs. Thompson. She said, "No, I wasn't scared, I'd seen those big engines before."
Their honeymoon was very short. He returned to his work on Monday and they began housekeeping in the mining camp. Mrs. Thompson put in the statement here, "He was batching and had everything we needed."
The first thing they remember buying was a cow. In September they had secured enough lumber for a shed and shelter for the cow during the winter. It was torn down in the spring and the material used to fence a garden plot, the first in the mining camp.
Moved 27 Times
Since then Mrs. Thompson remembers they have moved 27 times, coming to Williamsburg in 1912. She said "we got here and can't get away." The reason they came was to be near the school and Cumberland College for the benefits of their seven children. Four of them attended Cumberland.
One of the children provided them with a humorous statement they repeat often. It was the first time the children had seen street lights. As night approached and the lights turned on one of them came running to their parents saying, "come see the moon on the post."
Mr. Thompson was born in Scott County, Tennessee near Elk Valley. His parents were Andy Thompson and Mary Duncan Thompson.** His wife was born on what is known as Sand Flat in Kentucky, one mile from Jellico, Tennessee to Flem Rose and Jane Campbell Rose. Her grandfather owned a 500 acre farm there.
He came from a family of three boys and one girl. A half brother, J. D. Allen, is the youngest. He was living in Harlan County when last heard from. There was [were] six boys and three girls in Mrs. Thompson's family. Those still living are Nannie Rose, Slate Cut; Ben Rose, Jellico; Dillard Rose, Woodbine and Mid Rose, Corbin. She was the second oldest of the nine.
One Room School
Both attended the one room school of their day when the blue Back Speller was the primary book. They learned well. He reeled off an eight syl[l]able word, "inco[m]prehensibility" to prove it. She added, "Why, I used to know every word in that book. He's got nothing on me."
Thompson obtained a fourth reader. He purchased an arithmetic with money called "shin plaster," paper bills of 5-10-25-and 50 cent denomination. He earned the money from the sale of g[i]nseng dug from the mountains.
Thompson's active career has been spent as a coal miner. He worked 40 years, beginning in 1886 and ending in 1925. His wage was $2.00 a day when he married. He paid union dues during those 40 years but his working days ended before miners began to receive welfare funds. He will even tell you he has been fired for his "union activities" but Mrs. Thompson says it was "for doing nothing."
Grim Reminder
A scar on his right cheek is a grim reminder of a narrow escape with his life in the mines. It occurred at Pleasant View where he was then foreman in the Andy Brown mine. He and Robert Brown and Bob Miller were preparing to blast a drainage ditch to unstop a flooded tunnel with a swag leading deeper into the earth.
The three were to light dynamite charges placed in the mine floor at three feet intervals. They were forced to leave the scene when Miller's ignited first. The charge went off.
He and Miller returned to light the other two charges. Miller went to Thompson's and he went to Brown's. The charge went off as he bent over to light it. The blast knocked him across the tracks into another room.
Another close escape came in the Jellico explosion of railway car of dynamite. He and a brother-in-law, Tobe Rose, were operating a store. The blast blowed the building from its foundation. Both men escaped with cuts from flying glass.
Wife Plays Role
Mrs. Thompson played her role in these incidents. She nursed him back to health over a month's time in the mine accident. Her red oak bark poultice saved an operation on the fractured cheek bone. She remembers it happened near Easter. Seven dozen eggs were laying on the bed from the morning[']s gathering when he was carried home.
She saw the billowing smoke in the Jellico blast at their house a mile from town. She said she was sick that day and the force knocked her out of bed. She recalls a piece of the box car was blown up on the hillside and cut a tree into [in two].
A mine accident has claim[ed] the life of the Thompson's son. Mrs. Thompson has also had two bothers killed in mining accidents. Only three of their seven children are living. They are Mrs. Herschel M. Sutton, Corbin; Mrs. Richard Kessinger and Fred Thompson, Williamsburg. They have six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Join Church Together
Their church membership is now at the Main Street Baptist Church. They first joined the church, together, 50 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson live by themselves. They are often made glad by a visit from a neighbor and when their children come for a stay.
His sight failed him three years ago, which has kept him confined. But, he is well posted on national an[d] international affairs, more than the average man. He keeps abreast with events by listening to daily news casts. He says he is an independent voter though registered Republican.
Mrs. Thompson has done most of the gardening in their life. She still cares for a half-acre plot at the rear of their home along with her flowers. "That's my life," she said adding, "and that man on the front porch" as I made my departure.
Louis Thompson to her is the finest man who ever lived.
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End of article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952
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**Likely an error by the writer. Lewis/Louis' mother was Nancy Duncan, not Mary.
Flem Rose and
Jane (Campbell) Rose
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Article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952:
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THE WILLIAMSBURG STORY
"Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson were married on June 15, 1890"
Vows were said another Sunday 62 years ago.
With slight coaxing the little lady seated on the right of swing moved closer to the big man seated beside her. Settling once again into comfort she remarked, "I could sit here all day and he would never hug me."
The woman's remarks came near the end of their story of their life together. It began 62 years ago, to the day, Sunday, June 15, 1890, for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson, Ninth and Main Streets, Williamsburg.
He was 27 at the time and she was five years his junior. In telling it he remembers it was Sunday and he didn't lose a day of work as check weighman at the Kensee mine. A friend made the trip to Williamsburg for the marriage license. He returned late in the afternoon.
After quitting work, Thompson made a trip to see a preacher by the name of Underwood who was holding a meeting in the community. Mrs. Thompson said as he unraveled the story, "listen to him, there he goes."
Trip to Savoy
The trio made a trip to Savoy and boarded a train for Jellico, where they were married the next day after spending the night in a brother's home. It was the first train ride for Mrs. Thompson. She said, "No, I wasn't scared, I'd seen those big engines before."
Their honeymoon was very short. He returned to his work on Monday and they began housekeeping in the mining camp. Mrs. Thompson put in the statement here, "He was batching and had everything we needed."
The first thing they remember buying was a cow. In September they had secured enough lumber for a shed and shelter for the cow during the winter. It was torn down in the spring and the material used to fence a garden plot, the first in the mining camp.
Moved 27 Times
Since then Mrs. Thompson remembers they have moved 27 times, coming to Williamsburg in 1912. She said "we got here and can't get away." The reason they came was to be near the school and Cumberland College for the benefits of their seven children. Four of them attended Cumberland.
One of the children provided them with a humorous statement they repeat often. It was the first time the children had seen street lights. As night approached and the lights turned on one of them came running to their parents saying, "come see the moon on the post."
Mr. Thompson was born in Scott County, Tennessee near Elk Valley. His parents were Andy Thompson and Mary Duncan Thompson.** His wife was born on what is known as Sand Flat in Kentucky, one mile from Jellico, Tennessee to Flem Rose and Jane Campbell Rose. Her grandfather owned a 500 acre farm there.
He came from a family of three boys and one girl. A half brother, J. D. Allen, is the youngest. He was living in Harlan County when last heard from. There was [were] six boys and three girls in Mrs. Thompson's family. Those still living are Nannie Rose, Slate Cut; Ben Rose, Jellico; Dillard Rose, Woodbine and Mid Rose, Corbin. She was the second oldest of the nine.
One Room School
Both attended the one room school of their day when the blue Back Speller was the primary book. They learned well. He reeled off an eight syl[l]able word, "inco[m]prehensibility" to prove it. She added, "Why, I used to know every word in that book. He's got nothing on me."
Thompson obtained a fourth reader. He purchased an arithmetic with money called "shin plaster," paper bills of 5-10-25-and 50 cent denomination. He earned the money from the sale of g[i]nseng dug from the mountains.
Thompson's active career has been spent as a coal miner. He worked 40 years, beginning in 1886 and ending in 1925. His wage was $2.00 a day when he married. He paid union dues during those 40 years but his working days ended before miners began to receive welfare funds. He will even tell you he has been fired for his "union activities" but Mrs. Thompson says it was "for doing nothing."
Grim Reminder
A scar on his right cheek is a grim reminder of a narrow escape with his life in the mines. It occurred at Pleasant View where he was then foreman in the Andy Brown mine. He and Robert Brown and Bob Miller were preparing to blast a drainage ditch to unstop a flooded tunnel with a swag leading deeper into the earth.
The three were to light dynamite charges placed in the mine floor at three feet intervals. They were forced to leave the scene when Miller's ignited first. The charge went off.
He and Miller returned to light the other two charges. Miller went to Thompson's and he went to Brown's. The charge went off as he bent over to light it. The blast knocked him across the tracks into another room.
Another close escape came in the Jellico explosion of railway car of dynamite. He and a brother-in-law, Tobe Rose, were operating a store. The blast blowed the building from its foundation. Both men escaped with cuts from flying glass.
Wife Plays Role
Mrs. Thompson played her role in these incidents. She nursed him back to health over a month's time in the mine accident. Her red oak bark poultice saved an operation on the fractured cheek bone. She remembers it happened near Easter. Seven dozen eggs were laying on the bed from the morning[']s gathering when he was carried home.
She saw the billowing smoke in the Jellico blast at their house a mile from town. She said she was sick that day and the force knocked her out of bed. She recalls a piece of the box car was blown up on the hillside and cut a tree into [in two].
A mine accident has claim[ed] the life of the Thompson's son. Mrs. Thompson has also had two bothers killed in mining accidents. Only three of their seven children are living. They are Mrs. Herschel M. Sutton, Corbin; Mrs. Richard Kessinger and Fred Thompson, Williamsburg. They have six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Join Church Together
Their church membership is now at the Main Street Baptist Church. They first joined the church, together, 50 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson live by themselves. They are often made glad by a visit from a neighbor and when their children come for a stay.
His sight failed him three years ago, which has kept him confined. But, he is well posted on national an[d] international affairs, more than the average man. He keeps abreast with events by listening to daily news casts. He says he is an independent voter though registered Republican.
Mrs. Thompson has done most of the gardening in their life. She still cares for a half-acre plot at the rear of their home along with her flowers. "That's my life," she said adding, "and that man on the front porch" as I made my departure.
Louis Thompson to her is the finest man who ever lived.
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End of article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952
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**Likely an error by the writer. Lewis/Louis' mother was Nancy Duncan, not Mary.
Daughter of:
Flem Rose and
Jane (Campbell) Rose
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Article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952:
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THE WILLIAMSBURG STORY
"Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson were married on June 15, 1890"
Vows were said another Sunday 62 years ago.
With slight coaxing the little lady seated on the right of swing moved closer to the big man seated beside her. Settling once again into comfort she remarked, "I could sit here all day and he would never hug me."
The woman's remarks came near the end of their story of their life together. It began 62 years ago, to the day, Sunday, June 15, 1890, for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson, Ninth and Main Streets, Williamsburg.
He was 27 at the time and she was five years his junior. In telling it he remembers it was Sunday and he didn't lose a day of work as check weighman at the Kensee mine. A friend made the trip to Williamsburg for the marriage license. He returned late in the afternoon.
After quitting work, Thompson made a trip to see a preacher by the name of Underwood who was holding a meeting in the community. Mrs. Thompson said as he unraveled the story, "listen to him, there he goes."
Trip to Savoy
The trio made a trip to Savoy and boarded a train for Jellico, where they were married the next day after spending the night in a brother's home. It was the first train ride for Mrs. Thompson. She said, "No, I wasn't scared, I'd seen those big engines before."
Their honeymoon was very short. He returned to his work on Monday and they began housekeeping in the mining camp. Mrs. Thompson put in the statement here, "He was batching and had everything we needed."
The first thing they remember buying was a cow. In September they had secured enough lumber for a shed and shelter for the cow during the winter. It was torn down in the spring and the material used to fence a garden plot, the first in the mining camp.
Moved 27 Times
Since then Mrs. Thompson remembers they have moved 27 times, coming to Williamsburg in 1912. She said "we got here and can't get away." The reason they came was to be near the school and Cumberland College for the benefits of their seven children. Four of them attended Cumberland.
One of the children provided them with a humorous statement they repeat often. It was the first time the children had seen street lights. As night approached and the lights turned on one of them came running to their parents saying, "come see the moon on the post."
Mr. Thompson was born in Scott County, Tennessee near Elk Valley. His parents were Andy Thompson and Mary Duncan Thompson.** His wife was born on what is known as Sand Flat in Kentucky, one mile from Jellico, Tennessee to Flem Rose and Jane Campbell Rose. Her grandfather owned a 500 acre farm there.
He came from a family of three boys and one girl. A half brother, J. D. Allen, is the youngest. He was living in Harlan County when last heard from. There was [were] six boys and three girls in Mrs. Thompson's family. Those still living are Nannie Rose, Slate Cut; Ben Rose, Jellico; Dillard Rose, Woodbine and Mid Rose, Corbin. She was the second oldest of the nine.
One Room School
Both attended the one room school of their day when the blue Back Speller was the primary book. They learned well. He reeled off an eight syl[l]able word, "inco[m]prehensibility" to prove it. She added, "Why, I used to know every word in that book. He's got nothing on me."
Thompson obtained a fourth reader. He purchased an arithmetic with money called "shin plaster," paper bills of 5-10-25-and 50 cent denomination. He earned the money from the sale of g[i]nseng dug from the mountains.
Thompson's active career has been spent as a coal miner. He worked 40 years, beginning in 1886 and ending in 1925. His wage was $2.00 a day when he married. He paid union dues during those 40 years but his working days ended before miners began to receive welfare funds. He will even tell you he has been fired for his "union activities" but Mrs. Thompson says it was "for doing nothing."
Grim Reminder
A scar on his right cheek is a grim reminder of a narrow escape with his life in the mines. It occurred at Pleasant View where he was then foreman in the Andy Brown mine. He and Robert Brown and Bob Miller were preparing to blast a drainage ditch to unstop a flooded tunnel with a swag leading deeper into the earth.
The three were to light dynamite charges placed in the mine floor at three feet intervals. They were forced to leave the scene when Miller's ignited first. The charge went off.
He and Miller returned to light the other two charges. Miller went to Thompson's and he went to Brown's. The charge went off as he bent over to light it. The blast knocked him across the tracks into another room.
Another close escape came in the Jellico explosion of railway car of dynamite. He and a brother-in-law, Tobe Rose, were operating a store. The blast blowed the building from its foundation. Both men escaped with cuts from flying glass.
Wife Plays Role
Mrs. Thompson played her role in these incidents. She nursed him back to health over a month's time in the mine accident. Her red oak bark poultice saved an operation on the fractured cheek bone. She remembers it happened near Easter. Seven dozen eggs were laying on the bed from the morning[']s gathering when he was carried home.
She saw the billowing smoke in the Jellico blast at their house a mile from town. She said she was sick that day and the force knocked her out of bed. She recalls a piece of the box car was blown up on the hillside and cut a tree into [in two].
A mine accident has claim[ed] the life of the Thompson's son. Mrs. Thompson has also had two bothers killed in mining accidents. Only three of their seven children are living. They are Mrs. Herschel M. Sutton, Corbin; Mrs. Richard Kessinger and Fred Thompson, Williamsburg. They have six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Join Church Together
Their church membership is now at the Main Street Baptist Church. They first joined the church, together, 50 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson live by themselves. They are often made glad by a visit from a neighbor and when their children come for a stay.
His sight failed him three years ago, which has kept him confined. But, he is well posted on national an[d] international affairs, more than the average man. He keeps abreast with events by listening to daily news casts. He says he is an independent voter though registered Republican.
Mrs. Thompson has done most of the gardening in their life. She still cares for a half-acre plot at the rear of their home along with her flowers. "That's my life," she said adding, "and that man on the front porch" as I made my departure.
Louis Thompson to her is the finest man who ever lived.
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End of article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952
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**Likely an error by the writer. Lewis/Louis' mother was Nancy Duncan, not Mary.
Flem Rose and
Jane (Campbell) Rose
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Article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952:
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THE WILLIAMSBURG STORY
"Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson were married on June 15, 1890"
Vows were said another Sunday 62 years ago.
With slight coaxing the little lady seated on the right of swing moved closer to the big man seated beside her. Settling once again into comfort she remarked, "I could sit here all day and he would never hug me."
The woman's remarks came near the end of their story of their life together. It began 62 years ago, to the day, Sunday, June 15, 1890, for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thompson, Ninth and Main Streets, Williamsburg.
He was 27 at the time and she was five years his junior. In telling it he remembers it was Sunday and he didn't lose a day of work as check weighman at the Kensee mine. A friend made the trip to Williamsburg for the marriage license. He returned late in the afternoon.
After quitting work, Thompson made a trip to see a preacher by the name of Underwood who was holding a meeting in the community. Mrs. Thompson said as he unraveled the story, "listen to him, there he goes."
Trip to Savoy
The trio made a trip to Savoy and boarded a train for Jellico, where they were married the next day after spending the night in a brother's home. It was the first train ride for Mrs. Thompson. She said, "No, I wasn't scared, I'd seen those big engines before."
Their honeymoon was very short. He returned to his work on Monday and they began housekeeping in the mining camp. Mrs. Thompson put in the statement here, "He was batching and had everything we needed."
The first thing they remember buying was a cow. In September they had secured enough lumber for a shed and shelter for the cow during the winter. It was torn down in the spring and the material used to fence a garden plot, the first in the mining camp.
Moved 27 Times
Since then Mrs. Thompson remembers they have moved 27 times, coming to Williamsburg in 1912. She said "we got here and can't get away." The reason they came was to be near the school and Cumberland College for the benefits of their seven children. Four of them attended Cumberland.
One of the children provided them with a humorous statement they repeat often. It was the first time the children had seen street lights. As night approached and the lights turned on one of them came running to their parents saying, "come see the moon on the post."
Mr. Thompson was born in Scott County, Tennessee near Elk Valley. His parents were Andy Thompson and Mary Duncan Thompson.** His wife was born on what is known as Sand Flat in Kentucky, one mile from Jellico, Tennessee to Flem Rose and Jane Campbell Rose. Her grandfather owned a 500 acre farm there.
He came from a family of three boys and one girl. A half brother, J. D. Allen, is the youngest. He was living in Harlan County when last heard from. There was [were] six boys and three girls in Mrs. Thompson's family. Those still living are Nannie Rose, Slate Cut; Ben Rose, Jellico; Dillard Rose, Woodbine and Mid Rose, Corbin. She was the second oldest of the nine.
One Room School
Both attended the one room school of their day when the blue Back Speller was the primary book. They learned well. He reeled off an eight syl[l]able word, "inco[m]prehensibility" to prove it. She added, "Why, I used to know every word in that book. He's got nothing on me."
Thompson obtained a fourth reader. He purchased an arithmetic with money called "shin plaster," paper bills of 5-10-25-and 50 cent denomination. He earned the money from the sale of g[i]nseng dug from the mountains.
Thompson's active career has been spent as a coal miner. He worked 40 years, beginning in 1886 and ending in 1925. His wage was $2.00 a day when he married. He paid union dues during those 40 years but his working days ended before miners began to receive welfare funds. He will even tell you he has been fired for his "union activities" but Mrs. Thompson says it was "for doing nothing."
Grim Reminder
A scar on his right cheek is a grim reminder of a narrow escape with his life in the mines. It occurred at Pleasant View where he was then foreman in the Andy Brown mine. He and Robert Brown and Bob Miller were preparing to blast a drainage ditch to unstop a flooded tunnel with a swag leading deeper into the earth.
The three were to light dynamite charges placed in the mine floor at three feet intervals. They were forced to leave the scene when Miller's ignited first. The charge went off.
He and Miller returned to light the other two charges. Miller went to Thompson's and he went to Brown's. The charge went off as he bent over to light it. The blast knocked him across the tracks into another room.
Another close escape came in the Jellico explosion of railway car of dynamite. He and a brother-in-law, Tobe Rose, were operating a store. The blast blowed the building from its foundation. Both men escaped with cuts from flying glass.
Wife Plays Role
Mrs. Thompson played her role in these incidents. She nursed him back to health over a month's time in the mine accident. Her red oak bark poultice saved an operation on the fractured cheek bone. She remembers it happened near Easter. Seven dozen eggs were laying on the bed from the morning[']s gathering when he was carried home.
She saw the billowing smoke in the Jellico blast at their house a mile from town. She said she was sick that day and the force knocked her out of bed. She recalls a piece of the box car was blown up on the hillside and cut a tree into [in two].
A mine accident has claim[ed] the life of the Thompson's son. Mrs. Thompson has also had two bothers killed in mining accidents. Only three of their seven children are living. They are Mrs. Herschel M. Sutton, Corbin; Mrs. Richard Kessinger and Fred Thompson, Williamsburg. They have six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Join Church Together
Their church membership is now at the Main Street Baptist Church. They first joined the church, together, 50 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson live by themselves. They are often made glad by a visit from a neighbor and when their children come for a stay.
His sight failed him three years ago, which has kept him confined. But, he is well posted on national an[d] international affairs, more than the average man. He keeps abreast with events by listening to daily news casts. He says he is an independent voter though registered Republican.
Mrs. Thompson has done most of the gardening in their life. She still cares for a half-acre plot at the rear of their home along with her flowers. "That's my life," she said adding, "and that man on the front porch" as I made my departure.
Louis Thompson to her is the finest man who ever lived.
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End of article from a Williamsburg, KY newspaper, June 15, 1952
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**Likely an error by the writer. Lewis/Louis' mother was Nancy Duncan, not Mary.
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