His father, Amos Thompson, came as a boy eleven years of age, from the State of Maine, with his parents in 1818.
His mother Irene Moore Charles, came from North Carolina a few years later.
His grandparents left their comfortable home in Maine to come to Illinois in order to give his father, Amos Thompson, and four siblings a better advantage in a new country. They built a home about one and a half miles southeast of Douglas (St. Clair Co.) and in the fall of 1818 (September), his grandparents died within three days of each other and were buried in Phillip's Cemetery.
Known family notes:
His father Amos and his mother Irene were married May, 1831 and they settled on a 160-acre tract of land about three miles southeast of Millstadt, then called Centerville.
His father had a sister named Betsy (Thompson) Allen who had three daughters.
Cyrus had five brothers and sisters - one Charles H. Thompson who lived in Portland, Oregon.
Cyrus' son, William, died in the late 1920's.
Cyrus was Vice President of the First National Bank in Belleville. He was also President of the Harrison Machine Works.
His mother Irene Moore Charles, came from North Carolina a few years later.
His grandparents left their comfortable home in Maine to come to Illinois in order to give his father, Amos Thompson, and four siblings a better advantage in a new country. They built a home about one and a half miles southeast of Douglas (St. Clair Co.) and in the fall of 1818 (September), his grandparents died within three days of each other and were buried in Phillip's Cemetery.
Known family notes:
His father Amos and his mother Irene were married May, 1831 and they settled on a 160-acre tract of land about three miles southeast of Millstadt, then called Centerville.
His father had a sister named Betsy (Thompson) Allen who had three daughters.
Cyrus had five brothers and sisters - one Charles H. Thompson who lived in Portland, Oregon.
Cyrus' son, William, died in the late 1920's.
Cyrus was Vice President of the First National Bank in Belleville. He was also President of the Harrison Machine Works.
His father, Amos Thompson, came as a boy eleven years of age, from the State of Maine, with his parents in 1818.
His mother Irene Moore Charles, came from North Carolina a few years later.
His grandparents left their comfortable home in Maine to come to Illinois in order to give his father, Amos Thompson, and four siblings a better advantage in a new country. They built a home about one and a half miles southeast of Douglas (St. Clair Co.) and in the fall of 1818 (September), his grandparents died within three days of each other and were buried in Phillip's Cemetery.
Known family notes:
His father Amos and his mother Irene were married May, 1831 and they settled on a 160-acre tract of land about three miles southeast of Millstadt, then called Centerville.
His father had a sister named Betsy (Thompson) Allen who had three daughters.
Cyrus had five brothers and sisters - one Charles H. Thompson who lived in Portland, Oregon.
Cyrus' son, William, died in the late 1920's.
Cyrus was Vice President of the First National Bank in Belleville. He was also President of the Harrison Machine Works.
His mother Irene Moore Charles, came from North Carolina a few years later.
His grandparents left their comfortable home in Maine to come to Illinois in order to give his father, Amos Thompson, and four siblings a better advantage in a new country. They built a home about one and a half miles southeast of Douglas (St. Clair Co.) and in the fall of 1818 (September), his grandparents died within three days of each other and were buried in Phillip's Cemetery.
Known family notes:
His father Amos and his mother Irene were married May, 1831 and they settled on a 160-acre tract of land about three miles southeast of Millstadt, then called Centerville.
His father had a sister named Betsy (Thompson) Allen who had three daughters.
Cyrus had five brothers and sisters - one Charles H. Thompson who lived in Portland, Oregon.
Cyrus' son, William, died in the late 1920's.
Cyrus was Vice President of the First National Bank in Belleville. He was also President of the Harrison Machine Works.
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