Samuel McNairy Thompson. Born 12 February 1801, "18 miles west of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee." Moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1827. Returned to Tennessee and married first 17 February 1831 on Turnbull Creek in Davidson County to Cynthia McCrary who died in 1 November 1842 near Burlington, Iowa.In Illinois, Samuel M. Thompson was a builder and carpenter. Samuel McNairy Thompson was elected Colonel of the 4th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers in the Black Hawk War. Lt. Abraham Lincoln was in one of his companies. This is documented in Abraham Lincoln's Deposition made for additional bounty land dated 21 August 1855 in Sangammon County. In that deposition, Lincoln declares that, he "... was Captain of a company in the regiment of Illinois Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Samuel M. Thompson, in the war with the British band of Sacs and other Tribes of Indians on our Northwestern Frontier in A.D. 1832 known as the Black Hawk War". See Basler, R.P. [ed.] The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume II Page319. The muster roll of this company and other service may be found in Whitney, E.M. [ed.] The Blackhawk War 1831-1832. Volume I - Illinois Volunteers Page 126, 129, 171, 176. Members of the original Company of Captain Abraham Lincoln in 1832 included Lt. Samuel M. Thompson, as well as Ep Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, James Simmons who may have been relations. Colonel Thompson also served in the Mexican War. After this, he moved to Mahaska County, Iowa where he resided for some twenty years. There he married second in 1855 to Nancy (Sullivan) Waldon of Davidson County, Tennessee. From Iowa, he moved to Jackson County, Missouri where he lived for two years. He then moved to Miami County, Kansas. In 1876, Samuel M. Thompson was living near Williamsburg, Osage County, Kansas. In 1885, he moved to Minneapolis, Kansas. He is buried in Fairview cemetery in Ada, Ottawa Co., Kansas.
Source: The Thompsons of Turnball Creek:
Topeka D. Capital", Kansas Newspaper, March 17, 1887;
"The only surviving Colonel of the Black Hawk War", Samuel McNairy Thompson
To the Editor of the Capital.
A peculiar interest attaches to the aged veteran and patriot whose name heads this article from the fact that he was colonel of the regiment in the Black Hawk War, in which the great emancipator served as a captain. Learning that Col. Thompson was residing in this county, the writer of this article resolved to call upon him and gather from his own lips something of his life and recollections of the stirring incidents of those early days in the then new west. Arming oneself with tablet and pencil, we sought the house of his son-in-law, Andrew Richards, a veteran of the late war, and thrifty farmer of Henry township, Ottawa county, Kansas, with whom he is spending his remaining days. We found him unable to rise from his bed, but bright,
cheerful, and very willing to talk of the past and of his acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln. His mind for so old a man, is remarkably clear and vigorous, and his recollection of events is very vivid.
Colonel Samuel M. Thompson was born three miles east of Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, October 12, 1801, in which region he spent his childhood, youth, and early manhood. In February 1832 he married to Miss Cynthia McCrera, on Tumbull creek, twenty five miles west of Nashville. He had however, previously in 1827 removed to Springfield, Illinois, where he pursued to business of carpenter and builder. His first wife died about 1843, and from that time until 1857, Colonel Thompson remained a widower. In that year he married Mrs. Nancy Sullivan, also of Tennessee, who still survives. Colonel Thompson survives all his own children, although January the 19th was the seventy second birthday of the good old Kansas gentleman, and his friends (a part of them only) to the number of about twenty-five couples, stormed the castle and had a royal good time. They brought with them a supply of eatables, and did not bid the host and his wife adieu until <---?> o'clock in the morning. Seventy-two years is a pretty fair stretch of life, but the venerable legal inminary seems as hale and hearty as he was fifteen years ago.
(According to the 1870 and 1880 census, Samuel and his wife Nancy were living with Catherine Sullivan Converse)
Parents are: Neil Thompson (b. about 1760 in Virginia and d. 1814 in Davidson County, Tennessee) and Elizabeth Gentry (b. Cumberland County, Virginia, d. prior to 1814, Tennessee). My source is: "The Thompsons of Turnbull Creek", by Dr. Joseph Luther.. Information by Joyce.
Source: The Thompsons of Turnball Creek:
Topeka D. Capital", Kansas Newspaper, March 17, 1887;
"The only surviving Colonel of the Black Hawk War", Samuel McNairy Thompson
To the Editor of the Capital.
A peculiar interest attaches to the aged veteran and patriot whose name heads this article from the fact that he was colonel of the regiment in the Black Hawk War, in which the great emancipator served as a captain. Learning that Col. Thompson was residing in this county, the writer of this article resolved to call upon him and gather from his own lips something of his life and recollections of the stirring incidents of those early days in the then new west. Arming oneself with tablet and pencil, we sought the house of his son-in-law, Andrew Richards, a veteran of the late war, and thrifty farmer of Henry township, Ottawa county, Kansas, with whom he is spending his remaining days. We found him unable to rise from his bed, but bright,
cheerful, and very willing to talk of the past and of his acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln. His mind for so old a man, is remarkably clear and vigorous, and his recollection of events is very vivid.
Colonel Samuel M. Thompson was born three miles east of Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, October 12, 1801, in which region he spent his childhood, youth, and early manhood. In February 1832 he married to Miss Cynthia McCrera, on Tumbull creek, twenty five miles west of Nashville. He had however, previously in 1827 removed to Springfield, Illinois, where he pursued to business of carpenter and builder. His first wife died about 1843, and from that time until 1857, Colonel Thompson remained a widower. In that year he married Mrs. Nancy Sullivan, also of Tennessee, who still survives. Colonel Thompson survives all his own children, although January the 19th was the seventy second birthday of the good old Kansas gentleman, and his friends (a part of them only) to the number of about twenty-five couples, stormed the castle and had a royal good time. They brought with them a supply of eatables, and did not bid the host and his wife adieu until <---?> o'clock in the morning. Seventy-two years is a pretty fair stretch of life, but the venerable legal inminary seems as hale and hearty as he was fifteen years ago.
(According to the 1870 and 1880 census, Samuel and his wife Nancy were living with Catherine Sullivan Converse)
Parents are: Neil Thompson (b. about 1760 in Virginia and d. 1814 in Davidson County, Tennessee) and Elizabeth Gentry (b. Cumberland County, Virginia, d. prior to 1814, Tennessee). My source is: "The Thompsons of Turnbull Creek", by Dr. Joseph Luther.. Information by Joyce.
Samuel McNairy Thompson. Born 12 February 1801, "18 miles west of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee." Moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1827. Returned to Tennessee and married first 17 February 1831 on Turnbull Creek in Davidson County to Cynthia McCrary who died in 1 November 1842 near Burlington, Iowa.In Illinois, Samuel M. Thompson was a builder and carpenter. Samuel McNairy Thompson was elected Colonel of the 4th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers in the Black Hawk War. Lt. Abraham Lincoln was in one of his companies. This is documented in Abraham Lincoln's Deposition made for additional bounty land dated 21 August 1855 in Sangammon County. In that deposition, Lincoln declares that, he "... was Captain of a company in the regiment of Illinois Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Samuel M. Thompson, in the war with the British band of Sacs and other Tribes of Indians on our Northwestern Frontier in A.D. 1832 known as the Black Hawk War". See Basler, R.P. [ed.] The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume II Page319. The muster roll of this company and other service may be found in Whitney, E.M. [ed.] The Blackhawk War 1831-1832. Volume I - Illinois Volunteers Page 126, 129, 171, 176. Members of the original Company of Captain Abraham Lincoln in 1832 included Lt. Samuel M. Thompson, as well as Ep Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, James Simmons who may have been relations. Colonel Thompson also served in the Mexican War. After this, he moved to Mahaska County, Iowa where he resided for some twenty years. There he married second in 1855 to Nancy (Sullivan) Waldon of Davidson County, Tennessee. From Iowa, he moved to Jackson County, Missouri where he lived for two years. He then moved to Miami County, Kansas. In 1876, Samuel M. Thompson was living near Williamsburg, Osage County, Kansas. In 1885, he moved to Minneapolis, Kansas. He is buried in Fairview cemetery in Ada, Ottawa Co., Kansas.
Source: The Thompsons of Turnball Creek:
Topeka D. Capital", Kansas Newspaper, March 17, 1887;
"The only surviving Colonel of the Black Hawk War", Samuel McNairy Thompson
To the Editor of the Capital.
A peculiar interest attaches to the aged veteran and patriot whose name heads this article from the fact that he was colonel of the regiment in the Black Hawk War, in which the great emancipator served as a captain. Learning that Col. Thompson was residing in this county, the writer of this article resolved to call upon him and gather from his own lips something of his life and recollections of the stirring incidents of those early days in the then new west. Arming oneself with tablet and pencil, we sought the house of his son-in-law, Andrew Richards, a veteran of the late war, and thrifty farmer of Henry township, Ottawa county, Kansas, with whom he is spending his remaining days. We found him unable to rise from his bed, but bright,
cheerful, and very willing to talk of the past and of his acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln. His mind for so old a man, is remarkably clear and vigorous, and his recollection of events is very vivid.
Colonel Samuel M. Thompson was born three miles east of Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, October 12, 1801, in which region he spent his childhood, youth, and early manhood. In February 1832 he married to Miss Cynthia McCrera, on Tumbull creek, twenty five miles west of Nashville. He had however, previously in 1827 removed to Springfield, Illinois, where he pursued to business of carpenter and builder. His first wife died about 1843, and from that time until 1857, Colonel Thompson remained a widower. In that year he married Mrs. Nancy Sullivan, also of Tennessee, who still survives. Colonel Thompson survives all his own children, although January the 19th was the seventy second birthday of the good old Kansas gentleman, and his friends (a part of them only) to the number of about twenty-five couples, stormed the castle and had a royal good time. They brought with them a supply of eatables, and did not bid the host and his wife adieu until <---?> o'clock in the morning. Seventy-two years is a pretty fair stretch of life, but the venerable legal inminary seems as hale and hearty as he was fifteen years ago.
(According to the 1870 and 1880 census, Samuel and his wife Nancy were living with Catherine Sullivan Converse)
Parents are: Neil Thompson (b. about 1760 in Virginia and d. 1814 in Davidson County, Tennessee) and Elizabeth Gentry (b. Cumberland County, Virginia, d. prior to 1814, Tennessee). My source is: "The Thompsons of Turnbull Creek", by Dr. Joseph Luther.. Information by Joyce.
Source: The Thompsons of Turnball Creek:
Topeka D. Capital", Kansas Newspaper, March 17, 1887;
"The only surviving Colonel of the Black Hawk War", Samuel McNairy Thompson
To the Editor of the Capital.
A peculiar interest attaches to the aged veteran and patriot whose name heads this article from the fact that he was colonel of the regiment in the Black Hawk War, in which the great emancipator served as a captain. Learning that Col. Thompson was residing in this county, the writer of this article resolved to call upon him and gather from his own lips something of his life and recollections of the stirring incidents of those early days in the then new west. Arming oneself with tablet and pencil, we sought the house of his son-in-law, Andrew Richards, a veteran of the late war, and thrifty farmer of Henry township, Ottawa county, Kansas, with whom he is spending his remaining days. We found him unable to rise from his bed, but bright,
cheerful, and very willing to talk of the past and of his acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln. His mind for so old a man, is remarkably clear and vigorous, and his recollection of events is very vivid.
Colonel Samuel M. Thompson was born three miles east of Nashville, Davidson county, Tennessee, October 12, 1801, in which region he spent his childhood, youth, and early manhood. In February 1832 he married to Miss Cynthia McCrera, on Tumbull creek, twenty five miles west of Nashville. He had however, previously in 1827 removed to Springfield, Illinois, where he pursued to business of carpenter and builder. His first wife died about 1843, and from that time until 1857, Colonel Thompson remained a widower. In that year he married Mrs. Nancy Sullivan, also of Tennessee, who still survives. Colonel Thompson survives all his own children, although January the 19th was the seventy second birthday of the good old Kansas gentleman, and his friends (a part of them only) to the number of about twenty-five couples, stormed the castle and had a royal good time. They brought with them a supply of eatables, and did not bid the host and his wife adieu until <---?> o'clock in the morning. Seventy-two years is a pretty fair stretch of life, but the venerable legal inminary seems as hale and hearty as he was fifteen years ago.
(According to the 1870 and 1880 census, Samuel and his wife Nancy were living with Catherine Sullivan Converse)
Parents are: Neil Thompson (b. about 1760 in Virginia and d. 1814 in Davidson County, Tennessee) and Elizabeth Gentry (b. Cumberland County, Virginia, d. prior to 1814, Tennessee). My source is: "The Thompsons of Turnbull Creek", by Dr. Joseph Luther.. Information by Joyce.
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