Ida Grove Pioneer Newspaper, 16 April 1903, page 3: "Death of Veteran Thompson". Miss Catherine Markham of this city was notified last week of the death of her father, Thomas Bennett Thompson, which occurred April 8, at the home of his son, Mark P. Thompson, Joseph, Oregon. The deceased was known to many Ida county people, as he came here in February 1879, and while he had not made his home in the county continuously since that time, his visits were frequent enough to hold a wide acquaintanceship. Many years of his life was spent in Minnesota, where he lived as a frontiersman, and during the terrible Indian massacre on the New Ulm, Minnesota district, he won distinguishment for meritorious service and the United States government recognized that fact by giving him a medal through a special act of congress. The deceased was born in Maryland, West Virginia, February 6, 1825, and moved to Scott county, Iowa, with his parents at an early age. He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Grace, January 1, 1856, and to this union was born 8 children, all of whom survive him, the wife having preceded him March 16, 1879. Mr. Thompson was a pleasant and social gentleman, a citizen who had passed through many hardships during life, and the fact of his death will cause sad feelings to well up in the hearts of his Ida county friends and acquaintances.
Ida Grove Pioneer Newspaper, 16 April 1903, page 3: "Death of Veteran Thompson". Miss Catherine Markham of this city was notified last week of the death of her father, Thomas Bennett Thompson, which occurred April 8, at the home of his son, Mark P. Thompson, Joseph, Oregon. The deceased was known to many Ida county people, as he came here in February 1879, and while he had not made his home in the county continuously since that time, his visits were frequent enough to hold a wide acquaintanceship. Many years of his life was spent in Minnesota, where he lived as a frontiersman, and during the terrible Indian massacre on the New Ulm, Minnesota district, he won distinguishment for meritorious service and the United States government recognized that fact by giving him a medal through a special act of congress. The deceased was born in Maryland, West Virginia, February 6, 1825, and moved to Scott county, Iowa, with his parents at an early age. He was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Grace, January 1, 1856, and to this union was born 8 children, all of whom survive him, the wife having preceded him March 16, 1879. Mr. Thompson was a pleasant and social gentleman, a citizen who had passed through many hardships during life, and the fact of his death will cause sad feelings to well up in the hearts of his Ida county friends and acquaintances.
Family Members
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Sarah Elizabeth Thompson Wiley
1854–1932
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Frederick Jackson Thompson
1856–1933
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Mary E. Thompson Sterrett
1859–1937
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May Grace Thompson Mills
1863–1915
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Catherine Rebecca Thompson Markham
1867–1955
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John Elton Thompson II
1869–1958
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William Bennett "Billy" Thompson
1872–1959
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Mark Pomroy Thompson
1874–1943
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