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THOMPSON GENEALOGY
Full Report
ZACHARIAH I CALEB THOMPSON and wife PRISCILLA ALBAUGH
and their descendents out of Brush Creek or
Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa

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....Zachariah Thompson and Priscilla Albaugh came to Brush Creek or Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, in 1865, following the lead of sons Samuel and Morris J. who pioneered in the Taylorville/Brush Creek area in 1854. Sons William and Alex would soon remove to Fayette County .   The Thompson's were a true pioneer family in the southeast corner and central part of Fayette County, Iowa, in the early 1850's, and in Harrison/Carroll County, Ohio in the 1820's. All of the other Thompson children would migrate to Fayette County, Iowa, and many descendents would move as pioneer farmers to the west as land opened up in the 1870's through the 1890's.
..... Priscilla Albaugh (1805-1879) would meet and marry Zachariah C. Thompson (1796-1880) on January 15, 1822, in New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio. The Thompson's were of Scottish background, having immigrated to American as part of the Scotch-Irish movement in the early 1700's. The Thompson Story will be told on another page. Zach Thompson had migrated at the age of 21 from Maryland to Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1817. Zach and Priscilla would farm and have ten children in Harrison Co., Ohio. In 1854, two of their children Samuel and Morris Jackson Thompson would migrate and be very early settlers near Taylorsville, three miles to the N,NW of Brush Creek (later Arlington), Iowa.   Brush Creek however, would soon become the dominate village in the area for the Thompson Clan. Other children would also migrate to Brush Creek with their siblings.
.... Samuel (my gggrandfather) would die on the way back to Ohio in 1865, perhaps to get the parents, and be buried in Allen Cemetery in Harrison Co. Thus in 1865, Zach C, age 69, and Priscilla, age 60, would buy 120 acres of a government tract on the very southern edge of the tiny pioneer village of Brush Creek (the history of Brush Creek/Arlington is on other pages} and farm their until their deaths fifteen years later. The farm land was tall and wet grass prairie, located to the SE of the Six Corner Intersection at the south edge of Brush Creek. The old Mission Trail from Dubuque to Ft. Atkinson ran on the western edge of their land. Son Morris J. was farming two miles to the west of Brush Creek. Son Samuel had been farming in the Grannis Canyon area six miles to the north, and apparently ( my gggrandmother) Samuel's wife Martha Sherman Thompson, with six children (ages 1-10) were still on that farm when Zach and Priscilla arrived from Ohio, in 1865. At least some of Samuel's and Martha's children were taken in by Morris J. Martha would go on the marry John Little, a Brush Creek farmer and cooper a couple of miles NW of town.
.... Thus the Thompson/Albuagh Clan connection to Taylorsville, Brush Creek/Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, began in 1854, with the migration of the sons, and of Zach Caleb I and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson in 1865, and the migration of several other children. Zach and Priscilla, Morris J. Eli, and William. are buried in Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Iowa, along with their spouses and some grandchildren.   Many of the grandchildren of Zach and Priscilla continued the pioneer migration to the west, during the last decades of the 1800's. The Clans were true American Pioneers.

Descendants of Zachariah I Caleb Thompson

1 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
.. +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
.... 2 [1] William David Thompson b: January 12, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio d: August 02, 1894 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
........ +Eliza Jane Stewart b: 1829 d: April 14, 1848 in Carroll Co., Ohio
.... *2nd Wife of [1] William David Thompson:
........ +Jane Capper b: December 04, 1825 in Carroll Co., Ohio d: 1905 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
.... 2 Eli Isaac Thompson b: November 03, 1824 in Perryville, New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co, OH d: February 03, 1903 in Sargent, Custer Co., NE
........ +Eliza Kirby b: 1825 d: January 02, 1881
.... 2 Morris Thompson b: April 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: July 01, 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH
.... 2 Samuel Andrew Thompson I b: August 15, 1827 in Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio d: April 07, 1865 in Trip to Harrison County, Ohio
........ +Martha Jane Sherman b: January 10, 1833 in Harrison County, Ohio d: January 25, 1921
.... 2 [2] Morris Jackson Thompson b: September 03, 1829 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1918 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
........ +Sarah Jane Brown b: 1832 d: 1870 in Brush Creek, Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
.... *2nd Wife of [2] Morris Jackson Thompson:
........ +Catherine H. Briney b: 1838 d: 1926 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa
.... 2 Catherine Thompson b: September 26, 1831 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: May 02, 1914 in Custer, Custer Co., Nebraska
........ +John Mordecai Amos b: March 25, 1831 in Pennsylvania d: July 13, 1907 in Wescott, Custer Co., Nebraska
.... 2 Alexander Thompson b: November 09, 1834 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1894 in Carroll Co, Ohio
....... +Lavina Foster b: 1832 d: 1909
.... 2 Martha Thompson b: May 15, 1836 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1911 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa
........ +William J. Allen b: 1836 in Carroll Co, Ohio d: 1909
.... 2 [3] Allen C. Thompson b: January 30, 1838 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1913
........ +Helen Matilda Billings b: 1853 d: April 17, 1921
.... *2nd Wife of [3] Allen C. Thompson:
........ +Louisa Sell b: 1841 d: 1912
.... 2 Elizabeth Thompson b: May 05, 1842 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: 1908
........ +Willian Henry Moore b: 1840 d: 1904
.... 2 David B. Thompson b: May 01, 1845 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d: July 13, 1932 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa
........ +Mary Ellen Hill b: 1848 d: 1933

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DROP DOWN TO: Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7 Generation 8

Descendants of Thomas Thompson

Generation No. 1

1. Thomas¹ Thompson was born 1746 in Scottland, and died Unknown. He married Sarah Unknown. She was born 1746 in Scottland (?Harford Co, MD, and died Unknown.

Notes for Thomas Thompson:

Appears in an early Maryland census in Harford (Hartford) County, Maryland.

Was Scotch-Irish, therefore the family roots are in Scotland but probably was part of the Scottish population displaced to Ireland during and after the Scotch-Irish war.

The couple apparently had 12-13 children, Andrew Thompson being the oldest; born 1769, died 1835.

Thomas Thompson fought in the American Revolutionary War of the aryl 1770's.

Children of Thomas Thompson and Sarah Unknown are:

+ 2 i. Andrew² Thompson, born 1769 in Harford County, Maryland; died April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio.

3 ii. Elizabeth Thompson, born 1771; died Unknown.

4 iii. Ann Susanna Thompson, born 1772; died Unknown.

5 iv. Mary Thompson, born 1773; died Unknown.

6 v. Martha Thompson, born 1776; died Unknown.

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Generation No. 2

2. Andrew² Thompson (Thomas¹) was born 1769 in Harford County, Maryland, and died April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Denbow, daughter of John Denbow and Martha Unknown. She was born 1774 in Harford County, Maryland, and died 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio.

Notes for Andrew Thompson:

Andrew Thompson (1769-1835) was the oldest son of Thomas Thompson and Sarah, the had 12-13 children, and appear in Harford County, Maryland, in an early census. Thomas was Scotch-Irish.

Andrew and his family apparently moved to Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817.

The couple had seven children between 1795 and 1813. Zachariah (1796-1880), the second eldest would have 12 children with Priscilla Albaugh. Three of their boys, William, Morris J., Samuel A., migrate and become early settlers of Brush Creek (Arlington), Iowa, in the mid-1850's. The three sons established themselves and farmed near Arlington. Their parents came of the Arlington area in 1866.

It appears a group of Thompson's lived and died in Harford County, Maryland and Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio.

ALLEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY,

Perryville Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio

(information copied and supplied by David Shiltz, Ohio, 8/2000,

from the book of Carroll Co. Cemetery Data)

This fenced cemetery is located on Castle Road .8 of a mile from the

intersection of State Rute 164 and Castle Road. It is cared for by the

Perry Township Trustees. A row of evergreens and a farm gate guard the

entrance. Crops may hide it from view

Copied August 1994 by Linda Gernert Houyouse. Checked 1 September 1994 by

Linda Gernert Houyouse and Bernice Reid McClester. April 1995 a few stones

were knocked over and broken, possibly damaged by cows.

Row I

1 BARNETT, In memory of David W. and Jane L. (nd)

Row 2

1 _______, John P. s/o (stone down and broken)

2 SWALES, Richard; May 8, 185_; In the 45 year of his age (stone down and

broken)

3 SWALES, Mary w/o Richard Swales; d May 9, 1854; ae 44y 1m 19d

Row 3

1 HEIDY, Jane w/o John Heidy, Sr.; d July 15, 1850; ae 74y (Laura Wagner

notes John Heidy Sr., 1763-1839 was buried beside his wife.)

2 TOMLINSON, Thomas; d Oct. 22 1838; ae 45y 2 m

3 TOMLINSON, Nancy w/o Thomas Tomlinson; d July 6, 1850; ae 86y 10m

[My note: She was 46y. She was a sister of Mary Ann

Heidy-Faulkner-Sherman-Swales]

4 COULERIL, Inf d/o J. S. & M. Coulteril; d Oct 21, 1853 (leans into stone

3-3)

[My note: The name is Coulter. M. is for Mary, and Mary was the daughter

of Thomas and Nancy Tomlinson.]

5 SHARP, Benjamin, Sacred to the memory of; departed this like ____ 1837;

ae ___ ___ 23 d (middle eroded away, the rest illegible; broken 4/95)

ROW 4

Stone face down

ROW 5

1 PFEIFFER, George; b Feb. 14, 1874; d May 13, 1898

Nettie M.; b Mar. 29, 1878; d May 14, 1899 "Only sleeping"

2 WYANT, Inf. s/o C. W. & M. J. Wyant; d May 3, 1877

3 KIRBY, Clemency w/o John Kirby; d Dec. 27, 1845; ae 35 y 4 m 23 d

Fieldstone

4 THOMPSON

Andrew, 1769-1835

Elizabeth, 1773-1848

5 THOMPSON, In memory of Andrew, who departed this life Apr. 10, 1835; in

the 67y of his age (stone broken) (behind stone 5-4)

6 I. G. (footstone)

7 SISLER, Henry; d May 5, 1849; In his 79y of his age

8 THOMPSON, John H. s/o G. & E. A. Thompson; d Jan. 18, 1858; ae 5 m 22d

(stone broken)

ROW 6

1 THOMPSON, Samuel A. s/o A. & P. Thompson; d Apr. 7, 1865; ae 37y 7 m 22d

(stone down and broken)

2 AMOS, Mary M. d/o J. M. & C. Amos; d Aug 31, 1858; ae 2y 11 m; "Of such is

the kingdom of God"

3 GOFF, Inf d/o John & Amanda Goff; d___ (rest buried)

4 THOMPSON, Inf s/o G. & E. A. Thompson; d Oct. 1, 1867 (stone is down)

5 CAMERON, William; d Oct. 19, 1870, ae 74y 6m 17d

Sarah C. w/o Wm. Cameron; d Feb. 15, 1866; ae 71y 1m 27d

ROW 7

1 TAGGART, Hannah M., 1864-1936

Thomas, 1866-1936

2 TAGGART, Arnold, 1832-1922

Luvina 1839- (his wife)

3 WAGNER, Wm. H. 1875-1900

4 MYERS, Mary Bell w/o Ross Myers; d June 22, 1888; ae 20y 6m 6d (side 1)

John W., s/o R. & M. B. Myers; d June 30, 1888; ae 14d (side 2)

5 TAGGART, Inf d/o A. & L. Taggart; d Dec. 6, 1878

6 TAGGART, Inf d/o A. & L. Taggart, d Apr 1, 1879; ae 7m 8d "Happy Infant

Early Blest" (stone down)

7 TAGGART, Thomas; d Apr 3, 1863; In the 75y of his age

8 Carolia (stone broken--stone slab size of coffin)

9 A C T (footstone)

Stone down (stone slab size of coffin)

10 HARDSOUK, Thomas J.; b June 8, 1842; d Nov 8, 1894 (side 1)

GAR Marker

Henrietta; b May 4, 1845 (side 2)

11 TOLAN, Martha w/o Benjamin Tolan; d Feb. 8, 1855; ae 64y 6m 2d (stone

down)

12 Large concrete patio with the following old stones embedded therein.

PHILLIPS

Ruth w/o John Phillips; d June 2, 1841; ae 52y 6m

John; d Mar. 15, 1857; ae 74 y 8m 27d.

Levina d/o J. & R. Phillips; d Mar. 8, 1832; ae 18m 3d

John s/o J. & R. Phillips; d Sept. 11, 1832; ae 5y 6m

Reuben s/o J. & R. Phillips; d May 23, 1836; ae 11y 6m

13 HENDRICKS, Emanuel; d June 9, 1880; ae 74y 6d

14 HENDRICKS, Eliza w/o Emanuel Hendricks; d Mar 19, 1846; ae 37y 11m 29d

ROW 8

1 AMOS, Lester G.; b Aug 7, 1891; d Mar. 14 1971

2 AMOS, Sanford 1860-1940

3 AMOS, Flo9rence E. 1886-1904

4 AMOS, Silas H.; b Jan. 16, 1831; d Jan. 4, 1905

"How many hopes lie buried here"

Martha J.; b Feb. 9, 1838; d May 23, 1919 His Wife

5 AMOS, George s/o S. H. & M. J. Amos; d Mar 29, 1982; ae 20y 27d

6 AMOS, Silas; d DEc 19, 1891; ae 30y 2m 24d

7 AMOS, John s/o S.H. & M. J. Amos; d Sept. 19, 1891; ae 27y 10m 4d (side 1)

Luciele P. d/o John Amos; d Sept 19, 1891; ae 6m (side 2)

8 AMOS, Sarah E.; b Dec. 11, 1865; d Sept. 31, 1868 (side 1)

daughters of S. H. & M. J. Amos (side)

Inf. B Sept. 19, 1890 (side 3)

9 AMOS, Jas.; d Aug. 22, 1898; ae 74y 7m 21d (side 1)

James M.; d June 20, 1899; ae 32y 2m (side 2)

Sarah E. w/o Jas. Amos; d Jan 9, 1887; ae 56y 3m 2d

Benjamin; d Jan. 28, 1863; ae 7y 9m 21d (side 4)

Inf d/o; d Sept. 15 1866; ae 2m 5d

c/o J. & S. A. Amos (side 4)

10 AMOS, Gabril s/o R. W. & H. Amos; d Nov. 9, 1867; ae 6m 20d

11 MOOK, Peter; d Apr. 7, 1882; ae 62y 16d

12 MOOK, Joseph C. s/o A. H. & B. Mook; d Nov. 5, 1864; ae 7y 2m 5d

13 BAIR, Samuel s/o D. & E. Bair; d Nov. 17, 1836; ae 2y 11m 8d

ROW 9

1 AMOS, Adaline M. d/o J. H. & C. M. Amos; d Jan. 21, 1865; ae 10m 10 d

(stone down, broken 4/95)

2 AMOS, Inf d/o J. H. & C. M. Amos; d Jan 13, 1853

3 CREAL, W. B. 1822-1882

4 HENDRICKS, Nancy d/o J. & M. Hendricks; d Apr. 29, 1852; ae 19y 6 m 9 d

5 HENDRICKS, John; d Sept. 26, 1839; ae 40y

6 HENDRICKS, Martha w/o Emanuel Hendricks; d Feb. 13, 1894; ae 83y 20 d.

[My note: Martha Roush had first married Emanual Hendricks and then

after his death she married John Hendricks.]

ROW 10

1 PITTINGER, Henry; Aug. 17, 1865; ae 60y 7m 18d

2 THOMPSON, Gabriel D.; d Feb. 9, 1879; ae 75y 9m 11d

3 THOMPSON, Elizabeth w/o Gabriel Thompson; d Aug 29, 1866; ae 55y 1m 2d

4 THOMPSON, Joseph W.; d May 21, 1884; ae 30y 4m 21d

5 AMOS, Carrie A. d/o B. B. l& C. C. Amos; d Apr 10, 1872; ae 23 y (signed

Scio, Ohio)

6 AMOS, Benjamin B.; d Jan. 9, 1856; ae 73y 3m 11d (side 1)

Charity G. w/o B. B. Amos; d July 1, 1871; ae 63y 1m 20d (side 2)

7 AMOS, William s/o B. B. & C. G. Amos; d Aug. 11, 1862; ae 25 y 9m 6d GAR

Marker

8 AMOS, Thomas W. s/o B. B. & C. G. Amos; d Oct 6, 1843; ae 19y 2m 9d

9 RICHARD, _______ w/o David; d May 7, 1857; ae 27y 5m 21d (broken stone)

10 CREARY, Sarah Ann w/o W. B. Creary; d Mar. 18, 1837; ae 29y 8m 7d

11 CUSTER, Ruth, w/o John M. Custer, d Nov. 19, 1851

12 WEBB, Joseph W. s/o W. & S. Webb; d Apr 8, 1843; ae 5w 2d (stone down)

13 WEBB, Ruth d/o W. & S. Webb; d Mar. 30, 1861; ae 4m (stone down 4/95)

ROW 11

1 WATKINS, John Sr.; d Nov. 24, 1847; ae 64y

2 WATKINS, Margaret w/o John Watkins (stone broken)

3 WEBB, Thomas s/o S. & J. Webb; d Nov. 20, 1847; ae 6y 1m 4d

4 WEBB, Saml.; d Aug 14, 1845; ae 75y 10m 8d

5 ALLEN, Joseph; d Mar. 22, 1854; ae 67y 5m 5d (side 1)

Sarah w/o Joseph Allen; d Oct. 18, 1870; ae 78y 2m 7d

6 MANCHESTER, Joseph; d June 26, 1827; ae 69y 7m.

Plaque on back reads Revolutionary Soldier 1775-1783

Joseph Manchester placed Ruth Creal Weeks under the

auspices of Moravian Trails Chapter DAR Rev. Marker

Hannah his wife; d Jan 6, 1846; ae 80y 2m

7 WEBB, Samantha w/o Wm. Webb, Sr.; d Feb 20, 1862; ae 40y 6m 11d (side 1)

William Allen Webb; d Oct. 25, 1882; ae 32y 5m 17d (side 2)

8 ALLEN, Beersheba d/o J. & S. Allen; d Mar. 26, 1835; ae 15y 5m 15d

(leaning on 11-7)

9 ROBINSON, Sarah Ann d/o B. & B. Robinson; d Oct. 17, 1836; ae 7y 7m 4d

10 McLAUGHLIN, Samuel s/o J. & M. McLaughlin; d Apr. 16, 1848; ae 25y 3m

12d.

Footstones piled in the corner

[My note: In this list there are some instances in which a number or month

was underlined in the record, indicating that the reading was not certain.

I have underlined them in this transcription, but possibly those

underlinings will not show up in an

mail message. If none show up, then I can compile a list of the items

underlined.]

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More About Andrew Thompson:

Burial: Unknown, Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio

Census: 1839, Harrison Co., Ohio, on a 15 acre farm

Religion: Universalist

Notes for Elizabeth Denbow:

Two Denbow boy and two Denbow girls came to Ohio in the early 1820's about the same time as the Thompson's. Family members, neighbors, areas tended to migrate together into the same regions.

More About Elizabeth Denbow:

Burial: Unknown, Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio

Note: Denbow/Thompson familes, neighbors in Maryland.

Children of Andrew Thompson and Elizabeth Denbow are:

+ 7 i. Josiah³ Thompson, born 1795; died Unknown.

+ 8 ii. Zachariah I Caleb Thompson, born February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland; died November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

9 iii. Eli M. Thompson, born 1798; died Unknown.

10 iv. Sarah Denbow Thompson, born 1801; died 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas. She married William Albaugh September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio; born 1802 in Harford County, Maryland; died November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas.

More About William Albaugh and Sarah Thompson:

Marriage: September 18, 1823, New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio

11 v. Gabriel D. Thompson, born April 28, 1803; died February 09, 1879. He married Elizabeth; born July 27, 1811; died August 29, 1866.

More About Gabriel D. Thompson:

Burial: Unknown, Allen Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.

12 vi. Daughter? Thompson, born 1806; died Unknown.

13 vii. Eliza Thompson, born 1808; died Unknown. He married Emanuel Hendricks; died Unknown.

14 viii. Clemency Thompson, born August 04, 1810; died Unknown.

15 ix. Basil Thompson, born 1813; died Unknown.

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Generation No. 3

7. Josiah³ Thompson (Andrew², Thomas¹) was born 1795, and died Unknown. He married Cassandra Denbow 1825, daughter of Thomas Denbow. She was born 1805 in Maryland, and died 1879.

More About Josiah Thompson and Cassandra Denbow:

Marriage: 1825

Child of Josiah Thompson and Cassandra Denbow is:

16 i. Andrew⁴ Thompson, born 1832; died 1870.

8. Zachariah I Caleb³ Thompson (Andrew², Thomas¹) was born February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland, and died November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa. He married Priscilla Albaugh January 15, 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio, daughter of Morris Albaugh and Mary Beamer. She was born December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio, and died November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

Notes for Zachariah I Caleb Thompson:

THOUGHTS REGARDING THE THOMPSON MIGRATION to FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA, 10/2000/BZ---

POST TO ME IF YOU HAVE HARD INFO OR IDEAS, iowaz@hotmail.com

At this point in time 10/2000, I NEED HELP WITH MORE ACTUAL FACTS. It seems possible that the three Thompson brothers, Samuel, Morris J., William (wife was Jane Capper), and the Capper siblings of John, Jane, Drinda, and of course their Failes, all removed to Fayette Co. at the same time, starting the trip in the spring/summer of 1854 and arriving mid to late summer of 1854. Samuel and Morris J. taking up land 1 1/2 miles east of Taylorville, with William Thompson and John Capper taking up land 3-4 miles north of Wadena. All of the families would have been within 5-6 miles of each other.

The families of William Thompson and John Capper were living adjacent to each other in Pleasant Valley Twp., in Fayette Co., Iowa in the 1860 Census. John apparently was the brother of William's wife Jane Capper (I do not know that at this time; only an assumption). It appears that sister Drinda Capper (listed in the 1860 Census in John's household) had made the journey to Fayette County and was living with John's family. Since John's daughter Susana was born in Iowa, and five years old in 1860, it appears the John Capper, Jane Capper Thompson's brother had removed to Fayette Co., Iowa about the time Samuel and Morris Thompson came in the fall of 1854. John Capper must have taken up land close to that bought by William Thompson described below, just 3 miles north of Wadena. William and Jane's daughter Hanna Priscilla was born in Iowa in 1857.

There is a note in the 1962 edition of "Thompson Genealogy" which states the Morris J. and William were the two Thompson brothers to migrate to Fayette Co., Iowa in the fall of 1854, but we know that Morris J. and Samuel came together and took up land and farmed together, just east of Taylorville.

From the 1860 Fayette County Census data we know that by 1860, Samuel was farming between Fayette and Wadena near the Grannis Canyon/Valley area, Morris J. was farming near Brush Creek, William was farming north of Wadena adjacent to brother-in-law John Capper, and Alex had arrived in the area, probably about 1857, as his oldest child Charles was born in Iowa and was listed as two years old in the 1860 census, and he was farming near West Union. There is from Ohio, a James Thompson, born 1835, that is a blacksmith in Fayette in 1860, that I have not connected to our Thompson Clan, yet.

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LAND PURCHASE: This is the first official land entry I have found in the Fayette Co., books for William. The next time I get into the Fayette Co. Courthouse books, I will see what I can find for the Capper family.

---July 20, 1860, William David Thompson bought in Illyria Twp., SW ¼, NE ¼, Sec 10, T93, R7 (This is 40 acres of very hilly timbered land, 3 miles directly north of present day, 2000, Wadena), recorded in book J, page 597. William (1823-1894) is the oldest son of Zach C. and Priscilla Thompson. This is the first land transaction found for William in Fayette County, thus apparently he made the migration in late 1859 or early 1860 at the age of 37, with wife Jane Capper (1825Ohio-1905), son Stewart (1848Ohio-1894), daughter Eliza A. (1851Ohio-1919), son David C. (1852Ohio-1924), and daughter Hanna Priscilla (1857Iowa-1922).

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1860 FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA, CENSUS INFORMATION

Fayette, IA 1860 Federal Census USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgenweb.org/census.

LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

PLEASANT VALLEY TWP.,(town of Elgin area)CENSUS 1860 FAYETTE, CO., IOWA

15 706 619 Thompson Wm. 37 M Farmer 1,000 200 Ohio

16 706 619 Thompson Jane (Capper) 35 F Ohio

17 706 619 Thompson Steward 12 M Ohio X

18 706 619 Thompson Eliza A. 9 F Ohio X

19 706 619 Thompson David 8 M Ohio X

20 706 619 Thompson Persilla 3 F Iowa

21 707 620 Capper John 28 M Farmer 1,600 350 Ohio

22 707 620 Capper Susan 28 F Ireland

23 707 620 Capper Drinda 27 F Ohio

24 707 620 Capper Susana 5 F Iowa X

25 707 620 Capper Thomas J. 3 M Iowa

26 707 620 Capper Ellsie J. 1 F

WESTFIELD TWP., (town of Fayette area),CENSUS 1860 FAYETTE, CO., IOWA

38 1561 1331 Gould E. 30 M Blacksmith 100 New York

39 1561 1331 Thompson James 25 M Blacksmith 100 Ohio

9 1650 1411 Thompson Saml A. 32 M Farmer 1,600 Ohio

10 1650 1411 Thompson Martha J. 27 F Ohio

11 1650 1411 Thompson Mary P. 6 F Iowa X

12 1650 1411 Thompson Manda K.. 3 F Iowa

13 1650 1411 Thompson A. E. 2 F Iowa

14 1650 1411 Thompson Zachariah 2/12 M Iowa

WEST UNION TWP., CENSUS 1860 FAYETTE, CO., IOWA

35 1208 1077 Thompson Alexander 26 M Farmer 400 100 Ohio

36 1208 1077 Thompson Levina 26 F Ohio

37 1208 1077 Thompson Charles S. 2 M Iowa

38 1208 1077 Thompson Noah 1/12 M Iowa

39 1208 1077 Thompson I*ina 1/12 F Iowa

FAIRFIELD TWP., (town of Brush Creek/Arlington area,)CENSUS 1860 FAYETTE, CO., IOWA

40 2121 1842 Thompson Morris J. 31 M Farmer 1,000 600 Ohio

1 2121 1842 Thompson Sarah J. 27 F Ohio

2 2121 1842 Thompson Deloss 7 M Ohio X

3 2121 1842 Thompson John A. 5 M Ohio X

4 2121 1842 Thompson Margaret 4 F Iowa

5 2121 1842 Thompson Wm 1 M

Notes from "Thompson Genealogy," Second Edition, by Thomas Thompson, Sept. 1962:

------Joshia and Zachariah, Thompson brothers, took up an original land grant from the government, and received their land patent from Washington, D.C., 1824. In 1830, Zachariah, by purchase, owned the entire original tract. When the first Ohio census was taken in 1830, the original record shows Andrew Thompson family was taken first and the Zachariah family record is next in order. Andrew Thompson was a property holder, living on a 15 acre farm in 1830.

--------In 1865, Zachariah sold the Ohio land to James Amos (the Thompson and Amos Clans were neighbors and married) and moved to Brush Creek, Fayette, Co., Iowa, to join sons and family that had migrated into the area and set up farms.

--------All of the 11 children of Zach and Priscilla were born on the old farm in Ohio.

From the Early History of Harrison Co., Ohio, page 172: At the age of 21 (1817) Zach Thompson accompanied his parents to Ohio, and four years later (1821), he married Priscilla Albaugh, who was born and reared in Harrison Co., now Carroll County, Ohio, having never been outside its borders until she accompanied her husband to Iowa ( Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette, Co.). Zach obtained land from the government in Fayette County and from the wild prairie developed a good farm, upon which he resided for eleven years and where he died in 1880. Many were the hardships and privations endured by the early settlers and to them we owe a debt of gratitude which can never be repaid. All of their salt had to be brought across the mountains and a bushel of wheat would not buy a pound of coffee.

About 1865 Zacariah Thompson and his wife bade good bye to Ohio and came to Iowa, settling on a farm abut one mile from Brush Creek. When a young man Mr. Thompson had learned the carpenter's trade which he followed to some extent in connection with farming but made the latter occupation his chief work in life. while a young man he was ordained for the ministry and was active in the work and interests of the church, doing much work for the Master.

Note: Zach Thompson's farm was 120 acres and sat in the SW wedge of land at the Six Corner's, just at the south end of Brush Creek (Arlington, Iowa). The Six Corner's Intersection has been there since pioneer days. It was formed from when north-south roads or trails were started at this location on the Old Mission Trail, which ran from SE to NW. Along the Mission Trail, the early cabins of Brush Creek were located. Thus the intersection of three trails formed what would become known as the "Six Corners." Zach's farm was the 120 acres bordering to the SW of the Six Corners. The Arlington Coop and some Ag. Industries sit along the two bordering roads. The rest of the land is still farmed, mainly in corn and beans. Zach followed his son's Samuel and Morris to the Brush Creek area. Morris would claim and farm land 2-3 miles straight west of the six corners. Samuel would farm land about six miles north of Brush Creek, in what would become known as Grannis Hollow. It is here that my GGGrandmother Amanda Katura Thompson would be born. It is in the Grannis Valley, on a relatively small farm that Samuel's wife Martha Sherman would be left with six young children, 0-10yrs, when Samuel would die in 1865 on the way back to Ohio. Several other of Zach's children would come to Brush Creek, which would become like Carroll Co., Ohio, a pioneer village/area of the Thompson Clan for several generations. The Thompson Clan in Fayette County, Iowa geographically lived from the southern edge of Brush Creek, up to the north and northwest 6-8 miles between the villages of Fayette and Wadena, to include Albany and Lima, before the Clan started to spread out to the West and other areas of the country. BZ/8/2000.

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THOMPSON LAND TRANSACTIONS IN FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA,

with background and speculation information by BZ, 9/2000

In 1854, during the late summer and fall, Samuel Andrew Thompson (1827-1865, 4th child) and Morris Jackson Thompson (1829-1918, 6th child) sons of Zachariah Caleb and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson, removed from Harrison/Carroll Co., Ohio, to the Brush Creek/Taylorsville area of Fairfield Twp., Fayette County, Iowa. The two brothers traveled by railroad to the Ohio River, than down the Ohio by flatboat, up the Mississippi River to Dubuque and into the Brush Creek area on the Mission Road by wagon pulled by Oxen, probably a horse or two, perhaps a cow, plus a few basic tools and wares of the day. Fayette County, Iowa had only been open to white settlers since the late 1840's and the total population of the county was only a few hundred European descendants at the time Samuel and Morris arrived. They were in reality some of the first pioneers into the area.

When the two Thompson brothers made their trip to Iowa, Samuel was 27 and was married to Martha Jane Sherman who made the trip with him. They had no children yet, the first Mary Priscilla was born in 1855, probably in Fairfield Twp., on their first land claim, just 1 ½ miles west of Taylorsville, Iowa (Taylorsville no longer exists in 2000, but the cemetery is still present). Samuel and Martha's second child, Amanda Katura was reportedly born near the Grannis Creek area in 1856, which was several miles NW of the original land claim near Taylorsville, and only about a year plus after arrival in the area. The two brothers were reported to have lived about six years west of Taylorsville so there is an unknown in the accuracy of that "story" from the "Biographical Album of Fayette County," and to the actual residence of Samuel. Samuel appears to have been doing a lot of traveling around Fayette County during the late 1850's, probably claiming, buying and selling land, as well as breaking ground and farming with Morris near Taylorsville.

It is possible that Samuel had been breaking farm ground near the Grannis Creek area, had a cabin and farmstead there, as well as farming with Morris back at Taylorsville. That may explain the birth of Amanda K. and the other children near Grannis Canyon. It would appear that like most of the other early settlers/farmers that the first years of pioneer farming in the area were extremely difficult with many people not making it, and others just holding on to an existence. Morris was 25 at the time of the migration from Ohio, and had been married for four years to Sarah Jane Brown, who with their son Othello D. (1852-1924) made the migration. Sarah Jane apparently was pregnant with John A. (1854-1914), who may have been born along the way, or early upon arrival in the Taylorsville area. Morris had apprenticed as a blacksmith at the age of 17, so was an experienced Smith upon arrival in Iowa, and probably put his skills to use right away, making his own tools, tools for his brother Samuel and perhaps other early settlers. Morris would utilize that trade for many years, as well as the farming skills learned through the family in Ohio. Thus the initial Thompson settlers in Fayette County consisted of the two brothers, their wives, and the two very young sons of Morris J.

As of this date (9/2000/BZ), land ownership in Fayette, Iowa, has also been found for two other brothers. In 1860, William Thompson had land in Illyra Twp., a few miles north of Wadena. In 1865 brother Alexander is recorded as selling land near West Union, and in 1867 had land several miles west of Brush Creek. Father Zach I Caleb Thompson would buy land in 1865 on the southern edge of Brush Creek. Martha Sherman's brother Josiah Sherman bought land with his brother-in-law Samuel Thompson, early in 1865, just before Sam would leave for Ohio, and die along the way. Thus Josiah seems to have removed to Fayette County by 1865, and apparently was the only sibling of Martha Sherman to make the trip, the other family members staying in Ohio. Martha would eventually remarry M.F. Little quit sometime after Samuel's death in 1865. M.F. Little farmed just to the NW of Brush Creek and about a mile N of the long term farm of Morris J. Thompson who was appointed guardian of Samuel's children. If is probable that for some years after the death of Samuel that Martha and the children lived on the farm of Morris J., which would have been 2 miles W of Brush Creek.

The next trip to the Fayette County Courthouse will be a land records "re-search." If anyone has information/correction/discussion on land transactions and relocation's, please post to me. As of 9/2000, I am looking for the exact year that the other members of Zach I and Priscilla's children moved to Brush Creek. We know that Sam and Morris came in 1854. William was in Fayette Co. by 1860 ("Thompson Genealogy" states that William accompanied Morris J. to Fayette Co., but this is incorrect, it was Samuel Andrew, 8/2000/BZ), Alex by 1865, Catherine in 1877. Eli, Martha Thompson Allen, Allen and David B., the remainder of the family would also end up in Brush Creek.

MORRIS J. THOMPSON from, "The Portrait and Biographical Album of Fayette County, Iowa, 1880"

Morris J. Thompson has for thirty years resided upon his farm on section 31 of Fairfield Township. Add to that period seven years and we have the length of time in which he has resided in the county. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, September 3, 1829, and is of Scotch descent.

Looking backward many years we find Morris conning his lessons in a log schoolhouse that is furnished with slab seats, a huge fireplace in one end and desks along the wall. He only attended in the winter season and then was frequently absent on account of the work upon the farm requiring his services. He was early inured to hard work and at the age of seventeen began to learn the blacksmith's trade which he followed until twenty-five years of age when he came to Iowa. He made the trip with his brother Samuel, and the journey was accomplished by means of the railroad, the lakes, the Mississippi, and ox-teams which bore them to their destination. He purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land a short distance east of Taylorville at $3 per acre which exhausted his capital. Here Morris endured many hardships and privations such as fall to the lot of a pioneer and did much hard work. He was forced to go bare-footed some of the time and often worked out of doors in cold weather without shelter, shoeing oxen. He and his brother Samuel walked five miles to cut logs for their house; eating frozen dinners in the woods and when the cabin was built lived in it from April to Christmas without a window. Morris and Samuel came to Fayette County in the fall of 1854, and having lived for seven years upon one farm purchased his homestead in 1861. The land was wild and unimproved but he at once began its development and now has two hundred and forty acres under a high state of cultivation, furnished with the necessary buildings and in connection with this he has enough to keep him in his declining years in peace and plenty. Beside farming he engaged in blacksmithing for thirty years.

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LAND RECORDING DATA COLLECTED FROM THE FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 8/1990/BZ

---November, 1854, the following is a copy of a land sales in 1863, which apparently is the initial "purchase" of land by Samuel and Morris Thompson when they removed to Fayette County, Iowa------September 8, 1863, Morris Jackson Thompson sold in Fairfield Twp., N ½, NE ¼, Sec24, T92, R7 (This is 80 acres two miles to the east of Taylorsville on the county line with Clayton County. This was rolling timbered land with medium and wet grass prairie in the bottoms.), recorded in book O, page 11. THIS IS PROBABLY THE INITIAL LAND CLAIMED BY SAMUEL AND MORRIS THOMPSON IN NOVEMBER OF 1854, when the two brother arrived in Fairfield Twp. This is 3 ½ miles E and 1 ½ miles N of Brush Creek. It is probable that Samuel transferred his portion of this land to Morris by 1863, and that Morris sold this parcel to buy the farmland 2 miles.

---November 13, 1854, brothers Samuel Andrew Thompson and Morris Jackson Thompson bought in Fairfield Twp., the N ½, NE ¼, Sec 34, T92, R 7 (This is 80 acres 1 ½ miles SE of Brush Creek and was along the east side of the Mission Road to Fr. Atkinson. In 1873, the railroad would cut NW across this land, and in 1865, their Father Zach C. would move to brush creek and farm the land just to the west of this acreage. The land in this area was a variety of tall grass and wet grass prairie with small tree lined creeks running through it. At this time it would have unplowed, uncut, unused virgin prairie county. ), recorded in book P, page 416.

--- November 13, 1854, brothers Samuel Andrew Thompson and Morris Jackson Thompson bought in Fairfield Twp., NE ¼, SW ¼, Sec 3, T92, R7 (This is 40 acres of hilly, timbered land with a deep valley creek running through it. Wood for log buildings, fires, building, tools, etc., was absolutely necessary for the success of any pioneer farming endeavor, therefore almost every early settler out in the prairie area to the S, SE, W and NW of Brush Creek, had to own at least a small parcel of timbered land to the N of brush creek, or have enough creek/river bottom timber to get along.), recorded in book P, page 416.

---March 26, 1855, Samuel Andrew Thompson and Morris Jackson Thompson, bought in West Union Twp., the NW ¼, NW ¼, and NE ¼ , NE ¼ Sec 17, T94, R8, and E ½, NE ¼, Sec 18, T94, R8 (This is 160 acres of timbered land with a creek running diagonally through it, located immediately bordering the west side of present day West Union (2000). Then the are was a few log cabins and a merchant or two, known as Knob Prairie), recorded in book P, page 360. Perhaps in the Winter of their arrival the two brothers traveled up the Mission Road, past Fayette, Iowa, then straight north to Knob Prairie finding an area to lay claim too. They may have been going to Knob Prairie to register the land near Brush Creek and also looking for new land.

---November 11, 1856, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Westfield Twp., W ½, SW ¼, Sec 36, T93, R8 (This is 80 acres of rolling hills with timber and prairie bottoms, 1 mile south and 3 ½ miles east of Fayette.), recorded in book I, page 124.

---January 14, 1859, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Oran Twp., S ½, SE ¼, and the NW ¼, SE ¼ of Sec 7, T91, R10 (This is 160 acres of tall and wet grass prairie a mile west of the Wapsipinicon River, and 1 miles west and 4 ½ miles north of present day Fairbanks, or 20 miles west and 3 miles south of Brush Creek.

---January 14, 1859, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Oran Twp., S ½, SE ¼, and the NW ¼, SE ¼ of Sec 20, T91, R10 (This is 160 acres of wet grass prairie, slough land, brushy bottom land timber on the west side of the Wapsipinican River, 1 miles north of present day Fairbanks, or 20 miles west and 6 miles south of Brush Creek.), recorded in book K?, page 23.

---April 16, 1859, Samuel Andrew Thompson sold in Westfield Twp., W ½, SW ¼, Sec 36, T93, R8 (This is 80 acres of rolling hills with timber and prairie bottoms, 1 mile south and 3 ½ miles east of Fayette.), recorded in book K?, page 23.

---July 20, 1860, William H. Thompson bought in Illyria Twp., SW ¼, NE ¼, Sec 10, T93, R7 (This is 40 acres of very hilly timbered land, 3 miles directly north of present day, 2000, Wadena), recorded in book J, page 597. William (1823-1894) is the oldest son of Zach C. and Priscilla Thompson. This is the first land transaction found for William in Fayette County, thus apparently he made the migration in late 1859 or early 1860 at the age of 37, with wife Jane Capper (1825-1905), son Stewart (1848-1894), daughter Eliza A. (1851-1919), son David C. (1852-1924), and daughter Hanna Priscilla (1857-1922).

---April 30, 1862, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in West Union Twp., NE ¼, Sec 7 and N ½ of NE ½, Sec 18, T94, R8 (This is a total of 240 acres 1 miles W/NW of West Union in the same area Samuel bought 45 acres of timber land in 1855. This new land was a combination of rolling prairie land and wet grass prairie bottomland with a creek running through it.

---September 8, 1863, Morris Jackson Thompson bought in Fairfield Twp., E ½, NW ¼ , Sec 32, T92, R7 (This is 80 acres 2 miles west of the "six corner intersection" at the S side of Brush Creek.), recorded in book n, p 295. THIS FARM APPARENTLY IS THE FINAL HOMESTEAD FARM AND MAIN LAND HOLDING OF MORRIS J. THOMPSON

---September 8, 1863, Morris Jackson Thompson sold in Fairfield Twp., N ½, NE ¼, Sec24, T92, R7 (This is 80 acres two miles to the east of Taylorsville on the county line with Clayton County. This was rolling timbered land with medium and wet grass prairie in the bottoms.), recorded in book O, page 11. THIS IS PROBABLY THE INITIAL LAND CLAIMED BY SAMUEL AND MORRIS THOMPSON IN NOVEMBER OF 1854, when the two brother arrived in Fairfield Twp. This is 3 ½ miles E and 1 ½ miles N of Brush Creek. It is probable that Samuel transferred his portion of this land to Morris by 1863, and that Morris sold this parcel to buy the farmland 2 miles

---October 14, 1863, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Smithfield Twp., E 5/8, NE ¼, Sec 36, T 92, R8 (This is 100 acres 3+ miles west of the "six corner intersection" at the south side of Brush Creek, and two miles just west of the land Morris Jackson registered in this same year.), recorded in book O, page 388.

---October 14, 1863, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Fairfield Twp., N ¾, E ½ , SE ¼ , SWW ¼, Sec 9, T92, R7 (This is 20 acres of hill timber 3 miles straight N of Brush Creek), recorded in book O, page 388. Again, these small woodland plots would be land utilized for wood cutting.

----October 14, 1863, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Westfield Twp., W ½, SW ¼, Sec 36, T93, R8 (This is 80 acres of rolling hills 1 ½ miles S and 3 ½ miles east of Fayette, just to the west of the timber land in the area.), recorded in book O, page 389.

---December 1, 1863, William Thompson sold in Pleasant Valley Twp, N ½, SE ¼, Sec 18, T94, R7 (This is 80 acres of basically hill timber 4 miles straight west of present day Elgin.), recorded in book ), page 485.

---March 17, 1864, William Thompson bought in Smithfield Twp., S ½, W ½, and NW ¼, S ¼, Sec 27, T92, R8 (This is 225 acres of tall and wet grass rolling prairie six miles west of the "six corner intersection" and was 2-3 miles west of the land owned by brothers Samuel and Morris.), recorded in book R, page 108.

---January 10, 1865, Samuel Andrew Thomspon and Josiah Sherman (Sam's brother-in-law, Martha's brother) bought in Smithfield Twp., W ¾, W ½, NE1/4, Sec 36, T92, R8 (This is 60 acres of tall and wet grass prairie 3 ½ miles straight W of

"Six corner's" at the south edge of Brush Creek, and in the area of final settlement of Morris J.), recorded in book R, page 63.

---April 5 1865, Alex Thompson sold in West Union Twp., E ½, E ½, NE ¼, Sec 25, T94, R8 (This is 40 acres of hilly timber land, 1 miles W of Brainard, or 2 ½ miles S, 4 miles east of West Union.), recorded in book R, page 152.

---April 7, 1865, SAMUEL ANDREW THOMPSON DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO OHIO, AND WOULD BE TAKEN THE REST OF THE WAY TO RUMLEY TWP. AND BURIED IN ALLEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY. It would appear that by this time Samuel had bought and sold considerable property in Fayette County. Since the land holdings were so dispersed around the county, one can speculate that Samuel was spending time traveling throughout the county exploring for land holdings, and at a very early time in the history of the county. In the future Samuel's brothers would sell some of his land, so they apparently acted as executors and guardians of his six children who where 1-10 years old at his death. Presently, I do not know what the arrangements for his wife Martha Sherman were, or who in the Sherman family might have also been Fayette County at this time. Where the family lived, or by what means is unknown at this time. Martha's burial is unknown, 9/2000/Z.

---Summer, 1865, the father and mother of the Thompson boy's who had removed to Fayette Co., Iowa, were now joined by their Parents, Zachariah I Caleb and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson. Zach I would purchase 120 acres at the south edge of Brush Creek. The SE part of the "Six Corner Intersection." The diagonal of the Mission Road would run through his property.

---March 1966, Morris Jackson Thompson, sold as Administrator of Samuel Jackson Thompson, to Josiah Sherman, in Smithfield Twp., W ½, W ¾, W ½, NE ¼, Sec 36, T92, R8 (This is 30 acres of prairie land that was 3 ½ miles west of "six corner intersection" on the south side of Brush Creek), recorded in book X, page 561. It has to be assumed that this is Martha Sherman's brother Josiah (1838-1923), thus other members of the Sherman family from Carroll/Harrison Co., Ohio must have migrated to Fayette Co., Iowa.

---June 14, 1867, Alexander Thompson, bought in Smithfield Twp., W ½, NW ¼, Sec 24, T92, R8 (This is 80 acres of wet and tall grass prairie 1 miles N and 4 miles W of Brush Creek.), recorded in book Z, page 491.

---May 2, 1868, William Thompson Guardian of the Minor Heirs of Samuel Andrew Thompson, sold in Westfield Twp., 2/3 undeveloped, W ½, SW ¼, Sec 36, T93, R8 (This the 80 acres that on November 11, 1856, Samuel Andrew Thompson bought in Westfield Twp, of rolling hills with timber and prairie bottoms, 1 mile south and 3 ½ miles east of Fayette, recorded in book I, page 124.), recorded in book Y, page 463.

---May 18, 1868, William David Thompson, sold in Pleasant Valley, SE ¼, SE ¼ , Sec 1, T94, R7 (This is 40 acres of timbered hard hill country, 2 ½ miles N and 1 mile E of Elgin Iowa on the Clayton Co. line.) recorded in book Y, page 485.

---May 18, 1868, William David Thompson sold in Oran Twp., W ½, NW ¼, of Sec 6, T91, R 10 (This is 80 acres of mainly wet grass prairie on the west fringe of the Wapsipinican River bottom timber.), recorded in book Y, page 515. This may be land that William's brother had acquired in his wanderings around the county, as in 1859 Samuel had claimed land in Oran Twp., north of present day Fairbank.

---January 2, 1869, Morris Jackson Thompson bought in Fairfield Twp., SW ¼, SE ¼, Sec 29, T92, R7 (This if 40acres of tall and wet grass prairie 1 ¾ miles west of "six corners intersection", on the north side of the road.), recorded in book 28, page 20. This land is close to the other Thompson holdings west of six corners.

---April 1869, William David Thompson sold ?, see record note, recorded in book H2, page 334.

---October 8, 1870, William David Thompson bought in Auburn Twp., W ½, off N side of SE ¼, NE ¼, Sec 33, T95, R9 (This was a 12 acres timbered area in the NW part of Fayette Co., 3 miles N and 6 miles W of West Union), recorded in book 31, page 331.

--- November 1, 1870, William David Thompson, bought in Illyria Twp., SW ¼, NE ¼, Sec 1, T93, R7 (This is 80 acres of very hilly timbered land 3 miles E and 4 miles N of Wadena, and on the Clayton Co. line. By this time much of the timber had been cleared, the thin forest soil plowed and row crops put in where possible, especially on the lower slopes and bottoms. Much of the land was pastures, hogs and some cattle were allowed to run wild.), recorded in book 30, page 492.

---October 12, 1872, Alex Thompson bought from William Thompson, in Auburn Twp., undeveloped ½ of 13 acres in SE ¼, NW ¼, Sec 34, T95, R9 (This hilly timbered land very near or bordering on the Turkey River, 1 ½ miles S and 1 ½ miles W of Auburn, or 5 miles west and 3 miles N of West Union.), recorded in book 33, page 521.

---December 17, 1886, Morris J. Thompson sold for Sam Thompson in Fairfield Twp., W ½, E ¼, NE ¼, NW ¼, Sec 3, T92, R7 (This is 5 acres hilly forested land 4 ½ miles N and 1 miles E of Brush Creek, and 3 ½ miles N of Taylorsville.), recorded in book Z, page 5.

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More About Zachariah I Caleb Thompson:

Burial: Unknown, Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA

Note: Justice of Peace, New Rumley, Ohio

Occupation: Farmer

Notes for Priscilla Albaugh:

Born on her father's farm near Kilgore, Ohio. Her family were Lutherans and were instrumental in the establishment of the Lutheran Church at Kilgore.

More About Priscilla Albaugh:

Burial: Unknown, Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA

Web Site: Http://albaugh.ourfamily.com

More About Zachariah Thompson and Priscilla Albaugh:

Marriage: January 15, 1822, New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio

Children of Zachariah Thompson and Priscilla Albaugh are:

+ 17 i. William David⁴ Thompson, born January 12, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio; died August 02, 1894 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

+ 18 ii. Eli Isaac Thompson, born November 03, 1824 in Perryville, New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co, OH; died February 03, 1903 in Sargent, Custer Co., NE.

19 iii. Morris Thompson, born April 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died July 01, 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH.

More About Morris Thompson:

Namesake: Priscilla Albaugh's father.

+ 20 iv. Samuel Andrew Thompson I, born August 15, 1827 in Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio; died April 07, 1865 in Trip to Harrison County, Ohio.

+ 21 v. Morris Jackson Thompson, born September 03, 1829 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died 1918 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

+ 22 vi. Catherine Thompson, born September 26, 1831 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died May 02, 1914 in Custer, Custer Co., Nebraska.

+ 23 vii. Alexander Thompson, born November 09, 1834 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died 1894 in Carroll Co, Ohio.

+ 24 viii. Martha Thompson, born May 15, 1836 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died 1911 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa.

+ 25 ix. Allen C. Thompson, born January 30, 1838 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died 1913.

26 x. Elizabeth Thompson, born May 05, 1842 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died 1908. She married Willian Henry Moore in Late in life.; born 1840; died 1904.

More About Willian Moore and Elizabeth Thompson:

Marriage: Late in life.

+ 27 xi. David B. Thompson, born May 01, 1845 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH; died July 13, 1932 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa.

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Generation No. 4

17. William David⁴ Thompson (Zachariah I Caleb³, Andrew², Thomas¹) was born January 12, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio, and died August 02, 1894 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa. He married (1) Eliza Jane Stewart March 07, 1847 in Carroll Co, Ohio, daughter of Mahlon Stewart and Elizabeth Park. She was born 1829, and died April 14, 1848 in Carroll Co., Ohio. He married (2) Jane Capper April 25, 1850 in Carroll Co, Ohio, daughter of John Capper and Susannah Morrison. She was born December 04, 1825 in Carroll Co., Ohio, and died 1905 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

Notes for William David Thompson:

The first three children were born in Carroll Co., Ohio, which means that the fourth Hanna born 1857, was probably born in Fayette County, Iowa, either near the farm of Samuel or Morris J. in the Taylorsville Area, or to the north of Wadena where the first records of land purchase by William occurs. As of 9/2000, I would tend to think William came to Fayette County a year or so after Samuel and Morris who arrived in the fall of 1854, I am guessing in the summer/fall of 1856. William apparently took up land just north of Wadena, which was only about 5 miles from Samuel's land between Fayette and Wadena, while Morris J. stayed close to Brush Creek, just to the west. All of the Thompson Clan would end up within about eight miles of each other.

Land purchases in Fayette Co., Iowa

---April 1869, William David Thompson sold ?, see record note, recorded in book H2, page 334.

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More About William David Thompson:

Burial: Unknown, Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa

Note: Stayed on Ohio farm until 18.

Occupation: Farmer

Residence: 1860, Pleasant Valley Twp., Fayette Co., Iowa

Notes for Eliza Jane Stewart:

Burial?? Grave does not show up in Allen Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio, or in Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa, the two mail Thompson Clan pioneer burial plots.

More About Eliza Jane Stewart:

Burial: Unknown, Perryville Historical M.E. Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio

Note: Died during childbirth, 18y6m

Residence: Lamartine, Ohio at time of Marriage

More About William Thompson and Eliza Stewart:

Marriage: March 07, 1847, Carroll Co, Ohio

Notes for Jane Capper:

Information Notes---First baby died and was buried on the roadside on their way from Lamartine, Ohio, to Brush Creek, Iowa, in 1854.

Burial?? Grave does not show up in Allen Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio, or in Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa, the two mail Thompson Clan pioneer burial plots.

More About William Thompson and Jane Capper:

Marriage: April 25, 1850, Carroll Co, Ohio

Child of William Thompson and Eliza Stewart is:

+ 28 i. Stewart A.⁵ Thompson, born 1848 in Carroll Co., Ohio; died 1894.

Children of William Thompson and Jane Capper are:

+ 29 i. Eliza A.⁵ Thompson, born 1851 in Carroll Co, Ohio; died 1919.

+ 30 ii. David C. Thompson, born 1852 in Carroll Co., Ohio; died 1924.

+ 31 iii. Hanna Priscilla Thompson, born 1857 in North of Wadena, Fayette County, Iowa; died 1922.

+ 32 iv. Zachariah D. Thompson, born August 21, 1861; died April 15, 1927 in Taylorville Cemetery, Arlington, Iowa.

+ 33 v. Mary E. Thompson, born 1863; died 1935.

+ 34 vi. Martha Jane Thompson, born 1866; died 1926.

35 vii. Unknown Thompson, died Unknown.

18. Eli Isaac⁴ Thompson (Zachariah I Caleb³, Andrew², Thomas¹) was born November 03, 1824 in Perryville, New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co, OH, and died February 03, 1903 in Sargent, Custer Co., NE. He married Eliza Kirby December 18, 1845 in Carroll Co, Ohio. She was born 1825, and died January 02, 1881.

Notes for Eli Isaac Thompson:

Notes from "TheThompson Genealogy" by T.W. Thompson, 1979 edition---Eli was a blacksmith by trade. he was a man of vision. he lived far ahead of his day. He made a set of wings and tried to fly from the top of a building. This man fore-saw the possibility of flying. Our age has perfected his vision of yester-year.

Notes from "Thompson Genealogy"---Eli Isaac Thompson proved up on a homestead in Custer Co., Nebraska, in the western part of the state. The U.S. Government patent is now in the possession of his grandson Grover Thomposn, who lives in Glendo, Wyoming. Eli spent his last days with his daughter Minerva Thompson Wood, at Sargent, Nebraska.

More About Eli Isaac Thompson:

Burial: Unknown, Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa

Note: Many of the women in the family died of TB (Pat Hendricks,1999).

Occupation: Blacksmith

Relocated: Aft. 1871, Homesteaded in Custer, Custer Co., NB

Removed: 1864, Carroll Co., Ohio to Brush Creek, Fayette co., Iowa

More About Eliza Kirby:

Burial: Unknown, Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa

More About Eli Thompson and Eliza Kirby:

Marriage: December 18, 1845, Carroll Co, Ohio

Children of Eli Thompson and Eliza Kirby are:

+ 36 i. Melissa⁵ Thompson, born 1846; died 1873.

+ 37 ii. Manerva Thompson, born 1848; died 1925.

+ 38 iii. John Richard Thompson, born August 06, 1850 in Perryville, Carroll Co., Ohio; died September 29, 1915 in Cameron Twp., Hall Co., NB.

+ 39 iv. William Henry Thompson, born December 14, 1853 in Perryville, Carroll Co., Ohio; died June 06, 1937 in Grand Island, Buffalo Co., NB.

+ 40 v. Ellen P. Thompson, born 1856; died 1889.

+ 41 vi. Martha E. Thompson, born 1857; died 1889.

42 vii. Catherine Thompson, born 1859; died 1876.

More About Catherine Thompson:

Note: Unmarried

43 viii. Sophia Thompson, born 1861; died 1880.

More About Sophia Thompson:

Note: Unmarried

44 ix. Isaac Ross Thompson, born 1866; died 1942. He married Emma Walker; died Unknown.

More About Isaac Ross Thompson:

Note: No children.

45 x. Priscilla Thompson, died Unknown.

More About Priscilla Thompson:

Note: Apparently listed in 1870 census??

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20. Samuel Andrew⁴ Thompson I (Zachariah I Caleb³, Andrew², Thomas¹) was born August 15, 1827 in Rumley Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, and died April 07, 1865 in Trip to Harrison County, Ohio. He married Martha Jane Sherman January 25, 1853 in Carroll Co, Ohio, daughter of Caleb Sherman and Mary Heidy. She was born January 10, 1833 in Harrison County, Ohio, and died January 25, 1921.

Notes for Samuel Andrew Thompson I:

Information notes from "The Thompson Genealogy" by T.W. Thompson, 1979 edition---Samuel took a trip back to Ohio from Brush Creek (Arlington) to visit relatives and died and was buried in the Allen Cemetery before is family in Brush Creek, Iowa knew anything about it. His brave widow Martha J. Sherman (1833-1921) was left alone with six small children, the youngest being less than a year old, and the oldest 10 yrs old.

Burial is in Allen Memorial Cemetery: This fenced in cemetery is located on Castle Road, 0.8 of a miles from the intersection of State Route 164 and Castle road. It is cared for by the Perry Township Trustees. A row of evergreens and a farm gate guard the entrance. Crops may hide it from view. In the mid-1990's cattle overran the graveyard damaged quite a number of stones.

Samuel Andrew Thompson is buried in the first grave site in Row 6. The stone is broken, the inscription reads, " Thompson, Samuel A., son of Andrew and Priscilla Thompson, died Apr 7, 1865, ae 37y 7m 22d.

Thompson, Samuel I. From the Historical Collections of Harrison

County, Ohio, Page 172-3: Looking backward many years we find

brother Morris conning his lessons in a log schoolhouse that is furnished with slab

seats, a huge fireplace in one end and desks along the wall, he only

attended in the winter season and then was frequently absent on account

of the work upon the farm requiring his services. he was early inured to

hard work and at the age of seventeen began to learn the blacksmith's

trade which he followed until twenty-five years of age when he came to

Iowa. He made the trip with his brother Samuel, and the journey was

accomplished by means of the railroad, the lakes, the Mississippi, and

ox-teams which bore them to their destination. He purchased one hundred

and twenty acres of land a short distance east of Taylorville at $3 per

acre which exhausted his capital. Here he endured many hardships and

privations such as fall to the lot of a pioneer and did much hard work.

He was forced to go bare-footed some of the time and often worked out of

doors in cold weather without shelter, shooing oxen. He and his brother

walked five miles to cut logs for their house, eating frozen dinners in

the woods and when the cabin was built lived in it from April to

Christmas without a window. Morris I Jackson Thompson and

Samuel I Andrew Thompson came to Fayette county in the

fall of 1854, and having lived for seven years upon one farm purchased

his homestead in 1861. The land was wild and unimproved but he at once

began its development and now has two hundred and forty acres under a

high state of cultivation, furnished with the necessary buildings and in

connection with this he has enough to keep him in his declining years in

peace and plenty. Beside farming, Morris engaged in blacksmithing for thirty

years. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson [were] members of the Christian Church of

Brush Creek, with which he has been connected for twenty-eight years,

some of that time as Elder. He has done much for its upbuilding, labored

untiringly for its interests and given liberally for its support. A

Christian life has won him many friends who respect him for his many

excellencies of character, As a pioneer settler of the county he has

been identified with its history, has seen its growth and progress and

watched its development. Morris used to haul wheat forty miles with an

ox-team to the Mississippi River and then receive only forty cents per

bushel, but now has a market almost at his door. In political sentiments

he is a Republican, having supported that party since casting his first

vote for J. C. Fremont.

More About Samuel Andrew Thompson I:

Burial: Unknown, Allen Memorial Cem,PerryTwp, Carroll Co,Ohio

More About Martha Jane Sherman:

Burial: Unknown, I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harper, Kansas

Note: Eventually went to live with sons Zach C. II and Samuel A. II in Harper, Kansas after their migration.

More About Samuel Thompson and Martha Sherman:

Marriage: January 25, 1853, Carroll Co, Ohio

Children of Samuel Thompson and Martha Sherman are:

+ 46 i. Mary Priscilla⁵ Thompson, born 1855; died 1908.

+ 47 ii. Amanda Katura Thompson, born September 13, 1856 in Grannis Hollow, Iowa; died 1942 in Fayette, Iowa.

+ 48 iii. Annis E. Thompson, born 1858 in Grannis Canyon area of Fayette Co., Iowa; died 1930 in Kingman Co., Kansas.

+ 49 iv. Zachariah II Caleb Thompson, born 1860; died 1943.

+ 50 v. Frances A. Thompson, born 1862; died 1933.

+ 51 vi. Samuel Andrew Thompson II, born 1864 in Grannis Hollow area, Fayette Co., Iowa; died 1942.

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21. Morris Jackson⁴ Thompson (Zachariah I Caleb³, Andrew², Thomas¹) was born September 03, 1829 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH, and died 1918 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa. He married (1) Sarah Jane Brown July 06, 1851 in Carroll Co, Ohio. She was born 1832, and died 1870 in Brush Creek, Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa. He married (2) Catherine H. Briney June 30, 1872 in Buchanan Co., IA. She was born 1838, and died 1926 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa.

Notes for Morris Jackson Thompson:

Information Notes from "The Thompson Genealogy" by T.W. Thompson, 1979 edition---The first wife was from Jefferson Co, Ohio, married. 1851. It is to be noted, after the first Morris died, the parents named this boy Morris J. evidently to perpetuate the name. Morris J. was a blacksmith by trade, and with brother William were the first members of the Thompson family to settle in Fayette County, Iowa, which was at the time an unbroken prairie. The Thompson history says "he lived many useful years as an honorable an upright citizen.

Thompson, Morris). From the Historical Collections of Harrison

County, Ohio, Page 172-3: Looking backward many years we find Morris

conning his lessons in a log schoolhouse that is furnished with slab