THOMPSON FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH

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THOMPSON FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH

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Hannah Thompson b. 1782 m. 1799 Ebenezer Tidd b. at Woburn, MA 1764. Their children:

1. Hannah Thompson Tidd b.1808 m. 1826 A. J. Blood Res: Michigan
2. Harriet Tidd b. 18l0 m. 1831 Stephen Kittredge. He d. 1839 and she m. (2) Edway Bellows of Charlestown, NH removed to Michigan.
3. Ebenezer Hiram Tidd b. 1817 m. 1839 Helen Dunsmoor b. 1818. Two children listed p.580
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Stephen Thompson son of Loring and Elizabeth (Hall) Thompson of Cornish, NH. Stephen Thompson b. Oct 26, 1795 m. 18l6 Sally L. Allen dau of John Allen and wife, Sally (Langford) Allen of Cornish. Sally b. Sep l, 1799. She d. 1836. Their children:
1. Arlen Thompson b. Oct 26, 1817 m. Louise Bancroft Res: Windsor.

1. Charles Thompson
2. George Thompson
3. Henry Thompson
4. John Thompson
5. Etta Thompson

2. Marshall Thompson b. April 27, 1820 m. Katie Bemis of Keene, NH Res: Lowell.

l. Josie Thompson
2. Annie Thompson
3. Eliza J. Thompson b. Feb 22, 1822 m. (l) Hiram Read. She m. (2) Daniel Raymond Res: Chelmsford, MA
4. Lafayette F. Thompson b. May 17, 1824 m. Elsie Clay of Claremont, NH He d. May 20, 1864. Their children:

l. Arthur Thompson
2. Ella Thompson

5. Lovina P. Thompson b. May l0, 1826 d. June 27, 1839

Mr. Thompson m. (2) July l,1838 Betsy Mitchell of Clare-mont NH d. Jan 30 1842 and he m. (3) 1843 Hannah C. Orcutt dau of John S. Orcutt and wife, Hannah (Currier) Orcutt of Acworth, NH. She b. 1814. Their children: 1. Lovina Thompson b.1846 d. 1857. Stephen H. Thompson came to Charlestown, NH from Reading VT in 1856.

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William Thompson b. Jan 26, 1793 d. Sept 30, 1869 m. March 5, 18l6, Mary Burrows b. June 18, 1796 d. Nov 25, 1855 They had nine children: Elizabeth B., Abby L., William Jr., Frances Mary, Henry, Charles, Margarette Swift Thompson, Edward, John D. William died at San Francisco June 4, 1873.

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Edward Thompson (fourth son of William Thompson and wife Mary Burrows Thompson. Edward Thompson was born at Somerset Place in Boston Sep 30, 1833 and removed to Charlestown, NH in1852 and m. Jan 27, 1857 Elizabeth Augusta Putnam, dau of Elisha Putnam and wife, Nancy (Melville) Putnam b. at Charlestown, Mar l9, 1833. Their children:
1. Mary E. Thompson b. Oct 3l, 1857
2. Henry Melville Thompson b.Nov l9, 186l
3. Edward Thompson Jr. b. July 20, 1868
4. Frederick Putnam Thompson b. July 17, 1872

Edward Thompson was superintendent of the Sullivan Railroad. He resided at Charlestown, NH in a fine house that he built towards the lower end of Main St. He did much to improve the appearance of the village.

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Otis Thompson m. 1853 Eliza Corbin dau of John Corbin and wife, Caroline Corbin. She b. 1837. Otis Thompson fell in the battle of Gettysburg. Their children
l. Nelson Thompson b.1857
2. Edward Thompson b. 1859
3. Henry Sumter Thompson b. 1862.