Ignatious Thompson (abt. 1842 - abt. 1900)

Born about 1842 in Ohio

Husband of Rebecca Ann (Goff) Thompson — married 21 Jun 1863 in Osage Township, Morgan, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died about 1900 at about age 58 in Warsaw, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Ignatious was born about 1842. Ignatious Thompson died about 1900.

He was living with his parents in 1850 in West Point, Lee, Iowa. The family had been there fewer than five years.

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William Thompson Male 33 Ohio, United States

Mary Thompson Female 33 Ohio, United States

Hariet Thompson Female 11 Ohio, United States

Silas D Thompson Male 11 Ohio, United States

Ignatius Thompson Male 8 Ohio, United States

Myra Thompson Female 5 Ohio, United States

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"The marriage license for Ignatius Thompson (sp. "Ignacious Thomson") and Rebecca Ann Goff lists James Lamme as a witness to the marriage which took place in the home of Archibald [Goff], Osage, Morgan Co, in 1863. This Rebecca would have been abt 16-17 yrs old while Ignatius would have been about 20. He is listed with William and Emily Thompson on the 1860, Palestine, Cooper Co. Census, p. 108, as 17. "^[2]

"Ignatius could also have been the son of Micajah Thompson who came to MO from KY and is listed in the 1840 Jackson, Johnson Co., MO Census p. 16 (lists 2 males under 5). The 1850 Census lists Micajah and wife Elizabeth (Micajah Thompson m. Elizabeth Mefford on 20 Nov 1832 in Pike Co. MO) as living in Dis.7, Dubuque Co., IA with an Ignatius C. Thompson, age 14. There would be an age discrepancy of 7 years with the 1860 Cooper Co. listing so they may or may not be the same person (how many Ignatius Thompsons could there be for this region?)."^[3]

The William Thompson with whom Ignatius at age 17 is found in the 1860 Census was aged 53, b. Ohio; his wife Emily was aged 42 b Ohio; son Benjamin F. Thompson aged 4 b Iowa.

His sister Harriet Thompson b 1839 in Ohio appears in another 1850 Census entry for West Point, Lee, Iowa. Harriet is with Joseph P. Walker age 30 b KY, Cornelia Walker age 28 b KY, Albert Walker age 1 b Iowa, Thompson Walker age 28 b KY and Harriet Thompson age 12 b Ohio.^[4]

This is Joseph Patterson Walker who is descended from the Wigton Walkers of Wigton, Scotland and Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Ignatius is aged 30 in the 1870 Census for Palestine Township, Cooper, Missouri. He was a farm laborer, said to have been born in Missouri. Wife Rebecca age 34 b Missouri; son William age 7 b MO; son John age 2 b MO.^[5]

In 1880 Ignatius and Rebecca had five children: William, John, Robert, Thomas and Ada.^[6]

His pension was dated 15 Sep 1897.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-7SK : 12 April 2016), William Thompson, West Point, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 115, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ5-DC3 : 14 December 2017), Igntious Thompson in entry for William Thompson, 1860.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.ie/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=245&p=surnames.goff
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-WV3 : 12 April 2016), Hariet Thompson in household of Joseph P Walker, West Point, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 40, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DB-C5P : 12 June 2019), Ignatius Thompson, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6F9-YYC : 26 August 2017), Ignatious Thompson, Smithton, Pettis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 115, sheet 59A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,708.
7. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4KB-SZG : 24 March 2016), Ignatius Thompson, 1897.