Minerva E. (Standley) Thompson (abt. 1850 - bef. 1895)

Born about Dec 1850 in Iowa

Wife of James Samuel Thompson — married 25 Jan 1866 in Appanoose, Iowa

Descendants

Died before 1895 before about age 44 in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States [uncertain]

Biography

1850 Birth

I've placed a birth month of December...could be late November as well. Minerva did not show up on the November 13th 1850 Census, but shows 10 years old on the 1860 and 20 on the 1870.

1866 Marriage

It appears that after her father died, her mother took her and the other two youngest children back to Iowa. Minerva married James S. Thompson there on January 25, 1866.

Name: James S. Thompson

Event Date: 25 Jan 1866

Event Place: Appanoose, Iowa, United States

Spouse's Name: Manerva E. Standley^[1]

1870 Census

See photo. Minerva's family is living immediately next door to her mother and new step-father, Clotilda & Adam 'Wafford'. The transcribed data below lists James as 78....I think it's safer to interpret that as a 28. It also lists his place of birth as IND.

Name: John Thompson

Event Place: Kansas, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

James Thompson M 78 Indiana

Minna Thompson F 20 Iowa

Francis Thompson F 3 Kansas

John Thompson M 1 Kansas^[2]

1875 Kansas Census

See photo. Minerva & James' family is either living with or next door to her brother William Lafayette's Standley-175 family.

Name: Manerva Thompson

Greenwood, Greenwood, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

James Thompson Male 35 Indiana

Manerva Thompson Female 24 Iowa

Mary F Thompson Female 8 Iowa

John Thompson Male 6 Iowa

George Thompson Male 1 Kansas^[3]

1880 Census

See photo.

Name: Manerey Tompson

Event Place: Madison, Greenwood, Kansas, United States

Father's Birthplace: Indiana, United States

Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

J S Tompson Self Male 44 Indiana, United States

Manerey Tompson Wife Female 29 Iowa, United States

Cary Tompson Daughter Female 13 Iowa, United States

George A Tompson Son Male 6 Kansas, United States

Gustavis A Tompson Son Male 3 Kansas, United States

Tena A Tompson Daughter Female 1 Kansas, United States^[4]

1883-1895 Death

No hard data located as of August 2019. What we do know appears to put her death between 1883 and 1895. 1883 was the birth of her last known child, Doda Odessa. We have the 1895 census with both of her younger daughters, Tena A. & Doda, living with their elder sister, Mary Francis/Carrie Agnes and her new husband James Heberling. We can only assume that the girls were there because their mother had died. Minerva's husband is listed as widowed by the 1900 census. See his profile for all additional information beyond that point.

Research Notes

Blakely Cemetery in Madison, Greenwood, Kansas is the burial location for her husband and several of her children--this is possibly where Minerva would be buried.

See also Minerva's neice Minerva Faughn-9 May's profile, Minerva may be a family name from either Clotilda's or Dempsey's side of the family.

Sources

1. ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJL3-HB3 : 10 February 2018), James S. Thompson and Manerva E. Standley, 25 Jan 1866; citing , Appanoose, Iowa, reference 2:13N3T7G; FHL microfilm 1,007,081.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJK-L81 : 7 June 2019), Francis Thompson in entry for James Thompson, 1870.
3. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-WYVZ : 12 November 2017), Manerva Thompson, Greenwood, Greenwood, Kansas, United States; citing Census, Greenwood, Greenwood, Kansas, United States, 23, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka; FHL microfilm 570,204.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5M-MW7 : 29 August 2017), Manerey Tompson in entry for J S Tompson, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 317C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0382; FHL microfilm 1,254,382.