Robert Benjamin Thompson (1869 - 1928)

Born 10 Aug 1869 in Hadley, Warren, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ella Mariah (Scott) Thompson — married 21 Dec 1893 in Warren County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1928 at age 58 in Cave Hill, Warren County, Kentucky

Biography

Robert was born in 1869. He was the son of George Thompson and Sallie Ferguson. He passed away in 1928.

Obituary

MINISTER DIES IN WARREN COUNTY

Rites for the Rev. R. B. Thompson to Be Held Today At Cave Hill.

The Rev. Robert B. Thompson, 58 years old, a minister in the Church of Christ for thirty-two years, died at midnight last night at his home at Cave Hill, Warren County, of blood poisoning following a week's illness. The Rev. Mr. Thompson was born near Hadley, a son of the late George Thompson and Mrs. Sallie Ferguson Thompson.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella Scott Thompson; six sons, Virgil Thompson, Rockfield and Clarence, George. William, Samuel and Robert Thompson, Jr.. Cave Hill; three daughters. Misses Edith and Aline Thompson, Cave Hill, and Mrs. Owen Hullott. Browning, and two brothers, the Rev. Samuel J. Thompson, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and former presiding elder of the Louisville district, and Virgil Thompson, Texas.

The Rev. Mr. Thompson had filled pastorates at Marrs Hill, Shiloh, Mount Zion, Prices Chapel, Reedyville and Polkville.

Burial will be in the Coley Graveyard^[1] near the Ebenezer Church. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #54415705
2. ↑ The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.). June 27, 1928, p. 4.