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| The children attended the Valley School and Grillett Academy a Friends School. The family moved to Norton County, Kansas the Spring of 1883, taking 320 acres of land there for the 80 acres in Mitshell County. He also bought a release on 160 acres. This land was located one mile west and three and one half miles north of Densmore, Kansas ROBERT CHESTER was born December 4, 1884. Jacob bought more land but gave or sold it to his children. David had scarlet fever when he was two years old and was not strong after that. He died with Bright's Disease June 30, 1887. The other children all married. Jacob always had the roving fever. In 1902 he went to Port Williams, Washington and bought a small farm. His wife and Robert C. went out in May 1903. They lived there until the next year and returned to Norton County. He sold the farm in 1904** In 1906 they divided the house Edgar taking part and Nellie the other and moved them to their farms. These houses had been moved from Edmond to the homestead. Jacob and Mary Ann lived with Edgar until 1908 when they built a house on the corner a Alpharetta's farm. Jacob spent the winter of 1907-08 at Kingsville, Texas. They lived in the house built last until 1919 when they were unable to live alone. After that they lived their children. Mary Ann died October 14, 1921. Jacob died March 12 1927. They are buried at Edmond. (Abram lived in the house with his 2nd Wife Carrie Archer. It was sold by the his youngest Son, Leonard Edward Thompson in 1976) *information given to Abram K. Thompson by his father Jacob Downard Thompson DAVID THOMPSON son of James and Mary Jackson was born 3-4-1893 in Fayette County Pa. He had a twin brother Joseph. They were the youngest of eleven children. When a young man he went to Guernsey Co., Ohio where he married Ruth Jackson daughter of Henry Jackson. She was a cousin of Gen. T.J. Jackson This was about 1823. They moved to Athens Co., Ohio in 1836 near Nelsonville. In 1841 they went back to Guernsey County on a visit and their eldest daughter HANNAH was married at that time to JOHN THOMPSON a cousin. On returning to Athens Co, They loaded two wagons one ox and the other horse drawn and moved to Wills Co. Ill.. This was near Bulbonais Grove and Wilmington on the west side of the Kankakee River. Daughter RACHEL was married there 5-18-1844 to Samuel Kilpatrick. David and his brother Elijah, Rachel and her cousin Sarah went to Chicago to do their shopping 60 miles by wagon. They took a load of wheat and had a cow teid on behind. Among to things they bought was Rachel's wedding outfit. Later in 1844 the family moved to Missouri. They went to Peru, Ill., where they got a boat on the Illinois River and on to St Louis then up the Missouri to Booneville. There they bought oxen and went to Jasper Countym Missouri. They were looking for a country free from malaria and a mild climate. Also to satisfy the desire to go West. David voted for Clay for President two days out from Booneville. They bought land near the corner of Missouri. In 1849 David and Ruth made a trip to Ohio to sell some land and get an outfit to go to California. On returning to Independence, Missouri they were met by Samuel Kilpatrick who took them and the things they had bought to Jasper County. By this time Rachel was not well enough to make the trip to California and plans were changed so the no one went but David and son Isaac, who was 15 years old. Isaac agreed to give his brother Abram half the gold he got. (to stay home and take care of the family) David , Isaac and a partner worked together panning gold and put the gold in a leather bag and hid it under the floor in their shack. One morning the partner was sick and did not go to work with the others. When they returned the partner had gone and had taken all the gold. About 1853 Ruth died and some of the children were leaving Missouri for Texas, Kansas, and Iowa. David gave his son Abram power of attorney to sell the land and divide the proceeds among the heirs. David returned about 1866 to Nevraska coming on horseback and alone, broken in health and not much gold. Isaac stayed a few years longer and had a few thousnd dollars. |
| Lots more to come!! I am hurring as fast as I can. Thanks for your interest. All comments are welcome. I know I have made mistakes, but I need you to point them out. Hugs Auntie Kay |