This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson, Crubaugh, Alford, Baker Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1734 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Wednesday Feb. 9, 1916: "David Thompson Called By Death. Was a Well Known Resident of Kinderhook. David Thompson, one of the oldest and best known residents of Kinderhook, died last Wednesday morning about 5 o'clock, after an illness of about a week, aged 83 years. He was born in Dayton, Ohio. The decedent was town clerk at the time of his death. He was prominent in social and civic affairs of the town and was widely known. He was married to Miss Susanna Crubaugh Oct. 11, 1854, while still living in Dayton. They came west just at the outbreak of the war and located in the little town, which he helped to build. He was a member of the Methodist church and actively interested in all religious matters. He leaves a widow and four children. They are Charles O. Thompson, custodian of the Masonic temple at Quincy; E.G. Thompson, of the Quincy postal service; Mrs. H.W. Alford, Clayton, Ill., and Mrs. C.H. Baker, of Webb City, Mo."