This is my worst brick wall. I have not found any George or GW Thompson who matches this person. The best information I have is the census data at the bottom and that he married Lucy Wilson of Owen County, KY sometime before 1855. A newspaper article, just before Lucy's death by consumption in Scott County, said that she was from Missouri. The youngest three children, who also apparently died of consumption (TB), are buried at the North Fork Baptist Church in Switzer, Franklin County. Any help or ideas appreciated, Thanks, Doug Descendants of George Washington Thompson 1 George Washington Thompson 1827 - .. +Lucy Wilson 1838 - 1879 ........ 2 James Jackson Thompson 1855 - 1938 ............ +Virginia Bell Carter 1860 - 1895 ................... 3 Albert Carter Thompson 1887 - 1973 ....................... +Lyda Suter ................... *2nd Wife of Albert Carter Thompson: ....................... +Oma Smither ........ 2 Sarah E. Thompson 1858 - 1937 (known as "Sally" most of her life) ............ +Marcus Finnie 1855 - ................... 3 Kenneth Finnie 1891 - 1974 ................... 3 Raymond Finnie ........ 2 Mary W. Thompson 1862 - 1896 ............ +Jefferson Davis Young 1861 - 1932 ................... 3 Maude Young 1890 - 1956 ....................... +Tom Carroll ................... 3 Marguerite Young 1893 - 1960 ....................... +Willis Davison McCammish 1892 - 1958 ........ 2 George W. Thompson 1863 - 1888 ........ 2 Ruth Thompson 1865 - 1889 ........ 2 John Walter Thompson 1869 - 1889 Pike County, Illinois, 1860 Census, 29th June, 1860, Kinderhook Township, Page 758 188, 188 George Thompson 29 M Farmer (renter) /400 100 Kentucky Lucy A. " 23 F House Work Do. James J. " (P?) 4 M Do. Sarah " 2 F Illinois Pike County, IL is on the Mississippi River, north of St. Louis. James' birthplace disagrees with his death certificate (which says Illinois) Sarah's birthplace disagrees with her death certificate (which says Daviess Co., KY) Daviess County, Kentucky, 1870 Census, 6th June, 1870 ("Lower Town Precinct?") Pages 177, 178 59, 56 Thompson, Washington 43 M W Farmer /575 Kentucky Lucy, A 34 F W At Home Kentucky James A. (sic) 13 M W At Home Kentucky cannot write Sarah E. 12 F W At Home Kentucky Mary F. (?) 9 F W At Home Kentucky George W. 7 M W At Home Kentucky Thompson, Ruth 4 F W At Home Kentucky Jno. W. 11/12 M W At Home young George W. was in the household of his uncle, Mathias Wilson of Scott County in 1880 Ruth Thompson was in the household of her aunt, Sally Finnie in Woodford Co. in 1880