This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: janemartin1941 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/18714/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mercer Norton THOMPSON, son of Alexander THOMPSON and Mary NORTON, on 23 Sep 1830 at Wayne Co., KY. She died on 12 Aug 1870 at Etowah Co., Alabama, at age 56. She was buried in Aug 1870 at Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coates Bend (near Gadsden), Etowah Co., AL. _The Descendants of Mercer (Messer) NORTON (1750?-1800?) and His Wife Martha_, by Mildred DULANEY, pp. 391, 392A in 1984. Info from Kenneth B. JAGGEARS, Gadsden, AL on 21 Jan 2000. Look at names of their children..much like other Thompson names Children of Matilda4 SULLENS and Mercer Norton THOMPSON were as follows: i. William5 THOMPSON was born circa 1833 at Alabama. 164. ii. John A. THOMPSON, born 1836 at Alabama or Kentucky(?); married Martha J. PESNALL. iii. Riley THOMPSON was born in 1838 at Alabama. iv. Jane THOMPSON was born in 1840 at Alabama. v. Elizabeth THOMPSON was born in 1842 at Alabama. vi. Jasper THOMPSON was born in 1844 at Alabama. vii. Louisa THOMPSON was born in 1847 at Alabama. 165. viii. Austin Perry THOMPSON, born 8 Sep 1849 at Cherokee Co., Alabama; married Sarah Azelia HALL. ix. Francis M. THOMPSON. x. Rowling M. THOMPSON. v. William Thomas SISCOE was born on 23 Feb 1835 at IN. He married Martha L. KNIGHT on 17 Jun 1869 at Monroe Co., IN. He died on 22 Mar 1895 at age 60. He was buried in Mar 1895 at Clear Creek Cemetery, Monroe Co., IN. Below is Malinda Thompson, daughter of Leonard Thompson. She is mentioned in a case involving Hiram Messersmith, who married Leonard's widow, Elizabeth Kelsey Hogg-Thompson. 41. John4 SULLENS (Peter3, John2, Richard1SULLINS) was born on 14 Apr 1804 at Kentucky. He married Malinda THOMPSON, daughter of Leonard THOMPSON, on 24 Oct 1826 at Wayne Co., KY. He died on 8 Mar 1883 at Spring Garden, Miller Co., MO, at age 78. Wayne Co., KY, Marriage Record. He appeared on the census of 1830 at Wayne Co., KY, p. 253. His name appears on the delinquent tax list of 1830 at Wayne Co., Kentucky, with notation that he "removed to Missouri." He appeared on the census of 1840 at Miller Co., MO, p. 115. He appeared on the census of 1850 at Miller Co., MO. He appeared on the census of 30 Jul 1860 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 458, #791. He appeared on the census of 16 Jun 1870 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 291B, #114. He appeared on the census of 23 Jun 1880 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 256D, #297; living with his son John P. _Peter SULLENS and Mary CARSON & Two Hundred Years of Descendants_, by Maude (SULLENS) HOFFMAN, p. 56 in 1974. (Below is Lewis W. Sullens, who is later mentioned in the biography of Mercer Thompson's son, Hugh Leonard Thompson. Hugh calls Lewis his "cousin" Children of John4 SULLENS and Malinda THOMPSON were as follows: 152. i. John B.5 SULLENS, born circa 1825 at KY; married Mary J. (Polly) DUNAGAN. 153. ii. Lewis W. SULLENS, born circa 1829 at Wayne Co., KY; married Margaret VAN GOOSA (or VANHOUSER). 154. iii. Alexander M. SULLENS, born 15 Oct 1830 at Mill Springs, Wayne Co., KY; married Martha J. RITTER. 155. iv. William Peter J. SULLENS, born 31 Oct 1831 at near Spring Garden, Miller Co., MO; married Sarah J. (Sally) _____. v. Leonard T. SULLENS was born on 26 Jun 1833 at Miller Co., MO. He died on 13 Feb 1863 at Spring Garden, MO, at age 29. He appeared on the census of 30 Jul 1860 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 458, #791; living with his parents. HOFFMAN's book, p. 56 in 1974. vi. Shepard SULLENS was born circa 1834 at Miller Co., MO. He died before 1850. 156. vii. Mary K. (Polly) SULLENS, born 25 Oct 1835 at Miller Co., MO; married Johnston C. (John) SULLENS. 157. viii. Nancy Jane SULLENS, born circa 1838 at Miller Co., MO; married John B. CROCKER. 158. ix. Cora Elizabeth SULLENS, born 19 Jul 1839 at Spring Garden, Miller Co., MO; married Greene Lee THOMPSON. x. Martha C. SULLENS was born circa 1841 at Miller Co., MO. She married M. W. (Mack) HINDS on 2 Jan 1881 at Miller Co., MO. She appeared on the census of 30 Jul 1860 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 458, #791. She appeared on the census of 16 Jun 1870 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 291B, #114; living with her widowed father. She appeared on the census of 23 Jun 1880 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 256D, #297; living with her brother John P. Miller Co., MO, Marriage Book B, p. 216. HOFFMAN's book, p. 56 in 1974. xi. Sarah Ann SULLENS was born circa 1843 at Miller Co., MO. She married Samuel W. BELSHE, son of Madison Harvey BELSHE and Eleanor (Nellie) WITTEN, on 30 Apr 1865 at Miller Co., MO. She appeared on the census of 30 Jul 1860 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO, p. 458, #791. Miller Co., MO, Marriage Book A, p. 368. She and Samuel W. BELSHE appeared on the census of 1870 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., Missouri. She and Samuel W. BELSHE appeared on the census of 1880 at Saline Twp., Miller Co., MO. HOFFMAN's book, p. 56 in 1974. 159. xii. Isabelle M. SULLENS, born 5 Dec 1844 at Miller Co., MO; married James M. BAKER. xiii. Thomas J. SULLENS was born on 10 Feb 1847 at Miller Co., MO. 160. xiv. John Pinkney SULLINS, born 10 Feb 1850 at Spring Garden, Miller Co., MO; married Mary Jane DENTON. Hugh Leonard Thompson, son of Mercer Thompson Below is a biography of Hugh Thompson, son of Mercer. It mentions Mercer going to Missouri. He lived in McDonald county, Missouri but very near Joseph and Alexander Thompson. They were devout Methodists involved in camp meetings. In 1849 Joseph and Mercer left their wives and children in Missouri and went to the California gold fields. They returned by Ishthmus of Panama in 1851, sold their interests and formed a wagon train led by Captain Mercer Thompson. Mercer had or later received a letter allowing him to hold camp meetings at his Oregon homestead along the Calaopooyia River near Shedd, Oregon. Hugh Leonard Thompson continued................. History of the Big Bend Country: Page 449. There is also information about Mercer studying medicine in earlier life, freighting to the mines, farming, etc. "Mr. Thompson used to be city marshall of Athena. and is a member of I.OOF. He is a man of ability, a genuine frontiersman and the recipient of the good will of his fellows." Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904. HUGH L. THOMPSON, who resides about six miles southeast from Edwall, is one of the early pioneers of the northwest. As early as 1852, he came to Oregon with his parents and since that time he has resided on the Pacific coast. He was born in Newton county, Missouri, on November 2, 1844. His father, Mercer Thompson, was born in Clay county, Kentucky, emigrated to Missouri and in 1849 crossed the plains to California. He returned to Missouri in the winter of 1851-2 and in the spring of 1852, with his family, consisting of his wife and four children, the oldest of whom was seven years, crossed the plains again, settling in Oregon. He there engaged in farming and stock raising for some time and also supplied several mining camps with provisions. His death occurred on April 16, 1876. The mother of our subject, Sarah W. (Denagree) [should read Donaghe] Thompson, was born in Kentucky and died in Oregon in September, 1891. The train in which Mr. Thompson crossed the plains, consisted! of about one hundred grown people, besides a good many children. They started from Newton county, Missouri, on the 20th of March, 1852. His father was captain and so wisely handled affairs that the entire train landed in the Willamette valley about the middle of September without any special incident or loss. However, two cases of cholera occurred on the road but the father having read medicine in early life attended them both until their recovery. At different times, they discovered fresh signs of Indian massacres on the road, as the train proceeded, but they had no difficulty. Our subject continued with his father until 1864, both in working on the farm and in freighting to the mining camps in Idaho and western Oregon. He was one of the first men to pull freight into the Boise Basin, during the boom times, and provisions cost one dollar per pound. After that, he went to farming and rented land, then purchased the same, making it his home until 1886. After this, we see hi! m in Umatilla county, where he remained until the fall of 1895. He rem oved from that place to Idaho and then to British Columbia, remaining in the last place four years, there giving his attention to prospecting and mining. He returned to the United States, locating in Douglas county and from there moved to his present place in 1902. He does not own the land where he resides but has farmed about two sections. He owns one section of land in Canada and the Indian Head country and has a homestead near Trinidad, Douglas county. He has a full equipment of farm machinery, horses and so forth, to operate the large tract of land, under his care and is a well known citizen. Of all the people who crossed the plains with him, our subject knows of but three still living. They are his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth (Thompson) Walker, and his cousins, Louis Sullens and W. J. Thompson. Mr. Thompson has the following brothers and sisters, A. N., L. G., Mrs. Amanda Taylor, J. L., and Mrs. Alice Bullein. On December, 28, 1864, in Linn county, Oregon, Mr. Thompson married Miss Sarah J. McCormick, who died at Athena, on January 29, 1889. Her father, William McCormick, was born in Pennsylvania and came to Oregon in 1853, where he died. Mrs. Thompson has the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis, John E., William, Mrs. Anna McKune, Mrs. Grace Covey, Nebbin, and Lena. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, ten children have been born: Edgar D., who died March 27, 1903, aged thirty-seven; William M., Walter C., Joseph C., Frances E., Mrs. Evelyn Thompson, Anna L., Hubert M., Robert M., and Ethel A. Mr. Thompson used to be city marshal of Athena and is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a man of ability, a genuine frontiersman and the recipient of the good will of his fellows. Children of Mercer Thompson and Sarah Wiseman Donaghe Hugh Leonard Thompson Martha Ann Thompson Frances Elizabeth Thompson Mary Jane Thompson James M. Thompson Lafayette Green Thompson Albert Newton Thompson Amanda Marie Thompson George Lewis Thompson Alice Sarah Thompson 1860 Linn Thompson Mercer 38 M . Farmer 3200 2057 Ky., Post office: Peoria Thompson Sarah 35 F ,Ky Thompson Hugh 15 M , Mo. Thompson Martha 13 F, Mo. Thompson Frances 12 F , Mo. Thompson Mary 8 F . . . . Mo. Thompson Albert 6 M . . . . Ogn Thompson Lafayette 3 M . . . . Ogn Thompson Alice 1/12 F Thompson cemetery records (not sure the cemetery, but Hugh died at Mansfield, Washington so it's possible this is the cemetery in question) Thompson, Hugh L., no dates, no stone, bur. Sep 26, 1921, Sec 1, Blk 18, Gr #3 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.