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Pocahontas County >> 1904 Index The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County,
Iowa T Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton. THOMPSON, GEORGE E. , (b. June 22, 1826 , d. Cedar township, Aug. 20, 1891 ) was a native of Indiana county, Pa. , the son of George C. and Elizabeth ( Davis ) Thompson. May 5, 1853 , he married Evaline George and engaged in farming. Dec. 31, 1866 , he moved to Aledo, Mercer county, Ill. , where he remained three years. In November 1869, in two prairie schooners, he and his family made the trip to Redfield , Iowa , crossing the Mississippi at New Boston, Ill. In the fall of 1870 they located on a homestead of 80 acres on the N 1/2 SE 1/4 Sec. 18, Cedar township. He improved this farm with good buildings and a new house in 1890, and occupied it until the time of his decease in 1891. In 1894 this farm was sold and the family moved to Fonda. His family consisted of seven children, all of whom are still living. 1 -- Cyrus is a veteran school teacher, one who has been well qualified for teaching, stands high in educational circles and in the fall of 1899, as the democratic nominee for the office of county superintendent, polled a splendid vote - his own township of Cedar, that gave the republican candidate for county treasurer a majority of 187, giving him a democratic majority of 44 votes. He still lives with his mother. 2 - - Elizabeth Frances, March 24, 1875, married James Albarnus Sayre, who died in Fonda Oct. 29, 1894, leaving one daughter, Pearl, who on Sept. 6, 1900, married Evermond D. Snyder, of Des Moines. 3 -- George P. March 29, 1883, married Alice Bliss, (daughter of George) of Dover township, and lives on a farm in Thayer county, Neb. 4 -- Harry C. Sept. 29, 1889, married Eugenia Gobelle, of Vermillion, S. D., and has one son, Earl. He was a telegraph operator for a number of years and is now an express agent at Kansas City , Mo. 5 -- James H., a railroad carpenter, on Dec. 22, 1898 , married Lulu Spielman, lives at Fonda and has one child, Fern. 6 -- John A., August 26, 1896 , married Dora Sayre, has one child and is engaged in the hardware business at Varina. 7 -- Mary, a dressmaker, in 1887 married Leslie Dean and their family consisted of one child, Daphne; in 1899 she married Eugene Herrington and now lives at Sioux City . George H. Thompson, a nephew of George E., came with the latter to Pocahontas county in 1870 and homesteaded the S 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 18. Cyrus Thompson owned this farm from 1885 to 1898. |