David C. Thompson

David C. Thompson - a native of Sycamore township, Hamilton county, was born on February 9, 1827, and settled in Paulding county in 1851. His first marriage occurred on April 23, 1853, with Louise Percy. She was a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Brenner) Percy. She was born January, 1831, and her death occurred on February 9, 1879. Mr. Percy was one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s body guards at the battle of Waterloo. They came to Defiance county about 1838, and were among the first settlers. Mrs. Percy resides in this county; Mr. Percy is deceased. Mr. Thompson’s children are: Ann Eliza, born March 18, 1854; Stephen Sylvester, April 11, 1856; the former is married and both live in Kansas; Ezra, November 24, 1857, resides at home; Harriet, September 29, 1859, died August 19, 1865; Frederick, April 15, 1861, died March 1, 1864; David, May 11, 1863, died March 3, 1864; Ellen, December 13, 1864; Eady, February 6, 1866; Charles Elmer, March 29, 1869; Amos, February 2, 1871; Clarence, June 6, 1874. The last five reside at home with their father and stepmother, Charity (Morris) Thompson, born in Brown county, March 14, 1838, and married to Mr. Thompson on September 5, 1880, in Auglaize township, Paulding county, by Rev. John Gillespie. When David C. Thompson settled here it was almost a wilderness, and now he has about sixty-five acres altogether, making one of the finest farms in the county. His father and mother, Samuel and Mary (Readly) Thompson, moved to the Ohio river and to Cincinnati when it contained but one house. His grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. David C. Thompson was Township Trustee in 1856; Assessor in 1858, and Trustee again in 1879. His present business is farming. Address, Reid’s, Paulding county, Ohio.