Mary Chambers Thompson
Mary Chambers Thompson (maiden name: Hartsock) was born on January 3, 1837, in Pennsylvania to Henry Hartsock and Nancy Chambers. Her father earned a living as a wagonmaker. She grew up and attended school in Patton, Pennsylvania, and she married Andrew Jackson Thompson. They had at least nine children: Andrew, born around 1861; Francis, born around 1863; Harry, born around 1865; John, born around 1867; Charles, born around 1869; Annie, born around 1872; Alice, born around 1874; Mary, born around 1876; and Marian, born around 1879.
They lived in Halfmoon, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a farm laborer. By 1860, they owned $500 of personal property. A decade later, they owned $1,950 of personal property. Her husband died on December 12, 1895. She moved to Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, in the early 1900s, and she died there of bronchopneumonia on May 14, 1912.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (5572) | Thompson, Mary Chambers ~ Hartsock, Mary Chambers | 1837-01-03 | 1912-05-14 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4110) [recipient] ~ Homer S. Thompson to Mary C. Thompson, 19 September 1862
People - Records: 1
- (5572) Thompson, Mary Chambers is the [sibling-in-law of] (4476) Thompson, Homer S.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1971, available from Ancestry.com
