Oliver Jesse Thompson
Oliver Jesse Thompson was born on February 18, 1838, in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, to Thomas and Matilda Thompson. His father was a carpenter who owned $800 of real estate and $350 of personal property in 1860. He married Mary Catherine Rodgers on July 19, 1860, and they had at least eleven children: Anna, born around 1861; William, born around 1862; Robert, born around 1864; Sarah, born around 1866; Uriah, born around 1867; Mack, born around 1870; Mary, born around 1870; Jennie, born around 1874; Myrtle, born around 1877; Alice, born around 1879; and Parker, born around 1883. The family settled in Rose, Pennsylvania, and Thompson worked as a carpenter. By 1870, he owned $200 of real estate and $150 of personal property. He died on January 25, 1926.
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(235)Thompson, Oliver1838-02-181926-01-25
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (796) [recipient] ~ William Rodgers to Olive Thompson and Mary C. Thompson, 12 June 1863
  • (803) [recipient] ~ Sarah Rodgers to Oliver Thompson and Mary C. Thompson, 7 October 1861

People - Records: 1

  • (235) Thompson, Oliver is the [husband of] (236) Thompson, Mary C.

Places - Records: 1

  • (277) [birth, death] ~ Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; The Brookville American, 4 September 1930.