by Sherry Jesberger
Generation No. 1
1. ROBERT2 THOMPSON (THOMAS1) was born 1785 in Lancaster County, PA, and died 1868 in Clearfield Co., PA. He married CATHERINE WANTZ, daughter of CHRISTOPHER WANTZ and MARGARET.
Children of ROBERT THOMPSON and CATHERINE WANTZ are:
2. i. MARY THOMPSON, b. August 09, 1809, Centre County, PA. 3. ii. JOHN THOMPSON, b. 1811, Centre County, PA; d. August 20, 1884, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. 4. iii. PETER THOMPSON, b. November 15, 1812, Centre County, PA. 5. iv. REUBEN THOMPSON, b. 1819, Centre County, PA; d. 1891, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY3 THOMPSON (ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born August 09, 1809 in Centre County, PA. She married JOHN GREEN March 26, 1829 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, son of JAMES GREEN and ELIZABETH FISHER.
Children of MARY THOMPSON and JOHN GREEN are:
i. CATHERINE GREEN, b. 1830, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. Centre County, PA; m. JOHN COMLEY. ii. REBECCA GREEN, b. 1832, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; m. (1) JOHN NULF, December 12, 1852, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. (2) WALTER RUDOLPH, 1877, Elk County, PA. iii. JAMES R. GREEN, b. July 12, 1836, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. January 10, 1915, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried In Elkton Cemetery.; m. ELIZA HANCOCK, July 26, 1859, Clearfield Co., PA. iv. ELIZABETH GREEN, b. 1842; m. JOHN L. BONHAM.
Notes for JOHN L. BONHAM: John L. Bonham enlisted in Company B, 135th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers at Brookville, Pa on August 1, 1862 for a period of nine months. He was 41 years old; 5 ft 10 1/2 inches tall, dark complexioned, dark hair and blue eyes. Because of disability, Richard J. Espy, commanding officer, signed his discharge papers on November 18, 1862, and he was discharged on November 19, 1862 at Camp Capitol Hill, Georgetown,Washington, D.C. Benjamin F. Bonham, John's son, ran away from home and enlisted at the same time and place. He died on April 19, 1863 from Typhoid fever in the Regimental Hospital near Belle Plain, Virginia, and is buried there. Both enlisted for nine months, and received a bounty of $25. John L. Bonham' s third wife was Lillian Zimmerman, a widow with three daughters. John and his first wife are buried in the Ridge Cemetery on the road from Kersey to Brandy Camp.
This information comes from a descendent, Dorothy Huston Mertz of South Kersey. April, 1997.v. CHARLES E. GREEN, b. August 06, 1847, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ESMERALDA MEREDITH, December 23, 1869, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. vi. JOHN M. GREEN, b. 1852, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. CAROLINE.
3. JOHN3 THOMPSON (ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born 1811 in Centre County, PA, and died August 20, 1884 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. He is buried in Elkton Cemetery, Kersey, PA. He married ANNA REESMAN, daughter of JAMES REESMAN and CATHERINE.
Children of JOHN THOMPSON and ANNA REESMAN are:
i. TALBOT THOMPSON, b. February 13, 1835, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. April 15, 1912, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried Ridge Cemetery; m. CATHERINE L. BONHAM. ii. ELIZABETH THOMPSON, b. April 07, 1837, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. April 1921, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried Elkton Cemetery.; m. DAVID MEREDITH , JR., December 17, 1859, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. iii. CATHERINE THOMPSON, b. 1838, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. 1922, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Buried St. Boniface Cemetery; m. JOHN WHALEN. iv. JAMES SMTIH THOMPSON, b. Bef. 1852, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. v. ROBERT THOMPSON, b. 1843, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. JANE A. vi. BOY THOMPSON, b. November 05, 1852, Toby, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA; d. November 05, 1852, Toby, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.
4. PETER3 THOMPSON (ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born November 15, 1812 in Centre County, PA. He married (1) SARAH (SALLY) KYLER February 25, 1836 in (Then) Clearfield Co., PA; now Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, daughter of JOHN KYLER and ZILLAH PACKER. He married (2) ELIZA DIXON April 12, 1842 in (Then) Clearfield Co., PA; now Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. He married (3) HANNAH ROGERS March 08, 1846 in Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, daughter of URIAH ROGERS and HANNAH ROGERS.
Child of PETER THOMPSON and SARAH KYLER is:
i. STILLBORN DAUGHTER THOMPSON, b. December 25, 1837, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. December 25, 1837, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried Ridge Cemetery, Kersey, PA.
Child of PETER THOMPSON and ELIZA DIXON is:
ii. PROCHORUS THOMPSON, b. 1843, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
Children of PETER THOMPSON and HANNAH ROGERS are:
iii. ELIZA THOMPSON, m. DANIEL CLARK. iv. MARY ELVIRA THOMPSON, b. 1848, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1899; m. ALONZO MYERS. v. HERBERT THOMPSON, b. 1850, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1931, Lake City, Michigan. vi. EUGENE THOMPSON, b. 1851, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1937, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in the Ridge Cemetery, Kersey, PA.; m. (1) IDA EMMA MOYER, 1871; m. (2) MINNIE FRANTZ, November 02, 1887, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. vii. GILBERT THOMPSON, b. 1853, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1931; m. CAROLINE. viii. SIMON THOMPSON, b. 1854, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. 1943, Horton Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. MARGERY L.. ix. JANE THOMPSON, b. 1856, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. March 26, 1879, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. JAMES V. BIXBY, 1876. x. IDA THOMPSON, b. March 1857, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ??? MELIUS. xi. REUBEN THOMPSON, b. 1858. xii. ADA THOMPSON, b. 1862, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ISAIAH BELL. xiii. GEORGE MCCLELLAND THOMPSON, b. September 30, 1863, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. April 24, 1946, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; m. ANNE MEREDITH, March 27, 1888, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA. xiv. MANFRED THOMPSON, b. 1867, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA; d. March 30, 1876, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA Buried in the Ridge Cemetery, Kersey, PA.
5. REUBEN3 THOMPSON (ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born 1819 in Centre County, PA, and died 1891 in Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA. He married MARGARET MCINTOSH April 07, 1843 in (Then) Clearfield Co., PA; now Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
Children of REUBEN THOMPSON and MARGARET MCINTOSH are:
i. MARY C. THOMPSON, b. 1846, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA. ii. ELIZABETH THOMPSON, b. 1849, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.
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