Generation No. 1

1. RICHARD D.4 THOMPSON (JOHN L.3, JAMES M.2, GEORGE W.1)1,2,3,4 was born
Bet. 1860 - 1861 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvannia5, and died April 09, 1887 in
Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois5,6,7,8. He married JOSEPHINE LOUISA
NOLDEN9 June 24, 1886 in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois10, daughter of
FREDERICK NOLDEN and MARIA GEILS. She was born December 26, 1866 in
Missouri10, and died Abt. 1902 in unknown10.

Notes for RICHARD D. THOMPSON:
Obituary Notice from Beardstown 1887,states he died of Dropsy April
9,1887,see copy.
Buried in Potters Field, no marker.
Father in-law Frederick Nolden paid for burial,see Funeral Home records.
Clifford his son placed marker Father with German writting from the Gospel
of John.


More About RICHARD D. THOMPSON:
AKA (Facts Page): R.D. Thompson
Occupation:Railroad Laborer
Burial: April 09, 1887, Potters Field, City Cemetery, Beardstown,
Ill12,13,14
Cause of Death: Dropsy complication:Pneumonia14
Medical Information: Fluid around the lungs and heart failure See attached
obituary14

Notes for JOSEPHINE LOUISA NOLDEN:
Josephine was supposedly recorded as having a tapeworm.
Source:Dorothy Fletcher: 1999
She was called Aunt Feenie by all.
She may have died in Arenzville at the farm house between 1900-1902.
Her fathers obit says that her daughter died two years before he did.
No death record under Josephine Nolden or Josephine Thompson found in
Illinois.
Possibly remarried in St Clair County,Illinois or Cook County,Illinois.

More About JOSEPHINE LOUISA NOLDEN:
Baptism: January 29, 1867, St.Peters Lutheran Church, Arenzville, Illinois
Burial: unknown

Marriage Notes for RICHARD THOMPSON and JOSEPHINE NOLDEN:
Richard Thompson lived in East ST.Louis and Josephine was from Beardstown.
East ST.Louis was in St.Clair County,Illinois
Beardstown was in Cass County,Illinois
They were married by Rev. Ph.J.Gruenwald/Grummwald a Minister of the Gospel
in Beardstown,Cass Cty,Ill.
County Clerk solemly swore their affaddavit, J.L.Robinson.
Marriage certificate states that neither were previously married.
Occupation for Richard was annotated as Railroad Laborer.
Wittneses to marriage were Henry Herman and Emma Hoffer.
Married 24th day of June 1886.

Child of RICHARD THOMPSON and JOSEPHINE NOLDEN is:
i. CLIFFORD FREDRICK5 THOMPSON,SR15,16,17,18, b. April 15, 1887, Newspaper
Illinois Star records his birth in the paper Beardstown, Cass County,
Illinois19,20,21; d. November 05, 1936, Berea, Cuyahoga County,
Ohio22,23,24; m. MARGARET MARY KENNEDY25,26,27,28, August 02, 1917, Shaker
Heights, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio29,30,31; b. September 02, 1895,
Delphos, Allen County, Ohio32,33,34,35,36,37; d. May 08, 1970, Brunswick,
Medina County, Ohio38,39,40,41,42,43.

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